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French ‘Civic Service’ eyes massive expansion amid huge demand

Ministers want numbers of volunteers in system, seen as civilian successor to military service phased out in 1996, to go from 35,000 to 100,000.

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The French government is seeking to expand its “Civic Service” programme for young people that was on Friday described as “a victim of its own success”, reports FRANCE 24.

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