With an eye on Russia, EU wants to make it easier to deploy tanks...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : EU member countries are being urged to buy much of their military equipment within the bloc, working mostly with European suppliers - in some cases with EU help to cut prices and speed up orders.
58% : The new plan would be for each EU nation to send a representative to the Military Mobility Transport Group to streamline military deployments in times of peace, emergencies and conflict.
52% : Kubilius said that eventually it aims to forge a "military Schengen," a reference to Europe´s ID-check-free travel zone, which is made up of 25 EU member countries, plus Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
52% : The commission also announced a Defense Industry Transformation Roadmap which aims to simplify and unify regulations on the EU's defense industry, and corral investment into domestic production of weapons, vehicles, satellites, shells and bullets.
51% : Under the roadmap, EU nations should only purchase equipment from abroad when costs, performance or supply delays make it preferable.
47% : The commission estimates that EU defense spending this year will total around 392 billion euros ($457 billion), almost double the amount of four years ago, before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
46% : The European Union rolled out a new defense package on Wednesday to allow tanks and troops to deploy more rapidly across the many borders of the 27-nation bloc as concern mounts that Russia is already probing its defenses.
43% : Over the past few months, the EU has scrambled to deal with mysterious drone incursions linked to Russia.
38% : She said if the EU increases its defensive capabilities and readiness, "then Russia will not attack because we are not weak.
38% : EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said European intelligence services say that Russia could attack the EU in the next three or four years, or test NATO´s Article 5 guarantee that says an attack against one member is an attack against all.
33% : Armed forces would be given priority access to infrastructure like airports, roads and railways during emergencies, and current regulations in some areas such as transporting dangerous goods would be scrapped for militaries or private defense companies.
32% : (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File) The EU arose out of the determination to avoid a repetition of the horrors of the two world wars by binding the countries of Europe into closer economic and political cooperation.

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