From Puglia, the Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini during one of his interventions spoke of the reintroduction of the Leva service. “It is a duty» to remind the youngsters ”, opposed the Minister of Defense Elisabetta Trenta who said,“ just a romantic idea ”. The opinion of the Ministry of Defense is that it is a "romantic idea, but our soldiers are and must be professionals and Salvini also agrees on this aspect".
Faced with the dry no of the Defense Staff which expressed itself highlighting the professionalism of the Italian armed forces, Salvini responded with the results of his followers on twitter. "Reintroduce military and civilian service to remind our children that, in addition to rights, there are also duties. Do you agree?", this is the "investigation" question posed by Salvini on the social network. Salvini then increased the dose, "Leverage for our boys and our girls so at least they learn a little education that mom and dad are unable to teach." Il Messaggero reports today that with the return to Leverage Italy would realign itself on the subject with other European countries such as Germany, Finland, Denmark, Austria and Sweden, while in the wake of a similar proposal there is also Macron's France. So our kids would go back to wearing the uniform after that in 2004 the Leva was suspended and not abolished as many think.
Also Matteo Salvini last February filed a bill in Parliament to reintroduce military service on a regional basis for six months. He highlighted "I think that in the face of racist upsurge and the threat of terrorism, a conscript army is better for democracy." The Deputy Prime Minister also said that a compulsory military service, civil or military but above all military, would also serve to integrate the children who came here from the other side of the world and who will grow up with love for Italy ».
In short, an idea, that of Salvini, beautiful but impracticable because to reintroduce the Leva service would take a lot of money that the Government does not have and which certainly cannot allocate to the Leva service, given the commitments already made with the Italians.