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The European Social Charter should be interpreted as recognizing trade unions for military personnel. This is an important step towards the full recognition of the right to freedom of association for members of the armed forces. In September 2017, the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) decided on the complaint EUROMIL v. Ireland in the framework of the collective complaint …
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EUROMIL was informed on several occasions in the past year by its Montenegrin member association SOVCG about different problems regarding social dialogue and a worsened relationship between the Minister of Defence and SOVCG. On 17 January 2018, EUROMIL's President Emmanuel Jacob met with the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Slobodan Filipović and the Director of Human Resources to …
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On 18 February 2018, the President of EUROMIL opened the “Diversity and Inclusion in Security” event which was organised by the association Deutscher.Soldat and partly sponsored by the DBwV, in the margins of the Munich Security Conference in Munich. President Jacob explained that EUROMIL continuously advocates human rights including equal opportunity rights of armed forces personnel as “citizen in uniform” …
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Following-up on their meeting on 13 July 2017, several associations and trade unions of gendarmerie personnel from three European countries met on 25 January 2018 in Amsterdam. On the invitation of the Dutch MARVER (Marechaussee Military Union), representatives of the Spanish AUGC (Asociación Unificada de Guardias Civiles), the Portuguese APG (Associação dos Profissionais da Guarda) as well as EUROMIL President …
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Abstract - Mental health is just as important for serviceman and women as military readiness and physical fitness. The current mental health approach of the Belgian armed forces is suboptimal and needs to be improved. The in-theatre and the post-deployment care need profound adjustments. Among other things, the assistance for disorders caused by traumas and extreme stress during operational deployments shows …
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The Danish government has reached an agreement regarding the Danish Defence for the period 2018-2023. EUROMIL's Danish members CS and HKKF commented on the deal: CS President: The new Defence Agreement is a positive read, however…. The long awaited Defence Agreement is (finally) published, and according to President of CS Jesper K. Hansen it is generally full of positive measures. But …
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On 24th February, a Congress of Spanish Soldiers, organized by professional associations of AUME and ATME, was held in Madrid. Exercising the right of assembly recognized in the Spanish Constitution to all citizens, it has been a democratic event open to all soldiers regardless of their status of members of the convening associations. The Congress has served to discuss the …
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Abstract - Woman joined the Spanish armed forces for the very first time at the beginning of the nineties, almost 30 years ago. Since then we have noticed how the military environment has changed, and how the laws have been developed together with our democracy. However, regarding the woman in uniform, there are many issues pending to be solved. Indeed, …
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Abstract - In the future, the EUROMIL delegation of the DBwV will be led by Deputy Federal Chairman Captain Andreas Steinmetz. He will participate in the EUROMIL Presidium Meetings. As a member of the EUROMIL Presidium he represents the positions of the DBwV at the EUROMIL Presidium Meetings. The original version of the article is available here under. For more …
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Abstract - The end of temporality, the re-employment, compensation update and official qualifications/certifications, are the essential performance of face ATME program points to the new year. The original article is available here. For more information, please contact ATME.
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Abstract - The Minister of Defence in her speech on Easter Day forgot to delve into another topic of great importance: the aspirations of a whole scale for its full professionalisation. The original article can be found below. For more information, please contact ATME. La ministra de Defensa, María Dolores de Cospedal no dudó en avanzar que defendería la equiparación salarial de …
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Abstract - Deputy Chairman West, Rudolf Schmelzer, is a longtime member of the EUROMIL delegation of the DBwV. In the last weeks, he has arranged appointments with Members of the European Parliament. He exchanged views with inter alia Birgit Collin-Langen, Sabine Verheyen and Elmar Brok (all CDU) as well as Martina Werner and Birgit Sippel (both SPD) on the civil …
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Abstract - The coalition agreement negotiated between the CDU and the SPD is a few weeks old. If the members of the SPD agree, it will be the program of the new federal government and the federal government can be elected. After the publication of the draft coalition agreement you could hear a lot of critical voices on the contents …
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Abstract - The world was a guest at the Munich Security Conference and the DBwV was there. The caretaker government was represented by Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière and Development Minister Gerd Müller. The DBwV has been present there for many years. The Federal Chairman Lieutenant Colonel André Wüstner was as …
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On 21 February 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union published a judgment (C-518/15) on the stand-by time of a worker who is obliged to respond to calls from the employer within a short time. The Court decided that this stand-by time must be regarded as working time. The judgment was the result of a request for a …
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On 18 January 2018, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released a report on “Challenges facing civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU”. The shrinking space for civil society and human rights defenders in Europe endangers democracy in the European Union. As emphasised at regional and international level, civil society is key for functioning democracies …
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The event is organised with the kind support of the Members of the European Parliament Ivo Belet and Clare Moody. While all European states send their militaries on military missions, the efforts to harmonize the pre-, during and after deployment care remain quite limited. Especially with regards to medical care, it seems surprising that military personnel who comes back from …
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The event will focus on relaunching the SAFE concept through PESCO and will focus on two issues, namely medical care and common training. The SAFE process which stands for “Synchronised Armed Forces Europe” was adopted in a European Parliament Resolution on the European Security Strategy and ESDP on 19 February 2009. Although the concept has not been much used since …
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Workers representation through trade unions and professional associations is one of the key concept of today’s European democracies. While most workers have the possibility to organise themselves in trade unions and associations according to their professional field of activity, one group of workers faces serious problems and is even denied its right of association in some European countries: the military …
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