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OPINION (COM(2025)0123 – C100063/2025 – 2025/0084(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review

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Committee on Security and Defence · Rapporteur: Riho Terras

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The Committee on Security and Defence proposes amendments to the regulation on cohesion policy to address strategic challenges, focusing on defence, security, and resilience investments. It expands support for dual-use infrastructure, military mobility, critical infrastructure protection, and cybersecurity, with special attention to Eastern border regions. It increases exceptional pre-financing from 30% to 35% for certain priorities and allows 100% co-financing rates. It lowers the threshold for reallocations to trigger flexibility measures from 15% to 5%. It calls for ex-post evaluation and guidance for managing authorities.

Committee position. The Committee on Security and Defence proposes amendments to expand defence and security investments, increase pre-financing and co-financing rates, and lower thresholds for flexibility, while ensuring evaluation and guidance.

Key points

  1. Adds new specific objectives for ERDF and Cohesion Fund to support defence and security capabilities, including supply chains, readiness, and civil protection.
  2. Expands support for energy interconnectors, distribution infrastructure, and protection of critical energy infrastructure.
  3. Broadens military mobility investments to include security, preparedness, deterrence, and critical infrastructure protection.
  4. Adds a new specific objective for civil security and protection, including dual-use or defence infrastructure.
  5. Requires military mobility operations to focus on EU Priority Military Mobility Corridors and coordinate with NATO.
  6. Increases exceptional one-off pre-financing to 35% for dedicated priorities, with submission by 31 December 2025.
  7. Allows 100% co-financing for dedicated priorities, including for critical sections of Military Mobility Corridors.
  8. Lowers the reallocation threshold for flexibility measures from 15% to 5%.
  9. Extends JTF support to productive investments in non-SMEs for strategic technologies like dual-use, cybersecurity, and AI.
  10. Allows Member States to resubmit assessments and programme amendments within 2 months of entry into force.

Who is affected

  • Member states, especially those with regions bordering Russia, Belarus, or Ukraine, can benefit from higher co-financing.
  • Managing authorities receive guidance to implement programme amendments.
  • SMEs and regional clusters in dual-use technologies, cybersecurity, and AI are prioritized for support.

Figures and deadlines

  • 35% exceptional one-off pre-financing for dedicated priorities.
  • 100% maximum co-financing rate for dedicated priorities.
  • 5% reallocation threshold for flexibility measures.
  • 31 December 2025 deadline for programme amendment submission.
  • 2 months from entry into force for resubmission of assessments.

Legal basis: Articles 174, 175, 177, 178 and 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union