The European Defence Industry Programme is a creation of the

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. It is originally a 1.5 billion euro subsidy to the European Defense industry. The Europarl committee wanted to increase the budget to 21 billion euro. It passed through

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under

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. It is part of the ReArm Europe strategy. As of early April 2025, it was still under negotiation. It defines joint procurement for the defense industry. It was a problem in December 2024.

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