CLECAT — 2026-03-13
News from Brussels
This week, Member States began discussions at working party level on the European Commission’s proposal for a new regulation on military mobility, which aims to introduce binding rules to accelerate the movement of troops and military equipment across the EU.
The regulation seeks to streamline cross-border military transport by introducing faster approval procedures for military transit and establishing a new emergency framework, the European Military Mobility Enhanced Response System. It also foresees the creation of a “solidarity pool” of shared transport and logistics capabilities to support military movements across the Union.
While Member States broadly support the objective of improving military mobility, some have raised concerns regarding key elements of the proposal. In particular, the proposed measures to facilitate cross-border troop movements, referred to as “Military Schengen”, and the solidarity pool for mutually accessible logistics assets are expected to remain sensitive issues during the negotiations.
Some Member States have also questioned whether the proposed framework should apply uniformly across the EU, given the different national capacities and operational realities. Discussions are also ongoing regarding the potential role of the EU in supporting the acquisition of transport and logistics capabilities and whether such assets should be procured within the EU.
The European Parliament has started to organise its work on the proposal, with responsibility shared between the Committees on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Security and Defence (SEDE). Roberts Zīle (ECR, Latvia) has been appointed rapporteur for the TRAN Committee, while Michał Szczerba (EPP, Poland) will lead the work from the SEDE side. A draft report by the rapporteurs is expected to be tabled in April, after which discussions in the European Parliament will begin in parallel with the debates taking place in the Council.