18/12/2025 (Agence Europe) – Two days after the European Parliament (see EUROPE B13774A12), the EU Council adopted the text of the institutional agreement reached between European Parliament negotiators and the Danish Presidency of the EU Council in early November on a ‘mini-omnibus for defence’ (see EUROPE B13747A18). This legislative package aims to amend five key EU programmes (the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform - STEP, Horizon Europe, the European Defence Fund - EDF,...