Military Service Reform Act of 2022 - Charlemont

Rationale

Shifts to a volunteer professional army to improve military readiness and efficiency while aligning with modern defense needs.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Military Service Policy	National service for those 18-20		Volunteer professional army

1

Military Service Policy

Previous law

National service for those 18-20

Volunteer professional army

Proposer

Party

ALAYON

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Core pillars

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Léo Girard

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Timeline

Draft

26 May 2022
Vote Open

26 May 2022
Vote Closed

25 July 2022
Became Law

25 July 2022

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Passed

337Yes 0No 11Not voted 348 seats

For: 337 / 348 seats (96.8%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 11

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
ALAYON Proposer	20	Yes	No reason given
Blue Labour	46	Yes	We support the proposal
Green-left Movement	71	Yes	The Green-Left Movement supports this reform because a professional volunteer army can provide better-trained, motivated personnel while improving military readiness and efficiency. Defence should rely on skilled professionals rather than compulsory service.
National Front	146	Yes	We support this, as it will help our young people, give people liberty, while also making our army more modern. This will increase moral in troops and make sure they are property trained and equipped, while also helping us increase funding for air defences, our airforces, our navy, etc.
Progressive Front	54	Yes	We support this legislation.
Empty seats	14	Not voted

National Assembly

Passed

553Yes 0No 24Not voted 577 seats

For: 553 / 577 seats (95.8%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 24

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
ALAYON Proposer	8	Yes	No reason given
Blue Labour	31	Yes	We support the proposal
Green-left Movement	168	Yes	The Green-Left Movement supports this reform because a professional volunteer army can provide better-trained, motivated personnel while improving military readiness and efficiency. Defence should rely on skilled professionals rather than compulsory service.
National Front	286	Yes	We support this, as it will help our young people, give people liberty, while also making our army more modern. This will increase moral in troops and make sure they are property trained and equipped, while also helping us increase funding for air defences, our airforces, our navy, etc.
Progressive Front	60	Yes	We support this legislation.
Empty seats	17	Not voted

Presidency

Passed

1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
National Front	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Green-left Movement

Voted May 31, 2022

Yes

“The Green-Left Movement supports this reform because a professional volunteer army can provide better-trained, motivated personnel while improving military readiness and efficiency. Defence should rely on skilled professionals rather than compulsory service.”

Blue Labour

Voted May 30, 2022

Yes

“We support the proposal”

Progressive Front

Voted May 28, 2022

Yes

“We support this legislation.”

National Front

Voted May 26, 2022

Yes

“We support this, as it will help our young people, give people liberty, while also making our army more modern. This will increase moral in troops and make sure they are property trained and equipped, while also helping us increase funding for air defences, our airforces, our navy, etc.”