French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a voluntary military service on Thursday as he seeks to bolster France's defences amid growing concerns over Russia's threat to European nations. Macron said…
Mandatory military service ended somewhat recently in France (1997), but it’s still enough of a gap that the military isn’t ready the massive influx of new, reluctant recruits that bringing it fully back would imply.
The idea has been floating around for a few years now, especially since the start of Ukraine’s Invasion by Russia, but it’s still very unpopular among both the military and civilian society.
I do think you’re in the right though: this is clearly a first step to build back the infrastructure and to test the waters for a full reintroduction, but I don’t think anyone is ready to cross that bridge just yet
Mandatory military service ended somewhat recently in France (1997), but it’s still enough of a gap that the military isn’t ready the massive influx of new, reluctant recruits that bringing it fully back would imply.
The idea has been floating around for a few years now, especially since the start of Ukraine’s Invasion by Russia, but it’s still very unpopular among both the military and civilian society.
I do think you’re in the right though: this is clearly a first step to build back the infrastructure and to test the waters for a full reintroduction, but I don’t think anyone is ready to cross that bridge just yet