ENDLESS ESCALATION: UK, Germany and the EU Float Military Conscription – Eleven European Countries Already Have Mandatory Service – Hungary’s Orbán Blasts the Idea
All over Europe, we hear unrelenting calls for rearmament and military buildups.
And now, as the countries take stock of their own dwindling human resources for the military, many nations are turning to conscription as a solution.
In the UK, embattled PM Rishi Sunak, on the eve of an expected massive defeat at the polls by the opposition Labour, has said that twelve months of mandatory national service would be reintroduced by the Conservatives in the unlikely event that they win the general election.
BBC reported:
“Eighteen-year-olds would be able to apply for one of 30,000 full-time military placements or volunteering one weekend a month carrying out a community service.”
Sunak said that backing compulsory service would help foster the ‘national spirit’.
