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European Competitiveness Fund
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF'), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
- Stage
- Committee report adopted, reached 20 Apr 2026
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteurs
- Christian Ehler (EPP), Dan Nica (S&D)
- Lead DG
- DG GROW
- Commissioner
- Stéphane Séjourné
- Council configuration
- Competitiveness Council
- Last activity
- 8 Sept 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 168; TFEU Art. 172; TFEU Art. 173; TFEU Art. 175; TFEU Art. 182; TFEU Art. 183; TFEU Art. 188; TFEU Art. 189; TFEU Art. 192; TFEU Art. 194; TFEU Art. 212; TFEU Art. 294; TFEU Art. 322; TFEU Art. 43
84 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Adoption of draft report, 10 Sept 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 59 dates, 16 Jul 2025 to 3 Jun 2026
- 16 Jul 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 4 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 10 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 17 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 18 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 29 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council
- 30 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 1 Oct 2025
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- 7 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 10 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 16 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 23 Oct 2025
- Referred to committee
- 29 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decision on procedure
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 5 Nov 2025
- Decision on procedure
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 19 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 24 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 26 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 3 Dec 2025
- Appointment of rapporteur
- Deliberations in Coreper
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 5 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 8 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council
- 12 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 16 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council
- 13 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 14 Jan 2026
- Appointment of rapporteur
- 21 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 30 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 6 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 11 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 18 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 24 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 25 Feb 2026
- Consideration / exchange of views · provisional
- 26 Feb 2026
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- Deliberations in Council
- 2 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 4 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 6 Mar 2026
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- 10 Mar 2026
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 12 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 18 Mar 2026
- Consideration / exchange of views
- 25 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 14 Apr 2026
- Committee opinion adopted
- 15 Apr 2026
- Adoption of an opinion by the EP opinion-giving committee · Parliament committee
- Committee opinion adopted
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 17 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 20 Apr 2026
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 22 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 23 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 30 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 4 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 5 May 2026
- Adoption of an opinion by the EP opinion-giving committee · Parliament committee
- Adoption of draft report · provisional
- Committee opinion adopted
- 6 May 2026
- Committee opinion adopted
- Consideration / exchange of views
- 7 May 2026
- Adoption of an opinion by the EP opinion-giving committee · Parliament committee
- Committee opinion adopted
- Final opinion sent
- 13 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 18 May 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 19 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 20 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 26 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 29 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 3 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 5 Jun 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 8 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 10 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 14 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 16 Jun 2026
- Partial general approach by the Council · Council
- 23 Jun 2026
- Adoption of an opinion by the EP opinion-giving committee · Parliament committee
- Committee opinion adopted
- 8 Sept 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 10 Sept 2026
- Adoption of draft report · provisional
74 people
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-rapporteur | Christian Ehler | EPP | DE | ITRE |
| Co-rapporteur | Dan Nica | S&D | RO | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Benedetta Scuderi | Greens/EFA | IT | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jana Nagyová | PfE | CZ | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Marc Botenga | The Left | BE | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Rihards Kols | ECR | LV | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Sarah Knafo | ESN | FR | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Yvan Verougstraete | Renew | BE | ITRE |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Carlo Fidanza | ECR | IT | AGRI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Stine Bosse | Renew | DK | BUDG |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Ondřej Knotek | PfE | CZ | CONT |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Danuše Nerudová | EPP | CZ | ECON |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Grégory Allione | Renew | FR | EMPL |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Stine Bosse | Renew | DK | ENVI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Regina Doherty | EPP | IE | IMCO |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Dan Barna | Renew | RO | REGI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Radan Kanev | EPP | BG | SANT |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Riho Terras | EPP | EE | SEDE |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Alexandr Vondra | ECR | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Alexandra Geese | Greens/EFA | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | André Rougé | PfE | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Anna Strolenberg | Greens/EFA | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Antonella Sberna | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Antonín Staněk | PfE | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Asger Christensen | Renew | DK | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Carlo Fidanza | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Catarina Martins | The Left | PT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Christine Anderson | ESN | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Cristian Terheş | ECR | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Damian Boeselager | Greens/EFA | DE |
