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REPORT (2024/2082(INI))

On the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024

A-10-2025-0011

Committee on Foreign Affairs · Rapporteur: Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

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This resolution on the implementation of the common security and defence policy (CSDP) assesses threats and EU responses, covering Ukraine, defence industry, CSDP missions, partnerships, and preparedness. It calls for increased defence spending, joint procurement, support for Ukraine, stronger CSDP missions, and enhanced EU-NATO cooperation. It demands action against hybrid threats, improved intelligence sharing, and greater parliamentary scrutiny.

Committee position. The Committee on Foreign Affairs proposes a resolution that assesses CSDP implementation and calls for enhanced defence efforts, support for Ukraine, and institutional reforms.

Key points

  1. Calls for EU and Member States to accelerate commitments, achieve strategic autonomy, and bolster defence capabilities, especially on eastern borders.
  2. Reaffirms support for Ukraine, urging Member States to deliver weapons, ammunition, and lift restrictions on using Western systems against targets in Russia.
  3. Calls for increased financial resources for military assistance to Ukraine via the European Peace Facility and urges Hungary to lift its veto.
  4. Supports the European Defence Industrial Strategy and Programme, urging Member States to procure at least 40% of defence equipment collaboratively by 2030.
  5. Calls for a review of PESCO projects and for a true single market for defence products, addressing fragmentation and Article 346 TFEU misuse.
  6. Calls for increased investment in defence R&D and support for emerging disruptive technologies, including AI, with faster funding mechanisms.
  7. Calls for a review of the Strategic Compass and for the EU to consider qualified majority voting on CFSP/CSDP decisions without military implications.
  8. Calls for strengthening the EU Military Planning and Conduct Capability and achieving full operational capability of the Rapid Deployment Capacity by 2025.
  9. Calls for increased defence spending above NATO's 2% target and for the next MFF to provide means for a defence union.
  10. Calls for the EIB to review its lending policy to include ammunition and military equipment beyond dual-use.
  11. Condemns China's support for Russia and actions around Taiwan, and calls for de-risking and contingency planning.
  12. Calls for enhanced CSDP missions and operations, including extending mandates and increasing funding, and for a review of missions in Africa.

Who is affected

  • EU Member States: urged to increase defence spending, deliver military aid to Ukraine, and implement sanctions rigorously.
  • Ukraine: to receive military support, training, and financial assistance, and to be integrated into EU defence programmes.
  • European defence industry: to benefit from joint procurement and increased investment, with SMEs supported.
  • CSDP missions and operations: to receive extended mandates, more resources, and better protection against hybrid threats.
  • China and Russia: condemned for actions threatening EU security, with calls for de-risking and sanctions.

Figures and deadlines

  • Russia produces three million artillery shells per year; EU aims for 2 million by end of 2025.
  • 16 EU Member States expected to exceed NATO's 2% GDP defence spending guideline in 2024.
  • EUR 6.6 billion in partial reimbursement to Member States blocked by Hungary's veto.
  • EUMAM has trained more than 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers; goal of 75,000 by end of winter 2024/2025.
  • Member States should procure at least 40% of defence equipment collaboratively by 2030.
  • Estimated need for EUR 500 billion of defence investment by 2035.
  • EUR 133 million invested in sustainability under EDF, representing 11% of annual budget.

Legal basis: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Title V of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), particularly provisions on the CSDP.