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Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan

Document TA-10-2025-0320 · P10_TA(2025)0320 · PE774.253

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Adopted text TA-10-2025-0320
Date
16 December 2025
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  • 16 Dec 2025 (adopted text) Passed 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstained
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PESC, PIND
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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation incentivises defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan, amending several EU funding regulations. It lays down rules to boost defence investment through EU programmes, including Digital Europe, Horizon Europe, the European Defence Fund, the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act and the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform.

Key points

  1. Amends Regulations (EU) 2021/694, 2021/695, 2021/697, 2021/1153 and 2024/795 to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget.
  2. Aims to implement the ReArm Europe Plan by enabling defence-related investments under the EU budget.
  3. Extends the scope of existing EU funding programmes to cover defence-related investments.
  4. Sets conditions for defence-related investments to be eligible for EU funding.
  5. Requires member states and the Commission to ensure coherence and complementarity between defence investments and other EU policies.
  6. Provides for monitoring and reporting on the implementation of defence-related investments.

Who is affected

  • EU member states and the European Commission, which must apply the amended rules for defence-related investments.
  • Beneficiaries of EU funding programmes, including defence industry companies and research organisations.

Legal basis. Articles 114, 164, 172, 173, 175(3), 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 188 and 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 December 2025 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (COM(2025)0188 – C10-0070/2025 – 2025/0103(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2025)0188),

–having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 114, 164, 172 and 173, Article 175, third paragraph, Articles 176, 177, 178, 182, 183 and 188 and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C10-0070/2025),

–having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

–having regard to Article 294(3) and Articles 164 and 172, Article 173(3), Article 175, third paragraph, Articles 177 and 178, Article 182(1) and (4), Article 183, Article 188, second paragraph, and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to the budgetary assessment by the Committee on Budgets,

–having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 September 2025,

–having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 15 October 2025,

–having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 10 November 2025 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rules 60, 41 and 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Security and Defence and the Committee on Transport and Tourism,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A10-0172/2025),

1.Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2.Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

3.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

P10_TC1-COD(2025)0103

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 December 2025 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investment in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2025/2653.)

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European Parliament (2025). “Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan”. Text, 16 December 2025. docId TA-10-2025-0320, reference TA10-0320/2025. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0320 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0320_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/TA-10-2025-0320 (CC BY 4.0).
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0320}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0320},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. docId TA-10-2025-0320, reference TA10-0320/2025. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0320\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
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