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Defence and Citizenship Day (Journée Défense et Citoyenneté) is a day established in 1998 in France by the French president, Jacques Chirac, during his first presidential mandate in the context of the national service reform.
It is a one-day program that deals with citizenship, Duty of Remembrance, and awareness of defence, army, nation and European issues.
It has replaced the military service.
From 1998 to 2010, it was called Defence Preparation Day (Journée d’Appel de Préparation à la Défense).