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| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Erik Marquardt | Greens/EFA | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Georgiana Teodorescu | ECR | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Gheorghe Falcă | EPP | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Giuseppe Lupo | S&D | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Idoia Mendia | S&D | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Ingeborg Ter Laak | EPP | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Irene Tinagli | S&D | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Irmhild Bossdorf | ESN | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Isabel Benjumea Benjumea | EPP | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová | PfE | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Klara Dostalova | PfE | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Kristian Vigenin | S&D | BG | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Krzysztof Hetman | EPP | PL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Li Andersson | The Left | FI | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Majdouline Sbai | Greens/EFA | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Marco Squarta | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Margarita De La Pisa Carrión | PfE | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Marjan Šarec | Renew | SI | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Martin Günther | The Left | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Mārtiņš Staķis | Greens/EFA | LV | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Merja Kyllönen | The Left | FI | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Mohammed Chahim | S&D | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Morten Løkkegaard | Renew | DK | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Nicolás González Casares | S&D | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Nikolina Brnjac | EPP | HR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Özlem Demirel | The Left | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral | EPP | PT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Pierre Jouvet | S&D | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Rasmus Nordqvist | Greens/EFA | DK | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Reinis Pozņaks | ECR | LV | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Roberts Zīle | ECR | LV | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Roman Haider | PfE | AT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Rudi Kennes | The Left | BE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Ruggero Razza | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Sara Matthieu | Greens/EFA | BE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza | ECR | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Sofie Eriksson | S&D | SE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Stéphanie Yon-courtin | Renew | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Stine Bosse | Renew | DK | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Tobias Cremer | S&D | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Valérie Devaux | Renew | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Vicent Marzà Ibáñez | Greens/EFA | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Vlad Vasile-voiculescu | Renew | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Volker Schnurrbusch | ESN | DE |
4,367 amendments
Amendments
Tabled between 12 Feb 2026 and 13 May 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- ENVI738
- ECON548
- REGI522
- SEDE487
- AGRI373
- BUDG332
- TRAN328
- IMCO311
- EMPL274
- SANT257
- CONT197
By author
- Idoia Mendia195
- César Luena172
- Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU171
- Alexandr Vondra167
- Marta Temido149
- Tiemo Wölken149
- Stine Bosse139
- Rudi Kennes138
- Damian Boeselager · Verts/ALE136
- Maria Grapini132
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- Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral131
- Li Andersson129
- Volker Schnurrbusch129
- Fernando Navarrete Rojas127
- Isabel Benjumea Benjumea127
- Elena Sancho Murillo118
- Brando Benifei117
- Christophe Clergeau117
- Elisabeth Grossmann117
- François Kalfon117
- Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS117
- Pierre Jouvet117
- Romana Jerković116
- Pascal Canfin114
- Annalisa Corrado112
- Javi López112
- Nicolás González Casares112
- Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN112
- Dan-Ştefan Motreanu107
- Daniel Buda106
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a46
- Recital 2243
- Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 439
- Article 14 – paragraph 235
- Recital 234
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)33
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k30
- Recital 1830
- Recital 330
- Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point g28
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Recital 2427
- Recital 3327
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a26
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g26
- Recital 1925
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b24
- Article 27 – paragraph 122
- Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 222
- Recital 3622
- Recital 822
- Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c21
- Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a21
- Recital 3921
- Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part20
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f20
- Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c20
- Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point f20
- Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b20
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c19
- Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a19
Covers 792 of the 4,367 amendments.
28 documents
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Proposal · COM(2025)0555Commission · 16 Jul 2025
- OJ C 13.01.2026Commission
- Committee opinion · PE782.312Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE782.321Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE782.450Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE782.506Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE784.244Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE784.252Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE784.350Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE784.470Parliament
- Report · PE784.506Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE785.132Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE787.644Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.849Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.891Parliament
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- Amendments · PE788.892Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.893Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.894Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.895Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.896Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.897Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.898Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.899Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.900Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.902Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.903Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.904Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.905Parliament
Summary
GeneratedThe European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) is a regulation establishing a dedicated financial instrument to support research and innovation projects in industry, technology, and defence. It advances EU industrial policy and defence capabilities by providing a concrete funding framework. Currently at committee stage, it affects industry, defence, and R&D stakeholders.
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