# European Defence Fund 2021–2027

European Parliament procedure 2018/0254(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee AFET / BUDG / IMCO / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 841 committee amendments tabled by 74 Members between 2018-09-14 and 2018-10-11.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative dossier establishing the European Defence Fund for 2021-2027. Several amendments propose rejecting the Commission proposal, while others reshape the Fund's aim of strengthening the EU defence industrial and technological base, exclude funding for lethal autonomous weapon systems lacking human control, support research on disruptive technologies, and revise eligibility rules on cross-border cooperation between legal entities, control by non-associated third countries, prototype-phase funding and joint procurement.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martina WERNER | Germany | S&D | 157 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124826.md |
| Arne LIETZ | Germany | S&D | 150 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124839.md |
| Jens GEIER | Germany | S&D | 150 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96833.md |
| Constanze KREHL | Germany | S&D | 150 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1854.md |
| Eugen FREUND | Austria | S&D | 66 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125018.md |
| Edouard MARTIN | France | S&D | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124947.md |
| Fabio Massimo CASTALDO | Italy | RE | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124812.md |
| Dominique RIQUET | France | RE | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96885.md |
| Carlos ZORRINHO | Portugal | S&D | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124739.md |
| Jasenko SELIMOVIC | Sweden | ALDE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134243.md |
| Françoise GROSSETÊTE | France | PPE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2025.md |
| Pavel TELIČKA | Czechia | ALDE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124706.md |
| Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA | Spain | PPE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28390.md |
| Iris HOFFMANN | Germany | S&D | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124841.md |
| Georgios EPITIDEIOS | Greece | NI | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125071.md |

## Official source documents

- PE627.696: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-627696_EN.pdf
- PE627.775: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-627.775+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE628.620: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-628620_EN.pdf
- PE628.663: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/IMCO-AM-628663_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2018-0254-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2018-0254-COD.json

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