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# EU Commission opens consultation to simplify defence procurement rules
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-25-eu-defence-procurement-directive-review/
- Published: 2025-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:02:47.000Z
- Description: The Commission opened a consultation on revising Directive 2009/81/EC on defence procurement, seeking faster, EU-wide rules to back the defence industry's technological autonomy. Feedback closes 16 February 2026.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Defence and space, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Commission (DG DEFIS) press release, 25 November 2025](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/simplifying-eu-rules-defence-and-sensitive-security-procurement-2025-11-25%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that any new procurement rule has been adopted, only that feedback gathering for a future proposal has opened.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)