The Defence Readiness Omnibus: Europe’s Constitutional Stress Test for Defence-Industrial Integration
Eligibility, national control and the future of Europe’s defence market
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About this report
The Defence Readiness Omnibus is not simply a simplification package for the European defence industry. It is a test of whether the European Union can turn defence readiness into a coherent industrial and regulatory architecture.
The central issue is not only whether Europe will spend more, but whether higher defence expenditure will create a more integrated European market or reinforce a set of nationally protected industrial systems. Eligibility rules, “Buy European” criteria, Article 346 TFEU, national investment-screening regimes and Golden Power-type controls now sit at the centre of this question.
Key questions this report answers
- How does the Defence Readiness Omnibus attempt to turn defence readiness into a coherent industrial and regulatory architecture?
- How do eligibility rules, 'Buy European' criteria and Article 346 TFEU interact with the internal market?
- How do national investment-screening regimes and Golden Power-type controls create merger stress tests?
- What are the consequences for legal advisers, corporate development teams, banks and policymakers?
Inside this report
- The legal architecture of the regulatory reset
- Where the internal market meets national security vetoes
- The merger stress tests
- Consequences for legal advisers, corporate development teams, banks and policy m
- Open questions and limitations
Who it's for
Bid, compliance and advisory teams working with EU defence funding and procurement instruments, and the counsel who support them.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (21 May 2026). You receive a 18-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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