Europe Rediscovers the Military Draft
Soldiers in the Polish Multi-role exploitation Reconnaissance Team (MRT) conduct a security check on each other for radiation during CBRN training in Lisbon, Portugal on October 29, 2015 during NATO exercise Trident Juncture 15.
France, Italy, Latvia and Lithuania scrapped conscription as they concluded that large-scale defense was no longer necessary. But the draft is back.
Elisabeth Braw
September 13, 2016
In 2010 the Swedish parliament, having decided it no longer needed the large armed forces that had for centuries defended the country, suspended the mandatory draft. The following year, so did Germany. Other European countries including France, Italy, Latvia and Lithuania likewise scrapped or suspended conscription as they concluded that large-scale defense was no longer necessary. But now the draft is making a comeback in Europe.
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