European Economic
and Social Committee
Roadmap for European Defence Readiness - Related links
Main documents
European Commission & Joint Research Centre
- Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030 – Defence Roadmap 2030
- European Defence Readiness 2030 - Joint White Paper of the European Commission and the High representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (19 March 2025)
- EEAS – White Paper for European Defence Readiness 2030 (overview)
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/white-paper-for-european-defence-readiness-2030_en - Accommodating increased defence expenditure within the Stability and Growth Pact
- Acting on defence to protect Europeans - European Commission Webpage (19 March 2025)
- ReArm Europe Plan / Readiness 2030 – European Commission Factsheet (19 March 2025)
- White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030 – European Commission Factsheet (19 March 2025)
Proposal for Regulation
- Establishing the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) through the reinforcement of European defence industry Instrument – Proposal for a Council Regulation (19 March 2025)
- Establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (EDIP) – European Commission Proposal for a regulation (5 March 2024)
Info page and factsheets
- European Defence Fund at a glance – European Commission Info Page (2025)
- European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) – The Future of Defence – European Commission Info Page (2024)
European Council
- Council Press Release – EDIP: Provisional Agreement with EP (16 Oct 2025) – Provisional Agreement with EP
- European Council Conclusions – 26 June 2025 (p.7 last two paragraphs) – European Council Conclusions p.7
European council conclusions on competitiveness, European defence and security and migration – European Council press release (20 March 2025) - European council conclusions on European defence – European Council press release (6 March 2025)
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Fact Sheets – Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – Common Security and Defence policy
Future of European defence – EPRS At-a-glance (March 2025) - Future of European Defence : what to expect ? – EPRS Youtube Video (30 January 2025)
- Reinforcing Europe's defence industry – EPRS Briefing (08 Novembre 2024)
- Financing the European defence industry – EPRS Briefing (02 September 2024)
- European defence industrial strategy – EPRS Briefing (September 2024)
- European defence industry programme (EDIP) -EPRS Briefing(31 May 2024)
- Defence Industry – EPRS Factsheet (16 May 2024)
Additional Articles, Studies and Reports
- Understanding the EU’s New Defense Industrial Strategy - Why a Defense Industrial Strategy?
- CEPS – European Defence Industry after the Strategic Compass (collection) – The EU’s Strategic Compass
- Bruegel – A European Defence Industrial Strategy in a Hostile World (Nov 2024) – A european Defence Industrial Strategy in a Hostile Word.
- The European defence industrial strategy: important, but raising many questions – Bruegel Analysis (19 march 2025)