Military mobility

Europe has built its war-fighting plans on speeding American reinforcements to the front lines. The prospect of that not happening is throwing military mobility plans into disarray.

The project aims to make it easier to move troops and equipment between Poland and the Baltic countries.

“Defense definitely requires our full attention, but so does also the sustainability of our welfare state,” says Budget Minister Vincent Van Peteghem.

The European Commission’s defense policy proposal lays out a strategy for the bloc to rearm.

Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.

In May, thousands of French soldiers will need to get to Romania in 10 days to test their ability to meet NATO requirements.

Apostolos Tzitzikostas will face the fraught issue of decarbonizing the EU’s transport sector.

The cause of the disruption is still unknown.

Germany wants to keep defense spending at 2 percent of GDP, but budget constraints make that difficult.

EU needs to up its game on military mobility, but it’s no easy task, General Bertrand Toujouse tells POLITICO.

There is fear that a far-right victory could upend France’s foreign and military policy.

The bloc’s military powers are so weak that big names are likely to want a better Brussels post than defense chief.

The opposition party plans to create a ‘bespoke’ defense relationship with the EU if it forms the next government.

‘There is an opportunity to bring more things “in country”,’ Defense Secretary Grant Shapps tells the Sunday Telegraph.

Rishi Sunak has fundamentally changed the nature of the post-Brexit relationship.