European Union Military Staff

The Military Staff of the European Union ( engl. European Union Military Staff, EUMS) shall lead the EU operations under the ESDP. The common security and defense policy (CSDP ) is part of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union and therefore under the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who shall also be the European External Action Service as a diplomatic arm.

In addition to the direct subordination to the High Representative, the line is matched directly with the European Union Military Committee ( EUMC), the Assembly of European defense ministers. The staff should determine the multinational forces in a crisis situation, collect and set up, mostly. , In coordination with NATO Task is the implementation of the Petersberg tasks and the implementation of the operations of the European Union adopted a pan-European. This report to the EUMS is allocated for the period of use EUFOR troops, composed of contingents from the EU Member States. The operational management is achieved by NATO bodies, established to coordinate five so-called Operational Headquarters ( OHQ ) are set up in Europe, and each Force Headquarters ( FHQ ) for the lead in the field.

The OHQ are currently (2011): the French Centre de planification et de Conduite des Opérations à l' État major des Armées in Mont Valérien; the British in Northwood, near London; the German Multinational Forces Operations Command / Multi National Joint Headquarters of Ulm in Ulm; the Greek in Larissa and the Italian in Rome.

The European Military Staff has its headquarters in Brussels Korte mountain - building ( Avenue de Kortenburg 150, B- 1040 Brussels ), near the Berlaymont headquarters of the European Commission. Right next door is the Belgian Royal Military Academy. It is divided in five of Brigadier -run departments ( planning, education, missions, logistics, telecommunications and IT ) and connecting rods with NATO and the United Nations.

The previous EUFOR missions are EUFOR Operation Artemis in the Congo, EUFOR Operation Concordia in Macedonia, EUFOR Althea in Bosnia Herzegovina, EUFOR Tchad / RCA in Chad and EUFOR DR Congo in the Congo.

EU INTCEN and EUMS are part of the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity ( SIAC ). As part of SIAC (EUMS ) are brought together civilian (EU INTCEN ) and military intelligence service.

List of Directors General

  • Lieutenant General Jean -Paul Perruche ( France) ( 2004-2007)
  • Lieutenant General David Leakey ( UK ) ( 2007-2010)
  • Lieutenant General Tom van Osch (Netherlands) (2010-2012)
  • Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe ( Austria ) (since May 2013)
  • Deputy Director-General: Rear Admiral Bruce Williams ( UK ) (since 2012)
EUFOR Tchad/RCA Counter admiral
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