{"id":449053,"date":"2026-03-30T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/03\/30\/il-piano-industriale-ue-per-la-difesa-mette-a-disposizione-325-milioni-di-euro-per-progetti-di-interesse-comune\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:48:20","slug":"the-eu-defence-industrial-plan-is-providing-e325-million-for-projects-of-common-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/the-eu-defence-industrial-plan-is-providing-e325-million-for-projects-of-common-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU Defence Industrial Plan is providing \u20ac325 million for projects of common interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The European Commission today (30 March) approved the work programme for EDIP, the \u20ac1.5 billion EU defence industrial plan established last autumn<\/a> following lengthy negotiations between member states. In addition to \u20ac700 million to support increased production of anti-drone systems, missiles, and ammunition, part of the funding is earmarked for nurturing the seeds of a common defence<\/strong>: this comprises the \u20ac325 million allocated to European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCI), which are also open to Norway and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

 Compared with the \u20ac343 billion spent in 2024<\/a> by member states on defence<\/span>, or the \u20ac150 billion under the SAFE facility for defence loans, the scope of EDIP is truly limited. But in Brussels, they are banking on the “pioneering” effect of this regulation. \u201cOur aim is to encourage cooperation,\u201d said an EU source, adding that \u201cno one is capable, on their own, of developing a space shield. It is essential to do this together.\u201d <\/p>\n

In addition to bolstering industrial production capacity, the plan strengthens cooperation with Ukraine, enhances joint European public procurement and develops European defence projects of common interest. The \u20ac700 million to support increased production of key defence components<\/strong> and products includes \u20ac260 million under the Ukraine Support Instrument (USI)<\/a>, to invest in collaborative projects that help rebuild and modernise Ukraine\u2019s defence technology and industrial base. <\/p>\n

European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCI) will receive \u20ac325 million, whilst \u20ac240 million will be allocated to joint procurement of defence equipment, including anti-drone systems<\/strong>, air and missile defence systems, and land and naval combat systems. No numerical targets have been set (as was done, for example, with ASAP, a \u20ac500 million initiative<\/a> aimed at achieving an annual production of 2 million rounds): \u201cThe industry is free to propose whatever it wants; it will have to demonstrate its creativity,\u201d insisted an EU source. <\/p>\n

The final budget allocation is dedicated to start-ups in the sector<\/strong>, including SMEs and small mid-cap companies, which will receive \u20ac100 million in equity support through the Fund for Accelerating the Transformation of Defence Supply Chains (FAST). A specific innovation programme, BraveTech EU<\/a>, will receive a further \u20ac35.3 million. <\/p>\n

“In just a few months, we have turned the EDIP regulation into concrete opportunities,” said Andrius Kubilius<\/strong>, the EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, urging Member States, Norway, Ukraine, and their respective industries to “seize the funding opportunities to strengthen defence cooperation and boost production.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Commission has approved EDIP\u2019s work programme, the \u20ac1.5 billion plan for the defence industry. In addition to \u20ac700 million to boost production, the plan focuses on European procurement and joint sourcing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7527,"featured_media":449024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809],"tags":[25871,31091,29924,27135,30781],"class_list":["post-449053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","tag-edip-and","tag-andrius-kubilius-en","tag-community-slander","tag-ukraine-in-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449054,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449053\/revisions\/449054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}