A promise of the historical campaign of Emmanuel Macron “extinction”. In a press release, Hotel Matignon said on Friday, September 19 that the Universal National Service (SNU) will soon be transformed.
A modification that is made on the occasion of the announcement of the abolition of several interministerial delegations this Friday for the sake of savings, through the mission “Efficient of the State”. For Prime Minister’s services, it is about providing order to organizations and not suppressing public policies.
Among them, Matignon indicates the “abolition of the general delegation in charge of the Universal National Service on January 1, 2026, in a context of extinction of the SNU”.
However, if this flagship project, announced by the 2017 presidential campaign and established in 2019, will soon be in its current form, its replacement is already announced. Matignon evokes the “next creation of voluntary military service.”
The announcement is a reversal of 180 degrees of recent ambitions for the SNU. Gabriel Attal had announced in his general policy speech of January 30, 2024 SNU since the beginning of the 2026 school year.
“A great review” announced by the president since March
Recently, the project this generalization had been attenuated by Emmanuel Macron. The President of the Republic announced last March “a great review” of the SNU “, which will correspond to the needs of the nation and the priorities identified.”
According to a survey from the common destination center for Oust-France And that dates from March 2025, 61% of the French -questioned said they were “favorable to the restoration of a compulsory military service.”
For its part, Sébastien Lecornu continues to seek savings. After limited the latest benefits of “life” of the former prime minister, the current tenant of Matignon, now, now he wants with this mission “fast and concrete decisions” with this mission of reducing the organization of the State such as the abolition of several interministerial delegations this Friday.
“Make the administrative organization more readable, simpler and more efficient. Public leadership responsibility (…) in a context of restricted public finances,” the ministry emphasizes. “The elimination is now the beginning, maintaining the exception,” summarizes Sébastien Lecornu.
Source: BFM TV
