Austrians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining compulsory military service.
With all votes in the referendum counted, except postal
ballots, 59.8% voted to keep the draft with 40.2% against, the interior
ministry saidAustrian men must serve 6 months in the army or 9 months in civilian service when they reach 18.Some 22,000 Austrian men are currently conscripted into the military each year.
Mandatory Conscription in Europe
Nato members:- Denmark
- Estonia
- Greece
- Norway
- Turkey
- Belarus
- Cyprus
- Finland
- Moldova
- Russia
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Note
Increasingly few European countries demand compulsory military service. France abandoned conscription in 1996, and Germany in 2011.
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