Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
Establishing the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
- Stage
- Council adoption, reached 22 Jul 2026
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteurs
- Ivars Ijabs (Renew), Tonino Picula (S&D)
- Lead DG
- DG DEFIS
- Commissioner
- Andrius Kubilius
- Last activity
- 2 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible, 2 Sept 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 12 dates, 26 Mar 2026 to 29 Jun 2026
- 26 Mar 2026
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission · Commission
- 31 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 15 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 21 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 27 Apr 2026
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary) · Parliament
- Referred to committee
- 5 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 13 May 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 22 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 3 Jun 2026
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper · Council
- Consideration / exchange of views
- 25 Jun 2026
- Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Adoption of draft report
- Committee report adopted
- Vote to enter trilogue
- 26 Jun 2026
- Tabling report by committee
- 29 Jun 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- Tabled for plenary
- 8 Jul 2026
- Endorsement by EP plenary of the committee decision to start interinstitutional negotiations · Parliament, plenary
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
- 10 Jul 2026
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting
- 13 Jul 2026
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 14 Jul 2026
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 15 Jul 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue) · Parliament, Council and Commission
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- Meeting — Trilogue (1st reading) · provisional
- 16 Jul 2026
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 22 Jul 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper · Council
- 2 Sept 2026
- Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-rapporteur | Ivars Ijabs | Renew | LV | ITRE |
| Co-rapporteur | Tonino Picula | S&D | HR | SEDE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Elena Donazzan | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Engin Eroglu | Renew | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Eszter Lakos | EPP | HU | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Giorgio Gori | S&D | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jan Farský | EPP | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Julie Rechagneux | PfE | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Marc Botenga | The Left | BE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Michał Dworczyk | ECR | PL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Pierre-Romain Thionnet | PfE | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Reinier van Lanschot | Greens/EFA | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Sergey Lagodinsky | Greens/EFA | DE |
Amendments
Tabled on 13 May 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- CJ55309
By author
- Michał Dworczyk45
- Elena Donazzan33
- Reinier van Lanschot32
- Sergey Lagodinsky32
- Angelika Niebler29
- Aleksandar Nikolic23
- Julie Rechagneux23
- Pierre-Romain Thionnet23
- Christophe Bay22
- Ivars Ijabs22
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- Tonino Picula22
- Marc Botenga20
- Özlem Demirel20
- Judita Laššáková19
- Alexandr Vondra17
- Anthony Smith17
- Marina Mesure17
- Ondřej Krutílek17
- Eszter Lakos14
- Aura Salla13
- Jan Farský13
- Marion Walsmann13
- Nicolás Pascual de la Parte13
- Wouter Beke13
- Alice Teodorescu Måwe12
- Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă11
- Giorgio Gori11
- Jussi Saramo11
- Merja Kyllönen11
- Reinis Pozņaks11
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 3 – paragraph 111
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 48
- Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a8
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b7
- Recital 127
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d6
- Recital 116
- Recital 156
- Recital 86
- Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b5
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Recital 105
- Recital 165
- Recital 205
- Recital 95
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c4
- Article 10 – paragraph 34
- Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c4
- Article 16 – paragraph 44
- Article 17 – paragraph 34
- Article 9 – paragraph 34
- Recital 194
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a3
- Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)3
- Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)3
- Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)3
- Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)3
- Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)3
- Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)3
- Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)3
- Article 17 – paragraph 23
Covers 145 of the 309 amendments.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A10-0188/2026Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.873Parliament
- Agenda · PE791.888Parliament
- Agenda · PE791.889Parliament
Summary
GeneratedThe AGILE programme accelerates development and deployment of disruptive defence technologies through collaborative innovation funding. It targets the European defence industry, research organizations, and SMEs working on dual-use technologies. The proposal is currently in trilogue negotiations.
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