European Defence Industry Programme

The European Defence Industry Programme is a creation of the European Union. It is originally a 1.5 billion euro subsidy to the European Defense industry.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} The Europarl committee wanted to increase the budget to 21 billion euro.^[8] It passed through European Council under qualified majority.^[9] It is part of the ReArm Europe strategy.^[10][11] As of early April 2025, it was still under negotiation.^[12] It defines joint procurement for the defense industry.^[13] It was a problem in December 2024.^[14]