EU member states will have just three days in peacetime and six hours in emergencies to allow other European military troops and equipment to cross their borders under a new "military Schengen" proposal from the European Commission designed to significantly improve military mobility across the bloc.
"Today, in order to move military equipment and troops from, let's say west to east, unfortunately it takes months," said Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism. "What we want to do is to make it happen within days."
