Changes from plenary report to adopted text

321. Calls for greater synergy between the Chips Act and EU defence funding initiatives through the use of the Act’s Chips for Europe Initiative and the European Semiconductor Board to aid further development of semiconductor manufacturing among the Member States;

Drones and counter-terrorism operations outside the EU

Integrate C-UAS into EU counter-terrorism exercises

322. Calls for the establishment of a modular C-UAS training curriculum for CT units, covering drone recognition, interdiction techniques and red team simulations;

323. Calls for the incorporation of C-UAS doctrine into joint EU CT exercises under the EDA and Frontex; underlines the importance of intelligence-sharing with NATO and strategic partners to anticipate the terrorist use of drones;

324. Encourages the use of drones in EU missions and FRONTEX border operations to monitor suspected terrorist movements, smuggling and trafficking routes, and areas of migratory pressure; notes that UASs offer high-resolution imagery, and thermal, multispectral and synthetic aperture radar sensors that can penetrate cloud cover or darkness, enabling the detection of suspicious movement or vehicles; notes that in conflict-affected or remote border zones, drones can provide persistent, low-risk intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities far beyond what current manned or ground-based platforms can achieve, with their data directly contributing to intelligence fusion, border command and control, and rapid decision-making;

325. Highlights the important role of surveillance drones in EU border security, but also warns that drones have the potential to become an instrumental and irreplaceable tool for smuggling operations; urges the Member States to integrate drone-specific response protocols into national resilience plans; calls for the inclusion of border control and law enforcement officers in drone operation and interception training;

326. Calls for the funding of joint procurement and research and development for C-UAS systems via the EDF, with priority for rapidly deployable mobile solutions suitable for expeditionary CT operations on request;

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327. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the President of the Commission and competent commissioners, the UN Secretary-General, the NATO Secretary-General, the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, EU security and defence agencies and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.