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Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025

TA-10-2026-0013 · P10_TA(2026)0013 · PE776.984

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Parliament's annual report on the common security and defence policy (CSDP) for 2025 addresses Russia's threat, hybrid warfare, defence capability gaps, and the need for a European Defence Union. It calls for increased defence spending, joint procurement, support for Ukraine, stronger CSDP missions, and enhanced EU-NATO cooperation.

Key points

  1. Calls for measures to counter Russian hybrid warfare, including airspace violations, and for sanctions on Russia and its allies.
  2. Demands permanent decommissioning of Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines and an end to Russian energy imports.
  3. Supports Ukraine's sovereignty and calls for enhanced military support, including air defence and deep strike capabilities.
  4. Urges credible security guarantees for Ukraine, including a multinational reassurance force.
  5. Calls for strategic measures to counter hybrid threats and foreign information manipulation in accession countries.
  6. Highlights the need to close capability gaps in air and missile defence, drones, and other areas.
  7. Welcomes the SAFE instrument and calls for increased joint procurement and European preference in defence procurement.
  8. Calls for a permanent EU command and control headquarters and operationalisation of Article 42(7) TEU.
  9. Urges strengthening the European defence industry, including through a genuine single market and support for SMEs.
  10. Calls for increased defence funding in the next multiannual financial framework and a European financial architecture for defence.
  11. Reinforces CSDP missions and operations, including EUMAM Ukraine and EUPM Moldova, and calls for their adequate resourcing.
  12. Calls for strengthened parliamentary oversight of the CSDP and structured dialogue with national parliaments.

Who is affected

  • EU member states, particularly those bordering Russia and Belarus, are urged to enhance border security and counter hybrid threats.
  • Ukraine is to receive continued military and financial support, including a EUR 90 billion loan package.
  • The European defence industry is called upon to scale up production and innovation, with support from EU funds.
  • CSDP missions and operations, including in the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership, and Africa, are to be reinforced.
  • Candidate countries aligning with EU foreign policy are encouraged to participate in EU defence initiatives.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 150 billion loan facility under the SAFE instrument
  • EUR 90 billion financial assistance package for Ukraine
  • EUR 381 billion estimated EU defence spending by end of 2025
  • EUR 175 million budget of the Defence Equity Facility for 2024-2027
  • 3.5% of GDP for core defence by 2035, as per NATO's plan