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European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 17 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 10 July 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 27 November 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 3 December 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 December 2025
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
SEDE — Security and Defence
Rapporteur
Christophe GOMART PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Ana Catarina MENDES S&DPierre-Romain THIONNET PfEMichał DWORCZYK ECRLucia YAR RenewReinier VAN LANSCHOT Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The Left
For opinion
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur Lucia YAR RenewECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs · rapporteur Katri KULMUNI Renew

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0336/2025 17 December 2025 ✦ Parliament's resolution on European Defence Readiness 2030 assesses defence needs and calls for increased, coordinated investment, joint procurement, and support for the defence industry.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0243/2025 3 December 2025 ✦ The report assesses EU defence readiness needs for 2030, focusing on financing gaps and investment barriers. It calls for increased, coordinated defence spending, joint procurement, and support for the defence industry, including SMEs.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (SEDE) 14 August 2025

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are aligned and a regulation reference is completed. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Updates defence spending figures and adds new recitals on investment gaps and EIB role. Rewrites operational paragraphs to emphasize cooperation, EU preference, and EIB mandate extension. see the changes →

Committee opinions: Opinion (ECON),Draft opinion (ECON),Opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (BUDG)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 17 December 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 December 2025 📄 Report A10-0243/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0336/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 425 Against 120 Abstained 96

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:30 · 66% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 3 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 3 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote on paragraph 23
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Paragraph 23 — part 2 12:30 A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – § 23/2
    Adopted
    3. Final vote — text as a whole 12:30 A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 16 December 2025 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 16 December 2025 📄 Report A10-0242/2025📄 Report A10-0243/2025
  4. 3 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0243/2025
  5. Committee stage
  6. 27 November 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    SEDE (Security and Defence) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 5 November 2025 ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ECON)
  8. 5 November 2025 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  9. 9 October 2025 Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (BUDG)
  10. 29 September 2025 Draft opinion from ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ECON)
  11. 11 September 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of SEDE (Security and Defence) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (SEDE)
  12. 14 August 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in SEDE (Security and Defence). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (SEDE)
  13. 10 July 2025 Referred to the SEDE (Security and Defence) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), BUDG (Budgets), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) give an opinion.