US EditionMacron to present new French national service plan
Macron aims to boost reserve forces through a voluntary, paid military service lasting about 10 months amid heightened Russian threats, with initial recruitment targeting 2,000 to 3,000 volunteers.
- Announcing an overhaul of the SNU, Macron said full details will be unveiled on November 27 during a visit to the Varces military base, emphasizing the importance of citizen awareness of the armed forces.
- Amid growing Russian aggression, Macron framed reforms as responses to security risks following Volodymyr Zelensky's November 17 Paris visit and General Fabien Mandon's alert on November 22.
- La Tribune Dimanche says volunteers would be paid between 900 and 1000, with initial training targeting 2,000–3,000 recruits, scaling to 50,000 per year.
- The proposal revives debate over national service as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will soon engage French Parliament on defence bills, while Emmanuel Macron aims to boost army numbers and reserves later this week.
- Across Europe, governments are rethinking national service as Germany will require 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire from next year, with a note estimating 1.7 billion for 70,000 participants, not in France's budget.
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So far, so close. Paradoxically, while a new agreement to end the conflict is in the hands of the negotiators and Russia is progressing very slowly in Ukraine, the spectre of a future war involving France is approaching, with the announced return of "voluntary" military service. Each time, Emmanuel Macron is manoeuvring. The head of the armies already wants to prepare us for the worst. How did we get there?
Faced with the threat of Europe, France's President Emmanuel Macron wants to reinstate military service. Resistance exists neither in politics nor in the population. Young French people have a clear attitude towards service to the weapon.
30 years after the end, the service of the weapon will be possible again in France.
A voluntary military service could be announced this Thursday by Emmanuel Macron, with a salary that does not really pack readers of "20 Minutes"
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