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The European security environment has changed profoundly since 2014, which helps to understand the relevance of mandatory military service.
The PS leader reacted to the fact that Nuno Melo stated he had been waiting several months for the Foreign Minister's contribution to finalise the National Strategic Defence Concept.
For the socialist, this delay in revising the concept is a sign of the “devaluation of the strategic dimension of the Azores”.
The Air Force firing range, currently located in Alcochete, Setúbal district, will move to Alter do Chão, in Portalegre, due to the construction of the new Luís de Camões airport, the Minister of National Defence announced today.
The proposed bill provides for two additional seats on the Superior Council of National Defence; debating and approving the Strategic Concept in Parliament; providing opinions on international missions; and a personnel law, among other measures.
National Defence should not be the exclusive responsibility of a restricted group of volunteers, because if peace and sovereignty are common goods, their safeguarding must be shared by all.