In an interview with Reuters, the chief of NATO’s logistics command JSEC, Lieutenant-General Alexander Sollfrank, said he would like to see a “military Schengen”, an area of free military passage akin to the political Schengen zone that allows free movement within most of the EU, Report informs.
“As it is, NATO forces have to navigate a variety of national regulations, stretching from the advance-notice required before ammunition can be shipped to the permissible length of military convoys and disease prophylaxis,” he noted.
“The expanse of space, the fact that not all forces are forward-based - all this means that the alliance has to be quick in moving troops from their bases to the right spot on the eastern flank,” Sollfrank noted, adding this needed preparation.