“The European Union now has a Schengen area for civilians.
We can decision from country to country within the EU on a good origin without stopping, without queues and border controls, on the basis of evidence from each associate State. Now we want to do everything we can to guarantee that there is simply a military Schengen, which means that we can rapidly decision dense equipment and troops from country to country if we request to, threats or wars. Today, this is very hard due to the fact that it frequently takes 45 days to let the transport of equipment from 1 country to another within the European Union. There is not so much at the time of the threat," says Newseria Dariusz Joński, associate of the European Parliament of the Civic Coalition.
In December 2025, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on military mobility
Despite advancement in military mobility in the European Union, there are inactive a number of administrative and infrastructure barriers which make the movement of military equipment within the Community possible in utmost cases up to 45 days. In the face of an expanding threat, this time is to be shortened to a maximum of 3 days. This is the nonsubjective of creating a military Schengen area for the military and dense equipment called for by Euro-Parliamentarians. This must besides be accompanied by adequate investment in infrastructure. In the fresh financial perspective, the EU is expected to mark €17 billion.
In December 2025, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on military mobility calling for the abolition of interior borders for the movement of military troops and equipment throughout the European Union. As he stressed, military mobility is simply a precedence for cooperation between the Union and NATO and is essential to enable allied forces to decision in times of peace, crisis or war. Members want the EU to follow NATO's example and guarantee that fast consequence forces can cross the interior borders of the Union within 3 days during peace and within 24 hours in a crisis situation.
NATO countries must be prepared for rapid, mobile action
– The fast movement of armed forces in crisis situations is of large importance for the flank of the east European Union, due to the fact that the threat present and possibly in the future is Russia, the East, the war in Ukraine. The countries of the European Union, NATO countries, must so be prepared for rapid, mobile action, so that it can even be demonstrated that crucial armed forces can be deployed in appropriate locations and in adequate time", says Mariusz Kamiński, associate of the European Parliament, Law and Justice.
– Donald Trump says directly: if you want to be safe, invest in your safety as a Europe, I will not finance everything all time – he recalls the words of American president Dariusz Joński. "Of course, it is not that everyone will be able to decision military equipment, but only associate States with the consent of governments. We know precisely how much of this equipment can be transferred, how many ships, railway cars or cars can be moved from country to country. This is all very detailed so that there are no incomprehensible situations.
Euro MPs urge the establishment of a military Schengen area
The outbreak of the war in Ukraine revealed barriers to military mobility in the European Union and the request to decision military equipment from associate States to Poland and then beyond our east border. Euro MPs urge the drive to make a military Schengen area, reinforced by the Military Mobility Task Force and the European Coordinator, which will improve the implementation of the various initiatives and the Commission will supply an action plan. Following the adoption of the resolution, the Parliamentary Committees on Transport and Defence begin legislative work on the Military Mobility Package presented by the European Commission in November 2025.
– There are besides any needs for modern, appropriate road infrastructure so that the armed and armoured forces can decision efficiently across the EU in crisis situations," explains Mariusz Kamiński. In the next EU financial position for the period 2028–2034, the European Commission proposed to increase the budget for military mobility to over EUR 17 billion. That's more than 10 times the current perspective.
