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Parliament and Council agree EU's AGILE defence innovation programme

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.

Verified European Parliament press release, 15 July 2026

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

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