Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2025(INI)
From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up
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
Committee work
In committee: SEDE (Security and Defence) is preparing the report (draft published 12 May 2026).
- Referred to committee(done) 12 March 2026
- Committee work SEDE (Security and Defence) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary(to come)
- Plenary vote(to come)
- Parliament’s position(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.
- Mārtiņš Staķis (Greens)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Željana Zovko (EPP), Lucia Annunziata (S&D), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Patriots), Reinis Pozņaks (ECR), Engin Eroglu (Renew), Özlem Demirel (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Committee draft· 12 May 2026
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 3 steps
2 July 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of SEDE (Security and Defence) proposed changes to the draft.
12 May 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in SEDE (Security and Defence). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
12 March 2026
Referred to the SEDE (Security and Defence) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2025(INI)