Brussels, 24/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 23 January, the EU Council of Ministers appointed Patrick de Rousiers (France) as Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) for a three-year tenure as of 6 November 2012.
General Patrick de Rousiers will succeed General Hakan Syren (Sweden), who took up office as chairman of the EUMC on 6 November 2009. The EUMC is the highest military body set up within the Council. It is composed of the chiefs of defence of the member states,...