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Jean-Louis Borloo: "It is not up to the CJEU to regulate the status of our soldiers"

2021-07-16T18:04:39.907Z


TRIBUNE - In a judgment handed down on July 15, the Court of Justice of the European Union affirms that the European directive on working time must apply to the army. An unacceptable attack on our national sovereignty in matters of defense, explains the former Minister of State.


Following the conclusions of the Advocate General for whom Directive 2003/88 / EC, relating to working time, also applies to members of the armed forces, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled July 15 in this sense, considering that professional military personnel are

“workers”

, within the meaning of the 2003 directive,

“independently”

of the fact that they can benefit from a sui generis status in national law. Simply unacceptable.

By taking this decision, the CJEU is ignoring the national sovereignty of France with regard to its security and the defense of its essential interests.

By stating that the Working Time Directive applies to the armed forces, the keystone of national sovereignty, the Court is making an incredible and unbearable mistake.

She arrogates to herself a power that is not her own.

By its decision, it comes to call into question the constitutional principle which gives the French Head of State

"the free disposal of the forces.

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Source: lefigaro

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