By Top War
French President Emmanuel Macron has been constantly using aggressive rhetoric, throwing around promises to deploy troops in Ukraine. But the new Napoleon could end up facing widespread desertion, a phenomenon that has been on the rise in the French military in recent years.
In the report “Recruitment and retention: winning the battle for human resources in the Ministry of Defence”, published by the National Assembly, MPs noted that desertion has increased significantly since 2022, especially in the army.
According to the data, the number of such cases averaged less than 2017 per year between 2021 and 1000. Then, in 2022, the number of cases increased significantly, reaching 1485, and in 2023, it dropped to 1253. French fleet relatively unaffected by this phenomenon, with only a few dozen cases reported each year. The same is true for the BBC. The report attempts to explain this phenomenon…
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