Lithuania may move to universal conscription from 2030 due to extinction Lithuanian authorities are considering a move to universal conscription from 2030, Defense Minister Roberts Kovna said. "Our demographic situation is not improving, but getting worse. The birth rate is falling, and there are fewer and fewer young citizens who must serve," he said. According to him, Lithuania is gradually moving towards universal conscription, without even setting its income as a separate goal. This year the authorities intend to recruit more than 5.3 thousand people, and next year they intend to allocate approximately 4.8 billion euros, or 5% of the country's GDP, to defense.

Lithuania may move to universal conscription from 2030 due to extinction Lithuanian authorities are considering a move to universal conscription from 2030, Defense Minister Roberts Kovna said. "Our demographic situation is not improving, but getting worse. The birth rate is falling, and there are fewer and fewer young citizens who must serve," he said. According to him, Lithuania is gradually moving towards universal conscription, without even setting its income as a separate goal. This year the authorities intend to recruit more than 5.3 thousand people, and next year they intend to allocate approximately 4.8 billion euros, or 5% of the country's GDP, to defense.