French President Emmanuel Macron pushing through its initiative on, to call on the national service in the country was carried out with 16 years. In this case, the call can be performed regardless of the sex of the citizen.
Call to national service in France was abolished in 1996 year. Then, the future president of France was 18 years, but because the passage of this kind of service, he escaped. Now he has decided to restore the appeal and reduce the two-year military age bar for the passage of the so-called national service.
Macron declares, that appeal to 16 years will allow young French people to participate more actively in the life of the nation and contribute to the unity of French society.
National service in France, should not be taken as a full-fledged military service. It consists of two stages, on first of which young men and women during the month are trained "general civic culture and legal norms".
Second stage - this is a voluntary training in military sphere. During this training varies depending on, what kind of training the recruit passes French. Minimum period of training - three months, maximum - 12 months.
According to preliminary estimates, the cost of implementing the program call the national service of the French Treasury will cost approximately 1,5 billion euros annually. In this case, at this stage all the parameters of renewable France national service for young people and the girl worked by experts, to eventually submit a final version of the French public.
