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Finland, France, and Switzerland still have mandatory conscription for 18 year olds (like Israel). France is moving to have an option of public service for those who don’t want the military option. How does it work in those countries?

France hasn’t had a real military conscription since 2001. The current system:

In 2019, President Emmanuel Macron introduced Service national universel (SNU), a national service currently on a voluntary basis, for a period of 4 weeks. It will become a compulsory service in the future. Conscripts will spend two weeks in training and two weeks performing community service. The system has been described as “more scout camp than military service”.[10][11]

Military service in Finland and Switzerland is only mandatory for men. It ranges from 6 months to a year. Women may volunteer for military service in both countries, although few do.