France24 says the new Service National Universel plan would affect 750,000 French teens each year. France's Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blaquer, ...

Over 60 countries mandate some form of national service. Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan and Singapore all have mandatory conscription programs. In ...

These are the first recruits for the new "Service national universel" (SNU). More scout camp than old-style military service, it includes two weeks of residential training, followed by two weeks ...

The Service national universel (universal national service) was first introduced last year as a trial period after Emmanuel Macron made it a campaign promise while on the election trail back in 2017.

The new Service National Universel [Universal National Service], which is being trialled from 2019 is reportedly a watered-down version of Macron's original idea.

The Service National Universel (more commonly referred to by its acronym, SNU), launched in 2019, was initially spearheaded by Gabriel Attal, who was youth secretary and earlier this month became ...

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 ...

These are the first recruits for the new "Service national universel" (SNU). More scout camp than old-style military service, it includes two weeks of residential training, followed by two weeks ...