League files bill to bring back military service

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 21 - The rightwing League party on Tuesday filed a bill to bring back military service in Italy after it ended at the end of 2004.
    The bill would also offer civilian service to conscientious objectors or others not wanting to do military services, said League leader, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini.
    "The League's bill to reintroduce six months of civil or military service for 18-26 year olds, on a regional basis and to be carried out exclusively in Italy, has been filed in the Chamber of Deputies, (Lower House)" Salvini wrote on social media.
    "I am convinced about this," he added.
    "It is a form of civic education in the service of the community, of discipline, of attention to others and respect for oneself and for others that could have very positive effects." (ANSA).