Poland not to re-introduce conscription, says defence minister

Poland does not assume a return to the national draft as there is no need for it and young people can be attracted to military service by good prospects and programmes, the defence minister has told a daily paper. In an interview with the Rzeczpospolita newspaper, an extract of which was posted on the paper's website ahead of publication on Wednesday, Mariusz Blaszczak said "the war beyond our eastern border has shown everybody how important regular citizens, trained for the military, are for the defence of a country.