France ended its compulsory military service for men 25 years ago. French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that because it has to avoid danger, France is going to bring back conscription now.
Germany, too, is going to bring back conscription in its military because, Deutsche Welle reported, it has to have enough power when the security concerns require it. Germans are considering the case of Sweden, where compulsory military service was suspended and then reintroduced.
What danger does France have to avoid, and why will Germany have security concerns that require military power? Whatever the president of the French Republic or Defense Minister Boris Pistorius of Germany has in their minds, they have a problem when it comes to reintroducing compulsory military service for men (or women, to this effect). It is impossible to implement because of the lack of training units.
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