VARCES, France (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new program meant to bolster France’s armed forces by training thousands of volunteers aged 18 and 19 starting next year, part of ...

A limited form of military service will be re-introduced in France in response to growing fears of a confrontation with Russia. More than 25 years after conscription was phased out, the plan will see ...

France, where military conscription was eliminated in 1997, is following in the footsteps of other European countries that were alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and that have accused ...

The effort, aimed at young people, came after an army chief angered many by saying the country must accept the possible loss of “our children” in a future war. By Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from ...