The effort is aimed at young people and came after an army chief angered many by saying the country must accept the possible ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops during the Bastille Day military parade on the Avenue Foch with the Arc ...

President Emmanuel Macron is reviving the practice as European countries look for ways to mobilize the masses to counter ...

France currently has around 200,000 military personnel and a further 47,000 reservists. The new scheme should usher in a ...

France will introduce a voluntary military service program to boost its defense capabilities, becoming the latest European ...

Amid growing threats from Russia, France has introduced a new voluntary military service starting next summer. This has ...

VARCES, France (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new program meant to bolster France’s armed forces by ...

Paris : President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced the creation of a new voluntary youth military service to begin by ...

Mr Macron announced that volunteers aged 18 and 19 will start serving next year in a new 10-month military service programme.

Young volunteers will serve in uniform for 10 months in France’s mainland and oversea territories only, not in military ...

Macron has announced 6.5 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in extra military spending in the next two years. He said France will ...