Call to Prime Minister of Finland, Alexander Stubb
End Finnish Conscription and Imprisonment of Conscientious Objectors
(13.01.2015) Finland is one of the last remaining countries in Europe that still has conscription. Finnish society and national culture are very militaristic and conscription is upheld primarily because of militaristic values and traditions. Even the armed forces admit they don't need all the conscripts and the size of reserve forces was cut by about 1/3, from 350 000 to 230.000 active reserve troops.