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Written by Sebastian Clapp.
On 24 February 2022, Russia’s unjustified aggression against Ukraine signalled the return of high-intensity warfare to Europe. In response, and to ensure the EU’s long-term goal of achieving defence industrial readiness, the European Commission adopted the first-ever European defence industrial strategy (EDIS) on 5 March 2024.
As an immediate and central step to deliver the strategy, the Commission put forward a proposal for a European defence industry programme (EDIP) regulation, also on 5 March 2024. EDIP – with a proposed budget of €1.5 billion – seeks to achieve defence industrial readiness by bridging the gap between short-term emergency measures that have been implemented since 2023 and will end in 2025 and a more structural, long-term approach.
Complete version
- May 2024: European defence industry programme (EDIP) (1st edition)
| Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) |
| Committee responsible: | Pending final decision on the referral | COM(2024) 0150 5.3.2024 |
| Rapporteur: | To be determined | 2024/0061(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | To be determined | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: Draft report |
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