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« on: February 15, 2018, 02:23:24 AM »

As someone who lives in a country that has that: don't do this if you don't have to. Just don't.
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2018, 04:23:02 AM »

Nothing is done yet.

The logistical and financial problems are enormous to restore a mandatory military service of 6 months.
- The military doesn't have the money to finance it
- They do not have enough men to supervise young people
- They do not have the barracks to house them

The Parliament is much more cautious about this idea, they are proposing a reinforcement of civic education in middle school, one week of service during the summer holidays at 16 years old, and regrouping all the current voluntary services.

Compulsory service has its worth, sure. While in the rest of the western world college kids are... well, college kids, here university students are (more or less) grown-up adults with level heads. But it's just not worth it. A Militarized society isn't worth it, and forcing 16 year olds to give up a week of their summer holidays to suffer in the military definitely isn't a good idea. France should just not do it, as simple as that. You don't need that, you shouldn't make your people go through that.
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