1. Mission
In accordance with Article 113, 142
and 150 paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the European Union as a federal
state, the European Union shall establish European Armed Forces for purposes of
defence. Their numerical strength and general organizational structure must be
shown in the budget of Union . Apart from
defence, the European Armed Forces may be employed only to the extent expressly
permitted by Constitution.
v During a martial law, or a state of
emergency the European Armed Forces shall have the power to protect civilian
property and to perform traffic control functions to the extent necessary to
accomplish their defence mission. Moreover, during a martial law, or a state of
emergency, the European Armed Forces may also be authorised to support police
measures for the protection of civilian property; in this event the European
Armed Forces shall cooperate with the competent authorities. If the Member
State where such danger is imminent is not itself willing or able to combat the
danger, the European Executive Council may employ the European Armed Forces (if the
Member State is not itself willing or able to combat the danger to the
existence or free democratic basic order of the European Union or of a Member
State) to support the police and the European Border Guard in protecting
civilian property and in combating organised armed insurgents.
v Member State
v If the constitutional order of the
Member State or Union, to security of the citizenry or public order endangers
the territory of more than one Member State and the measures taken by Member
State are insufficient, at the time European Executive Council may, if it is necessary for effective eradication,
introduce a european state of emergency in a part of or upon the whole
territory of the Union. The European Executive Council, insofar as is necessary to
combat the danger, may deploy units of the European Armed Forces to support the
police.
v In the case of natural disasters Member State
v If the consequences of a natural
catastrophe or a technological accident exhibiting characteristics of a natural
disaster endangers the territory of more than one Member State, the European Executive Council , insofar as is necessary to combat, the prevent or remove the
consequences, may introduce a european state of natural disaster in a part of
or upon the whole territory of the Union. The European Executive Council, insofar as
is necessary to combat the danger, may deploy units of the European Armed
Forces to support the police.
2. Command system and structure of
European Armed Forces
The President of the
Republic shall be the Supreme Commander of the European Armed Forces of the
European Union. The President of the European Union, in times of peace, shall
exercise command over the European Armed Forces through the Minister of
Defence. The President of the European Union shall appoint, for a specified
period of time, the Chief of the General Staff and commanders of branches of the
European Armed Forces. The duration of their term of office, the procedure for
and terms of their dismissal before the end thereof, shall be specified by
European law. The President of the European Union, for a period of war, shall
appoint the Commander-in-Chief of the European Armed Forces on request of the
President of the European Executive Council . He may dismiss the Commander-in-Chief of
the European Armed Forces in accordance with the same procedure. The authority
of the Commander-in-Chief of the European Armed Forces, as well as the
principle of his subordination to the constitutional organs of the European
Union, shall be specified by statute. The President of the European Union, on
request of the Minister of Defence, shall confer military ranks as specified
by European law. The authority of the President of the European Union,
regarding his supreme command of the European Armed Forces, shall be specified
in detail by European law.
The European Defence
Administration shall be conducted as a european administrative authority with
its own administrative substructure. It shall have jurisdiction for personnel
matters and direct responsibility for satisfaction of the procurement needs of
the Armed Forces. Responsibilities connected with pensions for injured persons
or with construction work may be assigned to the European Defence
Administration only by a European law. In addition, european laws concerning
martial law, including recruitment for military service and protection of the
civilian population, may provide that they shall be executed, wholly or in
part, either by european administrative authorities with their own
administrative substructures or by the Member States on european commission.
Regarding the composition of senior
management and appointment to senior command and leadership in the European
Armed Forces, the principle of proportional representation of Member States. In
the European Armed Forces shall be ensured, in accordance with the
Constitution, equality of languages of the Member States. In command and
military training in the European Armed Forces can be, in accordance with the
European law, use the Esperanto language, and of his units can be used
languages of the Member States.
The Union
may establish european military criminal courts for the European Armed Forces.
These courts may exercise criminal jurisdiction only during a martial law or
over members of the European Armed Forces serving abroad or on board warships.
Details shall be regulated by a European law. These courts shall be under the
aegis of the Minister of
Justice. Their full-time judges
shall be persons qualified to hold judicial office.
The European Armed Forces consist of
the:
- European Union Army - is the land component of the
armed forces of European Union.
- European Union Air Force - is the aerial warfare branch
of European Union.
- . European Union Navy - is the navy
of European Union;
Coat of arms of the European Armed Forces of the European Union
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