Tanks too heavy
Europe still not equipped for an attack
The EU budget for military mobility is still "relatively modest", the EU Court of Auditors announced on Wednesday. There are also major obstacles to moving troops or equipment across internal borders. Europe is therefore not equipped for an attack.
War has returned to the continent, said the President of the EU Court of Auditors, Tony Murphy. The armed forces of the EU countries are not even in a position to move quickly within the entire European Union. It was only in the 2021-2027 EU budget that funds were earmarked specifically for transport infrastructure with civil-military dual use for the first time.
"Military mobility is crucial for a convincing EU defense capability and it clearly needs to move faster. The necessary speed has not yet been achieved because there are always obstacles," said Marek Opioła, who was responsible for the Court of Auditors' report. Bureaucracy is one of the issues. According to him, tanks from one EU country cannot only drive to another if they are heavier than the local road traffic regulations allow.
Here you can see how defense spending has developed in the EU.
Transport network also runs through Austria
Four core network corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (Rhine-Danube, Baltic-Adriatic, Scandinavia-Mediterranean and Western Balkans - Eastern Mediterranean) run through Austria. EU funding is common. For example, the Austrian government is participating in a project to simplify cross-border military transport procedures.
The EU Court of Auditors criticized that too little attention is still paid to the strategic importance of the locations, geopolitical and military factors when selecting the infrastructure projects to be funded. Currently, most of the projects are in the east of the Union, with hardly any on the southern route towards Ukraine.
The auditors also found that demand was not sufficiently analyzed in advance. As demand far exceeded supply, the pots of money were already empty by the end of 2023. A funding gap of more than four years had arisen. The Court of Audit therefore recommends setting up a coordinating body.
The audit covered the period from September 2021 to April 2024; the projects are in Germany, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal.
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