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Les enfants français rejoignent l'armée

Post by Rum » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:01 pm

Well this is a turn up. National Service to be re-introduced in the land of wine and cheese. Perhaps he has Trump in his sights...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44625625

France's Macron brings back national service


The mandatory part of national service will last a month, while the second, longer phase will be more closely focused on defence and security
The French government has introduced a plan to bring back national service for all 16 year olds.

It was an idea put forward by Emmanuel Macron in his presidential campaign, to promote a sense of civic duty and national unity among French youth.

But some remain unconvinced of the benefits.

The new national service will cover all 16 year olds, girls as well as boys, and will be divided into two distinct phases.

National service in two parts
The first phase is a mandatory one-month placement with a focus on civic culture, which the government says will "enable young people to create new relationships and develop their role in society".

Voluntary teaching and working with charities are among the options being looked at, alongside traditional military preparation with the police, fire service or army.

The second phase is a voluntary placement of at least three months and up to a year, in which young people will be encouraged to serve "in an area linked to defence and security" - but again they could opt to carry out volunteer work linked to heritage, the environment or social care.

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Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:05 pm

well, it won't be military, the army no longer can handle that burden... they've been screaming that they don't have the means to do all that is asked of them for years, and since we went to an all professional army, they've been suppressing regiments, and closing and selling off the barracks like mad.

plus, the guy who fielded questions about the matter is not from the defence ministry.
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Post by Rum » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:09 pm

A French defense force then? :biggrin:

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Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:13 pm

bah, it's all incantation, the youth will be taught first aid and be mixed socially and the ones from disaffected areas will become integrated and stop selling drugs, blah blah... Macron is doing a trump, saying he's fulfilling a campaign promise without a care for the means to actually do it... on the very day the Accounting Court is saying that he's doing stuff that reduces cash inflow to the Treasury without regard for the outflow that will have to be reduced.
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Post by Rum » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:24 pm

Parts of your bigger cities do feel a bit lawless I must say. Wild even. I strayed into a large housing estate on the edge of Paris a few years ago - mostly north African young men lounging around and looking pretty menacing.

Still you get yobs here too.

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Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:45 pm

yeah... that trouble started when we began letting Arab and African immigrants (not citizens, foreign workers) bring all their families in without our economy being able to assimilate the incomers... they are here legally, but we can't get them jobs... and of course there are the illegals that we don't know how to handle, because sending them back just doesn't work. I know some areas that I wouldn't care to walk in without being ushered in by a local.
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