Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2142(INI)
European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
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 17 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 10 July 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 27 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 3 December 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 17 December 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
17 December 2025 · decision 9
Economy & single market, Resolution
European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
Adopted 425 for · 120 against · 96 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text calls for closing the defence investment gap and improving access to capital for defence companies, including small firms.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are aligned and a regulation reference is completed.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Updates defence spending figures and adds new recitals on investment gaps and EIB role. Rewrites operational paragraphs to emphasize cooperation, EU preference, and EIB mandate extension.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Security and Defence
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Christophe Gomart (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D), Pierre-Romain Thionnet (Patriots), Michał Dworczyk (ECR), Lucia Yar (Renew), Reinier van Lanschot (Greens), Merja Kyllönen (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Industry, Research and Energy
- Budgets· rapporteurLucia Yar (Renew)
- Economic and Monetary Affairs· rapporteurKatri Kulmuni (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 17 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on European Defence Readiness 2030 assesses defence needs and calls for increased, coordinated investment, joint procurement, and support for the defence industry.
Tabled for plenary· 3 Dec 2025
AI summary:The report assesses EU defence readiness needs for 2030, focusing on financing gaps and investment barriers. It calls for increased, coordinated defence spending, joint procurement, and support for the defence industry, including SMEs.
Committee draft· 14 Aug 2025
Committee opinions: Opinion (ECON), Draft opinion (ECON), Opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (BUDG)
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
17 December 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 17 Dec 2025 Report A10-0243/2025Adopted text TA10-0336/2025
16 December 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Report A10-0242/2025Report A10-0243/2025
3 December 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 8 steps
27 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
SEDE (Security and Defence) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
5 November 2025
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
5 November 2025
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
9 October 2025
Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
29 September 2025
Draft opinion from ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
11 September 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of SEDE (Security and Defence) proposed changes to the draft.
14 August 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in SEDE (Security and Defence). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
10 July 2025
Referred to the SEDE (Security and Defence) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), BUDG (Budgets), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2142(INI)