https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The idea of bringing back obligatory military service is popular among several presidential candidates, but one of the pretenders for the Elysée throne, Nicolas Sarkozy, wants it to be for France's 100,000 school dropouts. Can it work? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160916/would-forced-military-service-for-school-drop-outs-work-in-france Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:23:26 +0200 would-forced-military-service-for-school-drop-outs-work-in-france In the wake of the country's biggest terror attack in modern history, several French politicians have called for the re-introduction of compulsory national military service. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150119/should-france-bring-back-national-service Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:02:00 +0100 should-france-bring-back-national-service