Wary of Russia, NATO Reaches Out to EU on Troop-Movement Aid
- European Commission unveils initiative on military mobility
- Goal is to align infrastructure projects with defense needs
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For decades, they ignored each other from headquarters in the same city. Now, amid Russia’s renewed muscle-flexing abroad, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union are forging bonds in Brussels to bolster Western security.
The EU on Wednesday unveiled a military-mobility plan that may help NATO ensure it can rush troops and equipment across Europe in the event of an incursion on the eastern front. The initiative ranges from cutting red tape at national borders to making bridges strong enough for tanks.