# Critical technologies for security and defence: state-of-play and future challenges

European Parliament procedure 2022/2079(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFET / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 252 committee amendments tabled by 38 Members between 2022-12-08 and 2023-02-08.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns critical technologies for security and defence: state-of-play and future challenges. Amendments dispute whether a strong defence sector is crucial to Europe's security and reference the European Defence Fund 2021-2027, Russia's war against Ukraine, and defence expenditure. Others address fragmentation in the defence market, critical raw materials and supply chains, the civilian-defence boundary, and ethical principles for research and innovation.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klemen GROŠELJ | Slovenia | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197452.md |
| Ville NIINISTÖ | Finland | Verts/ALE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197802.md |
| Eero HEINÄLUOMA | Finland | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197800.md |
| Sven MIKSER | Estonia | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197497.md |
| Attila ARA-KOVÁCS | Hungary | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197587.md |
| Tonino PICULA | Croatia | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112744.md |
| Juozas OLEKAS | Lithuania | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197838.md |
| Marc BOTENGA | Belgium | GUE/NGL | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/187917.md |
| Francesca DONATO | Italy | NI | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197822.md |
| Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI | Poland | ECR | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124891.md |
| Pedro MARQUES | Portugal | S&D | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197634.md |
| Christophe GRUDLER | France | RE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197557.md |
| Nicola BEER | Germany | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197437.md |
| Martin HOJSÍK | Slovakia | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197770.md |
| Martina DLABAJOVÁ | Czechia | RE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124709.md |

## Official source documents

- PE739.727: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ITRE-AM-739727_EN.pdf
- PE742.337: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-742337_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2022-2079-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2022-2079-INI.json

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