Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2088(INI)
Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU‘s need to adapt to be fit for today‘s security challenges
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 22 January 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 8 May 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 December 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 19 December 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 22 January 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
22 January 2026 · decision 6
Foreign affairs, Resolution
Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges
Adopted 483 for · 68 against · 76 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text stresses that drone warfare is now a defining feature of conflicts, as seen in Ukraine and by non-state actors, and poses a challenge to European preparedness.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary: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. The other changes are formal: decimal separators are updated and list numbering is adjusted.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Security and Defence
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Reinis Pozņaks (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (EPP), Yannis Maniatis (S&D), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Patriots), Hilde Vautmans (Renew), Villy Søvndal (Greens), Marina Mesure (The Left), Hans Neuhoff (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 22 Jan 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on drones and new systems of warfare calls for integrating drones and counter-drone systems into EU defence, boosting production, reducing dependencies, and enhancing civil protection.
Tabled for plenary· 19 Dec 2025
AI summary:This resolution addresses the EU's need to adapt to drone warfare, covering military integration, supply chain resilience, procurement, training, and cooperation with partners like Ukraine and NATO.
Committee draft· 15 Sept 2025
AI summary:This draft report addresses the EU's need to adapt to drone warfare and new systems of warfare. It calls for integrating drones into military doctrines, enhancing counter-drone capabilities, and improving procurement and financing.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
22 January 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 22 Jan 2026 Report A10-0270/2025Adopted text TA10-0020/2026
22 January 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
19 December 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
3 December 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
SEDE (Security and Defence) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
20 October 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of SEDE (Security and Defence) proposed changes to the draft.
15 September 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in SEDE (Security and Defence). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
8 May 2025
Referred to the SEDE (Security and Defence) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2088(INI)