7. Rail Baltica Enters a Phase of Institutional Stress Testing

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The launch of a joint audit by Baltic supreme audit institutions signals a shift from political commitment to accountability and risk management. With projected costs at €23.8 billion and diverging national implementation paths, Rail Baltica is no longer about “whether it will be built,” but about governance, cost control and delivery capacity. Latvia’s delayed mainline construction makes it the most vulnerable link, turning the project into a regional test of institutional resilience.