EUROMIL

Dé belangenbehartiger van alle Europese militairen

De Europese Organisatie van Militaire Verenigingen (EUROMIL) spant zich in voor de sociale en professionele belangen van alle militairen binnen alle rangen in Europa. EUROMIL vormt een Europese koepelorganisatie van in totaal 34 vakbonden en vakcentrales, die de belangen behartigen van militair personeel in 22 landen. Het EUROMIL-hoofdkantoor bevindt zich in Brussel.

Namens Nederland zijn de AFMP en de MARVER bij EUROMIL aangesloten. Dit doen zij vanuit hun solidariteit met de militaire bonden uit alle Europese landen en natuurlijk met al het hierbij aangesloten militair personeel. Via diverse lobbytrajecten oefent EUROMIL invloed uit op het NAVO- en EU-beleid en op de Europese sociale wet- en regelgeving. Een goed voorbeeld hiervan zijn tien aanbevelingen van EUROMIL, die de NAVO enkele jaren terug heeft overgenomen en nu hanteert bij de planning van missies. Ook de huidige beschermende regels voor goede arbeidsomstandigheden en daaraan gerelateerde wetten voor militairen zijn te danken aan de inspanningen van EUROMIL. Nederlandse militairen zijn hiervan anno 2022 steeds minder uitgezonderd. De wetten vormen een nationale uitwerking van Europese wetgeving, waarin mede dankzij de lobby van EUROMIL in de afgelopen decennia ook steeds meer zaken voor militairen zijn opgenomen.

EUROMIL waarborgt een goede sociale dialoog tussen de Europese militaire bonden. Door deze dialoog, waaraan de AFMP en de MARVER natuurlijk hun steentje bijdragen, ontpopt EUROMIL zich de laatste jaren tot veel meer dan een lobbyorganisatie. Niet voor niets vormt deze organisatie vandaag de dag een serieuze gesprekspartner aan de Europese overlegtafel. Op politiek-strategisch niveau in Europa wordt er dan ook steeds meer geluisterd naar wat EUROMIL als Europese belangenbehartiger voor militairen allemaal te vertellen heeft. De afgelopen jaren namen militaire vertegenwoordigers van de NAVO en politieke vertegenwoordigers van het Europese parlement ook de moeite om tijdens de Presidiums van EUROMIL met leden de dialoog aan te gaan over diverse relevante onderwerpen.

RECENTE EUROMIL-ARTIKELEN

The Right of Association in the Armed Forces – Citizen in Uniform
9 mei 2023 - EUROMIL, as the European Organisation of military associations and trade unions is first and foremost aiming at the respect for and the application of human rights and fundamental freedoms in and by the European Armed Forces. EUROMIL’s essential consideration is that a soldier should be treated as a “citizen in uniform” with the same rights and obligations as his fellow citizens. However, by fully understanding the role of the military and the role that soldiers may have to play, restrictions should only be allowed in time of operations and wartime.

However, in practice the right of association for military personnel in Europe has been a peculiar situation depending on the particularities of each country. To provide a few examples, in the Netherlands a military association was founded already in 1898, and several decades later it became a trade union, while in Belgium, the first signs of a military association can be found in the late 19th century. However, a legal basis to transform these associations in trade unions has only been decided in 1978 and it took almost 17 years to execute this legislation. Looking to the Northern part of Europe, we see that all of them – Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland – grant full trade union rights to their military personnel.
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EUROMIL’s Italian Session: The Struggle for Trade Union Rights for Military Personnel
3 mei 2023 - On April 27th 2023, EUROMIL hosted an “Italian session” at the Centre Congressi Frentani in Rome. The event brought together members of EUROMIL’s 127th General Assembly and about 45 representatives from Italian military associations. The session highlighted the challenges faced by military personnel in Italy when it comes to trade union rights, emphasizing the need for further action to improve the situation.
Mr Emmanuel Jacob, EUROMIL’s President, opened the event by stating the importance of trade union rights for military personnel and by highlighting ASSODIPRO’s long-lasting fight to defend military personnel’s rights and to change the Italian legislation, in close collaboration with CGIL.
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EUROMIL steunt snelle Europese interventie-eenheid
24 april 2023 - Met succes komt EUROMIL bij het Europees Parlement op voor de rechten van Europese defensiemedewerkers, onder wie ook de militairen en burgermedewerkers die zijn aangesloten bij de AFMP en de MARVER. EUROMIL spant zich onder meer in voor de belangen van leden die zullen worden ingezet in het kader van de zogeheten EU Rapid Deployment Capacity (EU RDC), de snelle interventie-eenheid van de EU die in 2025 operationeel dient te zijn en in korte tijd ongeveer 5000 militairen op de been moet brengen.
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EUROMIL welcomes the European Parliament adoption of the “EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward” Report
19 april 2023 - The European Parliament adopted, on 19 April 2023, the “EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward” Report. EUROMIL welcomes the recommendations made by the European Parliament and supports the further European defence integration. It is important to note that the report underlines the need for securing workers rights. More precisely, it notes that the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) will be made up of forces that will train and work together and as long as they are under EU command, these soldiers should enjoy equal working and social rights. Besides, women’s participation is deemed as essential for further enhancing the effectiveness of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Hence, it is also imperative to ensure more gender balance in the personnel and leadership of CSDP missions and operations.
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PFEARFU’s Gender Equality Secretariat meeting with GREVIO in Athens
23 maart 2023 - The Council of Europe’s GREVIO Committee of Experts on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence visited Greece to evaluate the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in the country. During their visit, the Committee sought input from the Secretariat of Gender Equality of PFEARFU to gather data and insights. Their discussions included the effectiveness of campaigns aimed at raising awareness about domestic violence among military personnel.

