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# Parliament and Council agree EU's AGILE defence innovation programme
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-15-agile-programme-agreement/
- Published: 2026-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:02.000Z
- Description: European Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on the AGILE programme, a EUR 115 million fast track grant instrument for SME defence innovation, targeted to start operating on 1 January 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified

Verified [European Parliament press release, 15 July 2026](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260715IPR46505/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish the instrument as law; formal endorsement by Parliament and Council is still to follow.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. EU-wide SME grant instrument agreed provisionally; not law, no tech named. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)