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# European Parliament approves EUR 1.5 billion EU defence industry programme
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-25-european-parliament-edip-vote/
- Published: 2025-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:02:48.000Z
- Description: The European Parliament approved the EU's first European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) by 457 votes to 148, backing EUR 1.5 billion for 2025 to 2027. The law requires projects to involve four or more states and caps non EU content at 35 percent.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Parliament press release, 25 November 2025](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251120IPR31493/parliament-greenlights-first-ever-european-defence-industry-programme?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not itself complete adoption; the Council still has to give final sign off before publication.

**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)