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Below is our broad analysis of the amendments drafted to some of the recent EP committee reports. It shows the list of authors, how political groups created coalitions between them and the list of specific topics they addressed.

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Example of amendment from European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) 2024/0061(COD)

European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) 2024/0061(COD)

• Total amendments: 408
• Unique initiators: 34
• Unique co-signatories: 25
• Unique topics addressed: 64

How many amendments did each group sponsor:

• EPP: 49
• S&D: 72
• PFE: 58
• ECR: 91
• Renew: 41
• Greens/EFA: 47
• The Left: 16
• ESN: 33
• NI: 1

Note: amendments sponsored by multiple groups have higher chances of approval

Occurrences of cooperation between groups: none (each amendment was submitted by MEPs of the same group only)

Which MEPs initiated the amendments:

• EPP: Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE, Ana Miguel PEDRO, Christian DOLESCHAL, Dimitris TSIODRAS, Ingeborg TER LAAK, Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ, Loucas FOURLAS, Mika AALTOLA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Željana ZOVKO
• S&D: Brando BENIFEI, Maria GRAPINI, Tobias CREMER
• PFE: António TÂNGER CORRÊA, Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS, Virginie JORON
• ECR: Adam BIELAN, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Michał DWORCZYK, Sebastian TYNKKYNEN, Stefano CAVEDAGNA
• Renew: Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivars IJABS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Svenja HAHN
• Greens/EFA: Reinier VAN LANSCHOT, Sergey LAGODINSKY
• The Left: Marc BOTENGA, Merja KYLLÖNEN
• ESN: Alexander SELL, Petr BYSTRON
• NI: Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Which MEPs co-signed the amendments:

• EPP: Andreas SCHWAB, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Angelika NIEBLER
• S&D: José CEPEDA, Pierfrancesco MARAN
• PFE: Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS, Filip TUREK, Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS, Klara DOSTALOVA, Roberto VANNACCI
• ECR: Galato ALEXANDRAKI, Michał DWORCZYK, Piotr MÜLLER, Reinis POZŅAKS
• Renew: Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON, Ivars IJABS, Jeannette BALJEU, Lucia YAR, Nikola MINCHEV, Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN
• The Left: Danilo DELLA VALLE, Irene MONTERO, Marina MESURE, Özlem DEMIREL

Topics most frequently targeted by amendments

• EU competences on defence
• Defence spending
• EU industrial funding
• Russia-Ukraine conflict
• EU-Russia relations 
• Arms export from the EU
• Relations with NATO
• Buy European Act
• EU cybersecurity policy
• Foreign interference in Europe
• Economic security
• Artificial Intelligence for military purposes
• EU digital & tech sovereignty
• Size of EU budget