Varces-Allières-et-Risset, France, Nov 27, 2025 (AFP) - Macron says France to restore voluntary military service

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2025-11-27

France will introduce a voluntary military service of 10 months beginning next summer, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, in the face of what he called a growing threat posed by Russia. The announcement comes more than three-and-a-half years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Macron and other French officials warning that Moscow risks not stopping at Ukraine's borders. "A new national service will be introduced, gradually st......

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