Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/0078(COD)
Establishing the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 2 September 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 27 April 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 25 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 29 June 2026
- Plenary vote Scheduled 6 October 2026
- Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 2 September 2026
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Security and Defence
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Tonino Picula (S&D), Ivars Ijabs (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Eszter Lakos (EPP), Pierre-Romain Thionnet (Patriots), Michał Dworczyk (ECR), Engin Eroglu (Renew), Reinier van Lanschot (Greens), Marc Botenga (The Left), Jan Farský (EPP), Giorgio Gori (S&D), Julie Rechagneux (Patriots), Elena Donazzan (ECR), Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 29 Jun 2026
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps
2 September 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
15 July 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 July 2026
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step
29 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
25 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
SEDE (Security and Defence) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
13 May 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
27 April 2026
Referred to the SEDE (Security and Defence) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/0078(COD)