Sweden reintroduces conscription
STOCKHOLM, March 2. /Offset. TASS Irina Dergacheva/. The Swedish government intends to re-enter the country abolished in 2010 conscription. A decision will be made at the Cabinet meeting, reports TV channel SVT.
“If we want to be equipped and well trained troops, that the voluntary system should be supplemented by a universal levy,” said defense Minister Peter Hultqvist. According to him, the Ministry of defence had difficulty with recruiting departments on a voluntary basis.
According to the decision taken on Thursday by the government, all boys and girls born in 1999 and later (about 13 thousand people), after July 1, 2017 will begin to receive subpoenas for service in 2018-2019, the Recruitment will still be undertaken primarily on a voluntary basis, and the remaining number of personnel (approximately four thousand people annually) will be compensated at the expense of universal appeal.
“Interest, motivation and desire are the basis of the appeal. I think it will be the decisive (factor),” added Hultquist.
As recent public opinion polls, the majority of the inhabitants of the Kingdom in favour of conscription.