European Union Military Committee

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The European Union Military Committee (EUMC) is a department of military officials under the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy. The EUMC gives military advice to the PSC and the High Representative. It also oversees the European Union Military Staff.

The EUMC was formally established in December 2000 by the Nice European Council, and is one of several defence and security-related bodies established as a result of the Helsinki Headline Goal, which was decided in December 1999. EUMC is composed of the Chiefs of Defence of the EU Member States who are represented on a regular basis by their permanent military representatives in Brussels, who often are two- or three-star flag officers. A similar Military Committee also exists within NATO, and those countries which are members of both EU and NATO have in most cases chosen to use the same person as permanent military representative to both organisations.

The EUMC is chaired by Four-star flag officer who is selected by Chiefs of Defence and appointed by the Council of the European Union. For a term of three years the Chairman is the spokesperson for the EUMC, he participates in PSC meetings as appropriate, and attends Council meetings with defence and security implications. The current chairman is general Håkan Syrén, who was appointed for a term lasting until November 6, 2012.

List of Chairmen of EUMC

• 2001-2004: General Gustav Hägglund, Finland
• 2004-2006: General Rolando Mosca Moschini, Italy
• 2006-2009: General Henri Bentégeat, France
• 2009-2012: General Håkan Syrén, Sweden

References

See also

• European Security and Defence Policy
• Military of the European Union
• Council of the European Union

External links

• Council of the European Union: EU Military Committee