Several European nations have reintroduced or expanded compulsory military service amid Moscow’s mounting threat, part of a range of policies aimed at boosting defenses that are likely to be scaled up even further.
Compulsory military service was reintroduced on January 1 this year, after being abolished in 2006.
In the UK, the Conservatives floated the idea of military service in their ill-fated election campaign.
In Lithuania, for instance, opinions about military service among students vary, said Paulius Vaitiekus, president of Lithuania’s National Students’ Union.
However as an alliance we do not prescribe mandatory military service,” Dakhlallah said.
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