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Faced with the overthrow of world alliances, the French Defense Minister announced, on Sunday, March 9, a new budget around 100 billion per year. In this context, is the return to compulsory military service an option? 61% of French people are favorable to it according to a survey.
Could the compulsory military service come back current, faced with what Emmanuel Macron describes as “Russian threat”? In Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), FR, 52, is one of the last to have done it. Like six in ten French people, according to a recent survey, he is for his recovery. “Even if it may have a cost for the country, I think it was good for many young people, who are looking for themselves“He said.
The 18-24 year olds are more divided: 43% of them are favorable. “”Our generation, we don’t know at all what it is. It is scary because we associate it with war, when it is in other facets “, Comments a young girl. Conscription is a practice still anchored in Europe, particularly in Baltic countries, bordering Russia.
If Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom are looking at the issue, returning to military service in France would be difficult for the advice of certain experts, for lack of infrastructure and means. The government has not mentioned the hypothesis but wishes to strengthen the ranks of the army.
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