BRIDGEforEU - European tool for resolving cross-border obstacles

The adoption by the European Parliament of the “BRIDGEforEU” regulation on May 7, 2025, marks the launch of a new instrument designed to facilitate the identification and resolution of cross-border obstacles at every EU border.

Representing a major step forward for Europe’s border regions, the mechanism it establishes aims to overcome bureaucratic and physical barriers in European border areas shared between Member States, with a key principle: the decision to remove or not remove an obstacle ultimately falls under the prerogatives of the competent national authorities. At the core of the mechanism for resolving obstacles to cross-border cooperation are the future “coordination points” that each State should set up at the national and/or local  level, and, where relevant, in consultation with its neighbors, in a shared manner across one or more borders.

The regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on May 19, 2025. Actively supported in Parliament by MEP Sandro Gozi, Vice-President of the MOT, it marks the culmination of over a decade of work by the MOT, alongside its institutional partners, primarily French and Luxembourgish.

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