Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) - European Parliament

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On 3 June, SEDE Members will have an exchange of views with the European Commission on the selection of projects under the European Defence Fund’s 2025 call for proposals. On 4 June, following the EP resolution, SEDE will also discuss the follow-up with the European Commission on drones and new systems of warfare and EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges. ...

Debriefs will be held on the SEDE mission to Canada on the growing importance of the EU-Canada Security and Defence Partnership as well as on the participation of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly at Spring Session in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 from 9.00-12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and on Thursday, 4 June 2026 from 9.00-12.30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3E2).

Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.
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SEDE missions 2026:

• Taiwan - 30 March - 2 April 2026
• Poland and Czechia - 16-18 February 2026
• Ukraine - 5-6 February 2026

SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2026
SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2026
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 309 - Draft report Establishing the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Security and Defence
Tonino Picula, Ivars Ijabs

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AMENDMENTS 23 - 206 - Draft opinion Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034
Committee on Security and Defence
Ana Catarina Mendes

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The Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) are organising a joint public hearing with the title: “Cyber-defence and cybersecurity”, which will take place on 29 January 2026.
The hearing will highlight the interplay between civil and military ecosystems, while emphasising on dual use technologies, cybersecurity and cyber-defence, as well as the crucial role of public-private partnerships and industrial policies in reinforcing Europe's resilience.
Location : ANTALL 4Q2
Programme
Poster
Presentation-OSW
Presentation-ECCC
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DRAFT REPORT on hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure
Committee on Security and Defence
Rasa Juknevičienė

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RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Canada laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Security and Defence
Borys Budka, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

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Length of video : 60'

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Length of video : 180'

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On 6 May, SEDE Members will have an exchange of views with Herald Ruijters, Deputy Director-General at DG DEFIS, on the stepping-up EU military support to Ukraine, focussed on the priorities for the 60 billion defence pillar of the Ukraine Support Loan. The following day, Members will discuss enhancing EU support to Veterans in Ukraine with representatives from EEAS, the EU CSDP Advisory Mission and the Commission. EU-Canada relations will also be high on the agenda this week,

with an exchange of views with the Canadian Ambassador to Belgium, Nicholas Brousseau, on the EU-Canada Security and Defence Partnership ahead of an upcoming SEDE visit to the country, as well as the vote, jointly with ITRE, on the agreement for Canada to join the EU's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) loan programme.

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