Conscription has been abolished almost everywhere in the NATO countries. Exceptions are Greece, Lithuania and Denmark. And from January also Latvia. But, Repubblica says today, the war in Ukraine is causing many European countries to change course. And in Germany we are again talking about conscription. Where the new social democratic defense minister Boris Pistorius he restarted it. For military and civil society reasons: “Abolishing them was a mistake and could demonstrate the importance of these institutions for the functioning of our society”. In Italy, League President and Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini expressed his support: “I think that a year of teaching the rules, good manners and duties would make good citizens”.
NATO and NAJA
While the President of the Senate and exponent of the Friars of Italy, Ignazio La Russa, announced a draft law. Which would lead to the 40-day voluntary mini-naja to “learn what is not just love of country but also citizenship, the duty each of us has to help others in trouble.” In Europe, as mentioned, the Latvia reintroduced after 15 years. There Denmark wants to extend it to women as well. L’Holland Instead, think of a draw along the lines of Sweden. That attracts 4-5,000 18 year olds each year for a company that lasts 11 months. While Poland, which launched an armament program, considers conscripts useless: “Only the Russians use the citizens as cannon fodder.” However, the Atlantic Alliance believes the best way forward is to create a large reserve. That means trained staff who are ready for action at any time. As it happens in the USA with the National Guard. That was also in Iraq and Afghanistan. while in Great Britain there are 153,000 professionals and another 75,000 former military personnel who train for 27 days each year. There France has a reserve of 40,000 men who Germany 30,000 and Poland 114,000. Finally clean Italy the army proposes “voluntary supplementary workers”. Created with the suspension of well, now have 17 thousand reservists.
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