AP Celebrates its 17th Anniversary
The “Association of Enlisted” (AP), one of three Portuguese member associations of EUROMIL, recently celebrated its 17th anniversary. Registered on 24 February 2000 as Associação de Praças da Armada (APA), only representing navy personnel at that time, it subsequently amended its statute in order to integrate and represent all enlisted …
Non-Compliance With Law On Right Of Association Of Portuguese Soldiers
Abstract – In August 2001, 19 years after the publication of the LDNFA (National Defence and Armed Forces Law – Law 29/82 of 11 December) and after an intense struggle to amend its article 31 a law was finally published which recognized the right of professional associations for military personnel …
Portuguese Military Associations Denounce Bad Governance And Promise Not To Stand Still
Abstract – On 23 September 2016, three portuguese military associations (ANS, AOFA and AP), all of them full members of EUROMIL, convened a press conference to denounce bad governance and disrespect of the existing laws. The press conference was held in an hotel at the center of Lisbon. The three …