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

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

Spurred by a general's warning, France is set to reinstate voluntary military service for 18- and 19-year-olds.

Young volunteers will serve in France’s mainland and overseas territories only, not in its military operations abroad, Mr ...

The c-word – conscription – once a dirty word in Britain, is back in debate as France announced the reintroduction of ...

President Emmanuel Macron has announced that 18 or 19-year-olds can volunteer for the 10 month military service programme ...