Draft lists In the first few days of January, as every year, the mayors published public announcements in various municipalities with the inscription: “Compulsory entry in the draft lists for young people born in 2006”. Just enough to inspire doubt and fear. With the war in Ukraine, on the outskirts of Europe, it’s not exactly reassuring to walk around the city and notice this clue.
However, this is not a call to arms. Compulsory military service has been suspended in Italy since 2005.
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But why are the municipalities putting up these posters? One of the responsibilities of the municipality, as the governing body, is to develop and update the Military Draft List. How are draft lists created? This is a list of the names of all youths by birth class from 01.01. until 31.12. turn 17 in the current year. The municipalities compile these lists by April 10 of each year. Who says that? The Code of Military Order, which is an organic body of law, and more precisely a Legislative Decree (Number 66 of March 15, 2010), which in Article 1928 “Obligations of military service, suspension of calls and cases of reinstatement” reads as follows:
“In implementation of Article 52 of the Constitution (“Defending the Fatherland is the sacred duty of the citizen. Military service is obligatory within the limits and in the manner established by law. Its performance does not affect the citizen’s professional position or the exercise of political power rights. The organization of the armed forces follows the democratic spirit of the republic”), Military service is compulsory in the cases and in the manner specified by this Code».
But can conscription be reinstated? The Code says that “Call-up for military service will be suspended from January 1, 2005» that the military service « be restored by decree of the President of the Republic, following a decision of the Council of Ministers, when the volunteer personnel on duty are insufficient and it is not possible to fill the vacancies according to the modalities of mobilization , through the re-enlistment of military volunteers who are not are out of service for more than five years in the following cases: a) when a state of war is declared in accordance with Article 78 of the Constitution; b) when a serious international crisis in which Italy is directly involved or because of its membership in an international organization justifies an increase in the numerical coherence of the armed forces». In addition, in the event of return to military service, the law provides that civilian police and National Fire Service personnel cannot be called up to fill vacancies.
The process of forming the military service list is automatically activated by the municipalities. You may be able to verify your registration or cancellation by contacting the leverage office each municipality has. The military service office issues certificates of entry in the military service list and of military service results.
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It is therefore not a call to arms, but a formality resulting from the laws that suspended conscription in Italy.
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