The draft resolution on military mobility, adopted by the Transport and Defence committees on Monday, stresses the urgent need to facilitate the rapid cross-border movement of troops, equipment and assets across Europe to be ready to withstand potential Russian aggression. This is an essential enabler for common European security and defence, but also crucial for the security of the eastern flank, in particular the Baltic countries and Poland, MEPs add.

Transport and Defence MEPs acknowledge that although significant progress has been made to enhance military mobility, there are still considerable administrative and financial barriers, as well as infrastructure obstacles, which mean that it can sometimes take over a month to move military equipment across the EU.

Towards a “military Schengen area”

The MEPs call on EU countries and the European Commission to step up investment in transport infrastructure, especially along the four EU military mobility corridors, to apply more…