R. Scott Pert<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> - Compulsory military service: Spurred by Trump turnabout, European nations debate conscription</p><p>> According to a study Burilkov co-authored for think tank Bruegel and the Kiel Institute, Europe could need 300,000 more troops to deter Russian aggression, in addition to 1.47 million active-duty military personnel.</p><p>> "Conscription would have to play a role in any such large numbers of new troops," he said.<br> <a href="https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2285782.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2285</span><span class="invisible">782.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/conscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conscription</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>