From 2% to 5%: NATO’s defence spending must be sustainable for taxpayers
Published ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, June 2025. As NATO leaders prepare for their meeting in The Hague, defence spending is back on the political agenda after many years. This time, however, a major change of course seems to be on the horizon. The 2014 target of …
EUROMIL holds its 130th General Assembly meeting
The European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions (EUROMIL) held its 130th General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, hosted by member association HÉSZ. EUROMIL President, Emmanuel Jacob, opened the conference by welcoming representatives from across Europe and emphasizing the significant geopolitical challenges currently facing the continent, along key developments at …
Unexpected attack on trade union rights in the Hungarian armed forces!
The Hungarian military trade union Honvédszakszervezet (HOSZ) was founded in 1991 and joined EUROMIL already in 1992. Very often EUROMIL referred to HOSZ as a good example since the country, by Constitution, grants these basic rights to its military personnel. On Tuesday, 21 November 2023, the Deputy Prime Minister and …
EUROMIL holds its 128th General Assembly Meeting in Spain
On 26-27 October 2023, EUROMIL held its 128th General Assembly meeting in Spain (Madrid), hosted by our member association AUME. EUROMIL President, Emmanuel Jacob opened the conference by welcoming members while also thanked AUME for the cooperation in organizing the General Assembly meeting in Madrid. On 26 October, a panel …
MILEX-23: a First Step towards Greater European Defence
The first live exercise (LIVEX) of the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) took place 16-22 October 2023, in Spain. Nine counties (Austria, Spain, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Romania) contributed with 2.800 military personnel, equipment, and strategic enablers. This exercise represents a historical moment of paramount importance with the aim …
EUROMIL’s Working Visit To Kyiv: 21 – 24 June
Looking back in time The good relationship between Ukraine and EUROMIL goes back a long way in time. We should, for example, remind that until 2014, EUROMIL didn’t only count a member association from Ukraine among its members, but also from Russia. On many occasions, EUROMIL visited both of them …
European Armed Forces: State of Play 2023
On 8 June 2023, EUROMIL organised a two-panel event on the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Juozas OLEKAS entitled “European Armed Forces: State of Play 2023”. The first panel discussion focused on the implementation of the Strategic Compass and the creation of the Rapid Deployment Capacity. During the opening remarks, …
EUROMIL welcomes the European Parliament adoption of the “EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward” Report
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 …
EUROMIL welcomes the progress made in the one year implementation period of the Strategic Compass
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 …
EU-NATO 3rd Joint Declaration: Interview with EUROMIL’s President, Emmanuel Jacob
Mr Jacob, you are the president of EUROMIL, the European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions. Being an expert for security and defence topics, we are sure you have been looking forward to the recent joint declaration on NATO-EU cooperation. Are you satisfied with the results? Have some aspects …