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DRAFT REPORT (2026/2060(INI))

On the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2026

SEDE-PR-791004

Committee on Security and Defence · Rapporteur: Nathalie Loiseau

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This draft report by the Committee on Security and Defence is Parliament's annual report on implementing the common security and defence policy. It warns of a deteriorating geopolitical context, names Russia as the main threat, and calls for sustained support to Ukraine. It asks for a review of CSDP missions and operations, and welcomes or notes the renewal of several mission mandates, including in Georgia, Armenia, the Red Sea and Somalia. It calls for a renewed European security and defence architecture, including a European security council, and for the next multiannual financial framework to treat defence as a priority with a European preference. It demands stronger parliamentary oversight of CSDP as EU defence spending grows.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament adopt a resolution warning of a deteriorating security context, naming Russia as the main threat, backing continued support for Ukraine, calling for a review of CSDP missions and a renewed European defence architecture, and demanding that the next EU budget treat defence as a priority with stronger parliamentary oversight.

Key points

  1. Warns that the world faces intense geopolitical confrontation with high-intensity wars, rising military spending and disregard for international law, including attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure.
  2. Stresses that Russia, its allies and proxies are the main threat to European security, and that the EU must shift from crisis response to coordinated defence readiness.
  3. Deplores that Russia's war of aggression continues with no ceasefire, and calls on member states to treat coercion against one of them as directed against the EU as a whole.
  4. Highlights Russian hybrid war against the EU and its citizens, and calls on member states to urgently build multilayered counter-drone capabilities, drawing on Ukraine's expertise.
  5. Urges the EU and member states to enhance military support for Ukraine, welcomes the EUR 90 billion loan, and calls for transferring frozen Russian assets to a special-purpose vehicle.
  6. Calls on the VP/HR and member states to comprehensively review CSDP missions and operations, reconsidering their mandates, means and results.
  7. Welcomes the renewal of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and the EU Mission in Armenia until 2027, and considers Operation Althea essential for stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  8. Stresses the importance of the EU missions for Palestinian police and at Rafah, calls their three-month renewal until September 2026 insufficient, and asks for stronger mandates and resources.
  9. Welcomes the Council decision of 4 June 2026 to grant 100 million EUR under the European Peace Facility to equip and train the Lebanese Armed Forces.
  10. Calls on interested member states to define a renewed European security and defence architecture, and supports creating a European security council for strategy, cooperation and intelligence-sharing.
  11. Demands that the next multiannual financial framework reflect defence as a priority, extend the European preference to all budget headings, and integrate defence instruments into the future European Competitiveness Fund.
  12. Insists that Parliament's oversight and scrutiny role be strengthened in line with the expansion of the EU's role in defence and increased spending.

Who is affected

  • Ukraine: the report urges enhanced military support, use of frozen Russian assets and joint defence production with the EU.
  • EU member states: asked to hold firm against Russian coercion, extend military mobility corridors to Ukraine and step up defence ambition.
  • The European defence technological and industrial base: the report calls for guaranteed access to bank and non-bank financing and for drawing lessons from Ukraine.
  • The European Investment Bank: called on to substantially reinforce lending and equity support for the defence sector.
  • Israel and the Palestinian Authority: called on to maintain full cooperation with the EU missions for Palestinian police and at Rafah.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 90 billion financial support loan for Ukraine, adopted in April 2026.
  • 100 million EUR under the European Peace Facility to equip and train the Lebanese Armed Forces.
  • Up to EUR 800 billion announced under the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030, of which some EUR 650 billion was to be freed up through the national escape clause.
  • Renewal of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and the EU Mission in Armenia until 2027.
  • Renewal of the mandates of the EU missions for Palestinian police and at Rafah for only three months, until September 2026.
  • Extension of the mandate of EU Naval Force Aspides until February 2027.
  • Extension of the mandate of EU Naval Force Mediterranean Operation Irini until 31 March 2027.
  • Extension until February 2027 of the mandates of the EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia, the EU Training Mission in Somalia and Operation Atalanta.

Legal basis: Title V of the Treaty on European Union, in particular the provisions on the common security and defence policy, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.