Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges

Procedure 2025/2088(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges”; the committee responsible is SEDE (Security and Defence). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 22 Jan 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 22 Jan 2026 (final vote): adopted with 483 votes in favour, 68 against and 76 abstentions.

Reference

2025/2088(INI)

Type

Own-initiative procedure

Status

Concluded in Parliament

Lead

SEDE Security and Defence

Rapporteur

Reinis Pozņaks (ECR, Latvia)

Shadow rapporteurs

Marina Mesure (The Left, France), Villy Søvndal (Greens/EFA, Denmark), Yannis Maniatis (S&D, Greece), Hilde Vautmans (Renew, Belgium), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (EPP, Spain), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (PfE, Czechia), Hans Neuhoff (ESN, Germany)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (A10-0270/2025), 22 Jan 2026: final vote, adopted, 483 for, 68 against, 76 abstentions

Timeline

1. 28 Jan 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
2. 8 May 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
3. 15 Sep 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
4. 3 Dec 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 19 Dec 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
6. 22 Jan 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)