The Orient/East-Med corridor and the Chinese shadow over Europe’s transport backbone expose how EU transport integration increasingly overlaps with external power, raising questions about control, strategy, and Europe’s real leverage
Imagine boarding a train in Lisbon and disembarking in Warsaw without changing lines. This is the EU’s latest dream of integration on rails, but it’s a vision threatened by staggering costs and familiar political hurdles
The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is the EU’s ambitious project to transform European transport infrastructure and counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative