From the start of the school year, all young French people aged 16 to 25 will have to participate in a revisited version of this day, as announced in January by Emmanuel Macron.
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A new “militarized” version of the Defense and Citizenship Day (JDC) will be set up as soon as the start of the school year for all young people aged 16 to 25, learned Franceinfo to the entourage of the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu on Sunday, July 27, confirming newspaper information The world.
From September, all young French people aged 16 to 25 will have to participate in a revisited version of this day, as announced in January by Emmanuel Macron.
In practice, participants will no longer find themselves in front of an oral presentation of the armies of the armies. Instead, they will make laser sports shooting, strategy games and a meal around a military ration, among others, detailed the entourage of Sébastien Lecornu in Franceinfo. Without forgetting the raising of colors and the song of La Marseillaise The morning.
The 800,000 young participants each year in this defense day and citizenship new formula will leave with a blueberry from France, in memory of veterans.
“Our Europe is placed on the edge of a vast arc of crises”had warned Emmanuel Macron on Sunday July 13, on the eve of the national holiday. “”We Europeans must now ensure our security ourselves “he said.
