Heinz Volland Passed Away
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Heinz Volland, who passed away at the age of 98. Mr. Volland was one of the founding fathers of EUROMIL in 1972 and since 2005 honorary member of EUROMIL. In his capacity as President of the German Armed Forces Association (DBwV) from …
Inclusive Security Forces: Lifting the Taboos
The following article was written by EUROMIL in the framework of this year’s Debating Security Plus debate on LGBTI Rights in the security Sector and first published on Friends of Europe’s “Europe’s World” platform. Voters went to the polls from 23 to 26 May 2019 to elect their representatives to the …
NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bratislava, Slovakia
The 2019 spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) took place in the ancient halls of Bratislava Castle (Slovakia) from 31 May to 3 June 2019. “We come together at the convergence of three significant anniversaries” Madeleine Moon, NATO PA President, said. “NATO’s 70th anniversary and the 15th …
Court of Justice of the European Union Ruled on Implementation of Working Time Directive
On 14 May 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union published a new judgment regarding the implementation of the Working Time Directive (WTD). The case In the present case, a Spanish trade union (CCOO) complained about the practice of the a German firm (Deutsche Bank) towards Spanish employees, …
Investing In Defence Personnel Is The Safer Option
Abstract – The Presidents of four Dutch trade unions wrote an open letter to the Cabinet which was published in one of the big Dutch newspapers. It is ‘a wake-up’ call and a call for more money to be made available for collective bargaining. The reason? After years of spending …
PSOE Declared Openly That Model Of Permanent Troop And Mariner Is Not Possible
Abstract – The professional military associations meet with members of the political groups present in the Defence Committee of the Congress of Deputies to discuss the main problems of the scale. The PP finally declined attendance at that meeting. Please find the original version of this article hereunder. For more …
The Defence on the Spanish Electoral Campaign
Abstract – Mariano Casado Sierra as the head of the legal office of AUME and member of the “Observatory of the Military Life” in Spain, has written this article published on Infolibre “www.infolibre.es”, which describes the proposals given by the political parties about the Defence, but pointing mainly on the …
How to Recruit Within the Generation Z
Many European defence organizations are struggling with a recruitment problem. They are unable to fill in the required workforce strength with a sufficient number of young recruits. A poorly executed recruitment campaign is often at the origin of this problem. But how can a recruiting campaign work? Bridging the generation …
EUROMIL Position Paper on Recruitment and Retention
Several trends have influenced the recruitment of personnel of the European armed forces during the last years. Firstly, during the last decades, European armed forces were steadily downsized. In the context of the so-called peace-dividend which was expected after the end of the Cold War, European governments reduced their defence …
Reintegration of Spanish Soldiers in the Labour Market
Abstract – ATME, one of EUROMIL’s Spanish member associations, reached different agreements on the reintegration of Spanish soldiers – who left the armed forces at age 45 – into the civilian labour market. In Melilla, ATME reached an agreement with the local government that could become an example for the …