Europe’s roads, bridges and railways are unfit for moving tanks, troops and military supplies quickly across the continent in case of war with Russia, the EU’s transport chief has warned.
If Nato’s tanks were called to respond to an invasion by Moscow’s forces across the EU’s eastern border, they would get stuck in tunnels, cause bridges to collapse and get snarled up in border protocols, Apostolos Tzitzikostas told the Financial Times. He is aiming to spend €17bn on overhauling the continent’s infrastructure to boost military mobility.
“We have old bridges that need to be upgraded,” Tzitzikostas said. “We have narrow bridges that need to be widened. And we have nonexistent bridges to be built.”