European defence industrial strategy - Related links

European Commission

Most recent actions

• First ever defence industrial strategy and a new defence industry programme to enhance Europe’s readiness and security – European Commission press release (5 March 2024)
• 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)
• European Defence Industry Programme – European Commission infopage (5 March 2024)
• A new European Defence Industrial Strategy: Achieving EU readiness through a responsive and resilient European Defence Industry – European Commission Communication (5 March 2024)
• European Defence Industrial Strategy – European Commission infopage (5 march 2024)
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on "Advancing European economic security: an introduction to five new initiatives" – European Commission Communication (24 January 2024)

Background actions

• European Economic Security Strategy – Joint European Commission Joint Communication (20 June 2023)
• Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (20 June 2023)
• Commission proposes Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) to support European leadership on critical technologies – European Commission Press Release (20 June 2023)
• EU Defence Industry overview– European Commission infopage (2023)
• Stronger European defence – European Commission Policy infopage (2023)
• On the Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and Way Forward – Joint European Commission Communication (18 May 2022)
• Annex: on the Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and Way Forward – European Commission (18 May 2022)
• Defence Investment Gaps Factsheet – European Commission Factsheet (2022)
• European Defence Fund – European Commission infopage (2023)
• Action plan: Creating synergies between the European civil, defence and space industries – European Commission infopage (2022)

Commission Reports & Studies

• On options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential – European Commission White Paper (24 January 2024)
• European Defence Fund Performance – European Commission Study (2023)
• Looking at the future of EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy by 2040 and beyond – European Commission Report (2022)
• Annual activity report 2022-Defense industry and space – European Commission Report (2023)
• First progress report on the implementation of the Action Plan on synergies between civil, defence and space industries - European Commission Report (2022)
• Critical Raw Materials for Strategic Technologies and Sectors in the EU - European Commission Study (2022)
• Strategic dependencies and capacities - European Commission Study (2021)

Joint Research Centre

Reports

• Identifying future critical technologies for space, defence and related civil industries - Joint Research Centre Report (2023)
• Supply chain analysis and material demand forecast in strategic technologies and sectors in the EU: A foresight study – Joint Research Centre Report (2023)
• The EU and Global Production Networks: The Length of Value Chains, Patterns and Dynamics of Industrial Ecosystems – Joint Research Centre Report (2022)
• Shaping and securing the EU's Open Strategic Autonomy by 2040 and beyond - Joint Research Center Report (2021)
• JRC horizon scanning on dual-use civil and military research  - Joint Research Centre Report (2020)
• Horizon 2020-funded security research projects with dual-use potential: An overview (2014-2018) –Joint Research Centre Report (2020)
• Strategic Trade Atlas –Joint Research Centre Report (2019)
• Materials dependencies for dual-use technologies relevant to Europe's defence sector –Joint Research Centre Report (2019)

European Parliament & Council of the European Union

Legislation

• Establishing an instrument for the reinforcement of the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA) - Regulation (EU) 2023/2418 of the European Parliament and of the Council (18 October 2023)
• Supporting ammunition production (ASAP) - Regulation (EU) 2023/1525 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 2023
• Establishing the European Defence Fund - Regulation (EU) 2021/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council (29 April 2021)

European Parliament sources

• Defence industry – European Parliament infopage (2023)
• Common security and defence policy – European Parliament infopage (2023)
• Reinforcing the European defence industry – European Parliament Research Service Briefing (2023)
• European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA) - European Parliament Research Service Briefing (2023)
• European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA) - European Parliament Research Service Podcast (2023)
• Member States' defence investment and capability gaps – European Parliament Briefing (2022)
• EU strategic autonomy 2013-2023: From concept to capacity – European Parliament Briefing (2022)
• On the path to 'strategic autonomy': The EU in an evolving geopolitical environment - European Parliament Research Service Study (2022)
• Key enabling technologies for Europe's technological sovereignty – European Parliament Study (2021)
• Sustainable supplies of critical raw materials crucial for EU industry (2021)
• The EU’s Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) – European Parliament Report (2020)

Council of the European Union sources

• A digital future for Europe – European Council infopage (2023)
• EU industrial policy - European Council infopage (2023)
• An EU critical raw materials act for the future of EU supply chains - European Council infopage (2023)
• European defence industry procurement –European Council infopage (2023)
• EU cooperation on security and defence – European Council infopage (2023)
• Council adopts conclusions on strategic autonomy of the European economic and financial sector – European Council press release (2020)

Additional Articles, Studies and Reports

Articles

• Estonia, France, Poland call for more cash for the defence industry – Euractiv (5 March 2024)
• EU plans to create defense-industrial complex ready for war – Politico EU (27 February 2024)
• European Commission wants Ukraine to join bloc’s defence crises production scheme – Euractiv (4 March 2024)
• EU’s New Defense Plan Aims to Boost European Military Purchases – Bloomberg (27 February 2024)
• Rafforzare la sicurezza dell'Europa. Superare la frammentazione delle spese. Sviluppare insieme i prodotti a duplice uso (English version here) – Article by Antonello Pezzini (23 February 2024)
• Strumento Europeo per la Pace. EPF-European Peace Facility (English version here) – Article by Antonello Pezzini (3 March 2024)
• EDIRPA: European Defense Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act. Lo strumento a sostegno dell'industria europea della difesa attraverso appalti comuni (English version here) – Article by Antonello Pezzini (27 February 2024)
• Home alone: The sorry state of Europe’s plans for self-defence – European Council on Foreign Relations (2024)
• European Strategic Autonomy 2.0: What Europe Needs to Get Right – Carnegie Europe Blog Post (2023)
• The EU’s hegemonic imaginaries: from European strategic autonomy in defence to technological sovereignty – Carnegie Fellow (2022)

Policy Briefs and Reports

• The Defence of Europe by Europeans: a myth, a necessity, an ambition, a hope? – Fondation Robert Schuman Papers n.737 (20 February 2024)
• Turkey: An Emerging Global Arms Exporter – German Institute for International and Security Affairs (23 February 2024)
• Can European defence take off? | Centre for European Reform – Policy Brief (19 January 2024)
• Accelerating strategic investment in the European Union beyond 2026 – Bruegel Report (24 January 2024)
• What would Europeans want a European defence union to look like? – Bruegel Working Paper (2023)
• Wars to come, Europeans to act | A multimethod foresight study into Europe’s military future - HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (2023)
• Investing in European defence – European defence Agency (2022)
• The Five ‘I’s of EU defence  - CEPS Study (2022)
• The (Sorry) State of EU Defense Cooperation – Carnegie Europe Report (2022)

European Economic and Social Committee

Related EESC opinions

• TEN/792 – Drone Strategy 2.0; Rapporteur: Maurizio Mensi (2023)
• REX/562 – The EU Strategic Compass; Rapporteur: Peter Clever (2023)
• CCMI/189 – Roadmap on security and defense technologies; Rapporteur: Maurizio Mensi (2022)
• INT/964 - How will given industrial ecosystems contribute to the strategic autonomy of the EU and the wellbeing of Europeans? ; Rapporteur: Sandra Parthie (2022)
• CCMI/173 – Strategy to strengthen Europe's defence sector; Rapporteur: José Custódio Leirião (2020)
• CCMI/126 - Remotely piloted aircraft systems; Rapporteur: Jan Simons (2014)
• TEN/552 - Remotely piloted aircraft systems; Rapporteur: Jan Simons(2014)