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    France Plans Revival Of Compulsory National Service

    On the campaign trail, French President Emmanuel Macron first proposed bringing back national service, which was phased out in 1996.
    by Scott Neuman Jun 28, 2018 2 minutes
    French President Emmanuel Macron reviews French army soldiers during a ceremony commemorating General Charles De Gaulle's June 1940 appeal to French resistance against Nazi Germany, earlier this month, at the Mont Valerien national memorial in Suresnes, outside Paris.

    The French government has a plan to revive compulsory national service for young people between the ages of 16 and 21 — a watered-down version of a proposal put forth on the campaign trail by then-presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.

    Under the plan, French boys and girls would do a

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