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What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 15 Oct 2025
on EU strategic defence and security partnerships
AI:What changed, in short
The report expands on threats, adding Russian aggression, hybrid threats, and migration as security risks, and stresses SDPs' role in strategic autonomy.1234 It strengthens language on NATO partnership, Ukraine support, and regional partnerships, including Indo-Pacific and Black Sea.789 It adds parliamentary diplomacy measures, including reports to Parliament and cooperation with Ukraine's Rada.1011 The other changes are formal or wording: updated citations, rephrased explanatory statements, and a declaration of input.12131415
11 changes of substance · 1 formal · 16 of wording only
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+66 added · −36 removed · 31 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 3 of 5: Paragraphs 121–135
Added:45. Underlines that partnerships are essential to promote peaceful and responsible behaviours in outer space, respond to space threats and support the use of space services for security and defence purposes; stresses, in particular, that the emerging ‘new space’ sector and its innovative potential regarding dual-use technologies should also be fully exploited for defence and civilian developments;
Added:46. Insists that the SDPs contain an effective review clause that allows for adjustments related to implementation and to respond to new security developments; emphasises that these partnerships, if well implemented, will deliver concrete results that contribute to the European security order;
Developing Parliament’s role in fostering defence cooperation
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Changed:30.47. Recalls that Parliament has repeatedly highlighted the significance of the Strategicpartnerships Compass’son partnerships;security and defence; believes that parliamentary diplomacy complements and supports these partnerships; underlines the key roles played by the Committee on Security and Defence as well asand the Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly; requests that the EEAS provide regular reports to Parliament on the implementation of SDPs and the status of ongoing or planned negotiations;
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Removed:31. Believes that the Schuman Forum on Security and Defence is a key platform for dialogue;
Added:48. Commits to pursuing regular joint committee meetings with the Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to foster dialogue at parliamentary level;
Removed:32. Encourages building closer ties with societies in partner countries, strengthening the EU’s strategic communication;
Added:49. Welcomes the organisation of the first interparliamentary meeting of the defence committees of the EU Members States in the European Parliament and the further deepening of the partnership with staff of national parliaments, including through the European Security and Defence College;
Added:50. Welcomes the holding of the 107th Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, entitled ‘EU-NATO Cooperation: Essential Partnership and Democratic Resilience’, on Parliament’s premises; stresses that this underscored Parliament’s new and active role in view of its enhanced partnership status in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly;
Added:51. Underlines the success of the first ever Parliament and NATO Parliamentary Assembly pilot project for parliamentary capacity-building in the security and defence sector for staff of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; calls for this pilot project to be extended to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the enlargement area parliaments and all SDPs;
Added:52. Believes that the Schuman Security and Defence Forum, organised by the EEAS and co-hosted by Parliament, is an opportunity to provide a regular, high-level platform for dialogue with partners; calls for Parliament to take an active role in shaping its agenda and follow-up, ensuring that the outcomes feed into legislative work on EU security and defence policy;
Added:53. Encourages the building of closer ties with societies in partner countries, and the strengthening of the EU’s strategic communication; calls for campaigns involving Parliament, other EU institutions, bodies and agencies, the Member States and partner countries, as well as non-governmental organisations, academia and the media, to be launched to promote existing SDPs and encourage new partnerships, thereby strengthening the EU’s image and position among SDP countries; emphasises the need to counter disinformation and foreign manipulation narratives through coordinated communication strategies and public diplomacy initiatives involving EU Delegations and Member States;
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54. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.