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What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 11 Oct 2024
on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024
To · plenary report· 10 Feb 2025
on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024
AI:What changed, in short
The report expands significantly on threats from Russia, China, and the Middle East, adding detailed paragraphs on Ukraine support and regional security.24616 It strengthens defence industrial policy, adding calls for joint procurement, PESCO reform, and increased R&D investment.7121314 It adds extensive sections on hybrid threats, cybersecurity, space, maritime security, and civil-military preparedness.202223 It broadens partnerships with NATO, US, UK, and Indo-Pacific countries, and enhances parliamentary scrutiny.24262829 The other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, punctuation, and minor rephrasing.1358
21 changes of substance · 0 formal · 11 of wording only
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Part 8 of 8: EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
During the last years, and particularly since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has had to face multiple and unprecedented threats to its security and new crises in its close geographical environment, including the consequences of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel in October, 2023.
The EU has reacted to these negative developments by involving more deeply in European security and defence, exploring new directions and launching new initiatives to strengthen and develop its defence capabilities in a collective and cooperative manner.
This first annual report on the implementation of the EU common security and defence policy (CSDP) under the tenth parliamentary term aims to present the assessment of the European Parliament on CSDP progress in the current geopolitical and security context and thus responds to the report of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy, published on 20 June 2024 and entitled “Common Foreign and Security Policy Report - Our Priorities in 2024”. It also provides recommendations on the main avenues for strengthening policies and actions for the future along several dimensions, including institutional decision-making progress, the joint development of military and armament capabilities and the means of financing them.