Conscription is being reintroduced all over Europe — where is the debate?

Germany has introduced laws assessing young men for military service and preventing them travelling for extended periods without military consent, writes Samuel Rogers

Lithuanian army soldiers at Public and Military Day Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2014. Since 2014, countries including Sweden, Latvia, and Lithuania have reinstated compulsory military service. File picture

"War is a present reality," and across Europe mandatory military service is no longer a hypothetical question. Headlines are trumpeting the coming end of the all-volunteer force for militaries across the continent.

Since 2014, countries including Sweden, Latvia, and Lithuania have reinstated compulsory military service. However, in recent months this process seems to be accelerating.