France begins trial of compulsory civic service for teens

Everything about this was sounding really really good until this point:

After dinner each day, they will debate different social issues. “For example, discrimination based on sexual orientation and disability or radicalisation," said Attal. "On Monday, after the French women’s football match, there will be a discussion of gender equality.”

This is a classic method used for imposing thought control. Have guided group discussions where it's presented as an open and free square, but guide them to only go in one specific direction so in the end, it subconsciously changes the participant's overall thought process. The Democratic Socialists of America did exactly this for all of the "actors" they brought in on a casting call that had no political background to run them on a unified platform, which was taught to them through these daily guided discussions

The programme, which will be written into the constitution

Kind of short sighted, what if it becomes a colossal failure and it's now part of your frigg'n constitution?

Heh, civic nationalism. We've got something similar called the Americorps program here in the states. It's infested with leftists. Utterly infested.