French Defence Staff

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The French Defence Staff is the senior military command body responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating France’s armed forces at the strategic level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military staff
strategic military command
coordinatesWith Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force
surface form: French Air and Space Force Staff

French General Staff
surface form: French Army Staff

French Navy
surface form: French Navy Staff

Special Operations Command (France)
surface form: French Special Operations Command
country France
employs French civilian defence personnel
French military personnel
fieldOfWork defence
joint operations
military strategy
national security
hasAbbreviation EMA
hasComponent Joint Operations Planning Centre
directorate of military intelligence staff elements
logistics and support planning elements
nuclear forces staff elements
operations centre of the French Armed Forces
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema
headedBy Chief of the Defence Staff (France)
surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of France
headquartersLocation Hexagone Balard
Paris
jurisdiction French external operations
French overseas territories
Metropolitan France
surface form: metropolitan France
legalStatus organ of the French state
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
nativeName État-major des armées
partOf French Armed Forces
reportsTo Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
surface form: Minister of the Armed Forces of France

President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France
responsibleFor coordination of joint operations of French Army, Navy, and Air and Space Force
crisis management support to French authorities
military situation assessment
nuclear deterrence planning support
operational command of French armed forces at strategic level
planning of overseas operations of France
strategic planning of French military operations
scope strategic level
shortName EMA
subordinateTo Government of France
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
usesLanguage French

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