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A-10-2025-0270 → TA-10-2026-0020

From: A-10-2025-0270 Plenary report of 19 Dec 2025
To: TA-10-2026-0020 Adopted text of 22 Jan 2026
Changes: 9 changes to the text
Paragraphs: +8 added · −10 removed · 11 changed

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Dossier: 2025/2088(INI)
Title (from): on drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges
Title (to): Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges

Dossier: 2025/2088(INI)
Title (from): on drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges
Title (to): Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges

What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

The changes of substance are limited to the strategic partnerships paragraph, which is removed and re-added unchanged, and the NATO coordination requirement, which is moved into the same paragraph as the open modular standards mandate.2 3 8 9 The other changes are formal: decimal separators are updated and list numbering is adjusted.1 4 5 6

The notes class 4 changes as substance, 5 as formal, 0 as wording only.

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Changes that matter, 9

Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.

Change 1

ChangedN. whereas the new Chinese export restrictions announced and partially implemented on 9 October 2025 require export licences for products containing even trace amounts (above ~~0.1~~0,1 %) of rare earth metals mined or processed in China, with Beijing explicitly stating that licences will not be granted to foreign defence sector entities;

Note on change 1 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Replaces the decimal separator in the percentage threshold from a period to a comma.

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Change 2

ChangedT. whereas strategic partnerships are essential to achieving the mass and qualitative edge required to reach operational thresholds and access to expertise and raw materials; U. whereas such partnerships must reinforce European security and defence capabilities, remain reciprocal, transparent and consistent while avoiding critical dependencies on third countries in defence technologies, components, software and raw materials;

Note on change 2 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Drops a paragraph stating that strategic partnerships must reinforce European security and defence capabilities and avoid critical dependencies.

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Change 3

AddedU. whereas such partnerships must reinforce European security and defence capabilities, remain reciprocal, transparent and consistent while avoiding critical dependencies on third countries in defence technologies, components, software and raw materials;

Note on change 3 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Adds a paragraph stating that strategic partnerships must reinforce European security and defence capabilities and avoid critical dependencies.

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Change 4

ChangedAD. whereas Ukraine produces over ~~4.5~~4,5 million drones annually while under daily attack from increasingly sophisticated Russian drone swarms and has demonstrated, since the brutal aggression by Russia launched in February 2022, that the drone industry can be rapidly upgraded and modernised, thereby democratising access to key technologies and enabling effective self-defence;

Note on change 4 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Replaces the decimal separator in the drone production figure from a period to a comma.

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Change 5

Changed1)(1) that competitions give vendors extra points to companies sourcing components from the EU;

Note on change 5 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Changes the numbering of a list item from '1)' to '(1)'.

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Change 6

Changed2)(2) that tenders are open to select third countries such as Ukraine and third countries with Strategic Partnership Agreements with the EU;

Note on change 6 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Changes the numbering of a list item from '2)' to '(2)'.

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Change 7

Changed3)(3) staff-to-staff exchanges on the sourcing of components;

Note on change 7 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Changes the numbering of a list item from '3)' to '(3)'.

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Change 8

Changedb. mandating open modular standards for all EU-funded drone systems to enable plug-and-play component swaps (e.g. sensors, radios) from multiple suppliers, and coordinating with NATO to align standards and interoperability needs;

Note on change 8 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Adds a requirement to coordinate with NATO to align standards and interoperability needs in the context of mandating open modular standards.

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Change 9

Removed~~coordinating with NATO to align standards and interoperability needs;~~

Note on change 9 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Moves the NATO coordination requirement from a separate line to within the same paragraph as the open modular standards mandate.

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European Parliament (2026). “Changes between A-10-2025-0270 and TA-10-2026-0020”. Text, 22 January 2026. from A-10-2025-0270, to TA-10-2026-0020, reference 2025/2088(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0270/compare/TA-10-2026-0020 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-text-2026-01-22,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between A-10-2025-0270 and TA-10-2026-0020}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0270/compare/TA-10-2026-0020}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0270/compare/TA-10-2026-0020},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from A-10-2025-0270, to TA-10-2026-0020, reference 2025/2088(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}