Additionally, the Secretariat presented proposals that had been established over the past three years, such as the creation of a dedicated office to prevent and address sexual violence and the provision of training for military personnel.
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EUROMIL welcomes the progress made in the one year implementation period of the Strategic Compass
23 maart 2023 - The EU Strategic Compass for Security and Defence adopted in March 2022, aims at guiding the EU through the right direction to anticipate threats and challenges, become more resilient and a stronger partner. Congruent with the implementation report, the past year a plethora of developments took place to enhance EU’s capabilities in security and defence. The Compass provides essential guidelines to effectively deal with emerging threats and challenges as cyber or hybrid threats, but with conventional ones as well.
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EUROMIL’s President at the World Veterans Congress, Belgrade
10 maart 2023 - The World Veterans Congress and 30th General Assembly for the World Veterans Federation were recently held in Belgrade, Serbia from March 6th to March 10th, 2023. The Congress was hosted by the Union of Associations of Fighters of the National Liberation Wars of Serbia (SUBNOR), one of the founders of the WVF in 1950. In fact, SUBNOR organized the WVF General Assembly in 1951 where significant decisions were made about its mission as a humanitarian federation and in the caretaking of veterans from various wars and conflicts.

The motto of the 2023 Congress was “respect for diversity,” a very relevant topic that was discussed in the Peace and Security session after the official opening of the Congress. This theme aimed to highlight that, despite the differences between the states member of the WVF, they all have in common a great and bright goal: humanity in stable peace and economic prosperity. The WVF believes in negotiating topics where they do not share common ground. Because no one, as WVF’s credo says, can speak more eloquently about peace than those who fought in the war!
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EUROMIL’s support to Ukraine: 1 year since the start of the war
24 februari 2023 - On the 24th of February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine on a war against democracy, freedom and self determination. One year later the destruction of the country and the loss of countless people have made clear that war was returned in Europe and our unprecedented support is and will be vital until Ukraine gains its freedom once again.

EUROMIL supported Ukraine and Ukrainian people from the start and continues to do so. On 4 March 2022 the Board of EUROMIL supported the ITUC/ETUC in a joint call to action to stop the war in Ukraine and expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian people, workers and trade unions. Besides, on 15 March 2022, EUROMIL’s Brussels Office participated at the ITUC/ETUC action for Peace.
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The President of EUROMIL meets the Chairman of the EU Military Committee
17 februari 2023 - On Monday 13 February 2023, the President of EUROMIL, Mr Emmanuel Jacob, met with the Chairman of the EU Military Committee (EUMC), General Robert Brieger. The discussion focused on presenting the work of EUROMIL as its main aim is promoting the professional and social interests of soldiers. It was also agreed that building a common EU culture of defence is essential, as well as sharing the best practices among members of the Armed Forces and at the same time respecting the national specificities.

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vakbondsrechten

EUROMIL spant zich in voor de vakbondsrechten van alle militairen in Europa en oefent invloed uit op het NAVO- en EU-beleid & de Europese sociale wet- en regelgeving

sociale dialoog

EUROMIL zet zich in voor het het recht van militairen om deel te mogen uitmaken van een vakbond of belangenorganisatie en zorgt voor een goede sociale dialoog tussen de Europese militaire bonden.

samenwerking

EUROMIL vindt gehoor op politiek-strategisch niveau in Europa. Daarnaast stimuleert EUROMIL internationale militaire samenwerking tijdens financieel-economische crisissen en pandemieën.

terugkoppeling

EUROMIL geeft terugkoppeling in het Nederlands na elk Presidium aan de kaderleden en besturen van onze bonden. Wij informeren jou vervolgens via onze kanalen.

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