14:43 (13:43)⇢Macron's Volunteer Military Unveiled
⌨French media continues to extensively cover President Emmanuel Macron's new voluntary military service, detailing its ten-month duration, national focus, and the goal of recruiting 3,000 young volunteers by summer 2026, increasing to 50,000 annually by 2035 (20 Minutes, France TV Info, L'Humanité, Le Monde, Le Point, L'Express, Libération, Valeurs Actuelles, BFMTV, Le Parisien, L'Obs). The initiative is explicitly presented as "purely military" and replacing the universal national service.