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• 30 July 2025# SAFE | Security Action for Europe ![] Adopted by the Council of the European Union on the 27thof May 2025,[SAFE (Security Action for Europe)] is the EU’s new financial instrument designed to provide financial support to Member States to speed up defence readiness by allowing urgent and major investments in support of the European defence industry, with a focus on closing critical capability gaps.

Strengthening Europe’s Defence Technological and Industrial Base

SAFE will provide up to**€150 billionin competitively priced, long-maturity loans to Member States requesting financial assistance for investments in defence capabilities. These loans will financeurgent and large-scale procurement efforts**, ensuring that Europe’s defence industry can deliver the necessary equipment when it is needed most. To maximise impact and reduce fragmentation, projects will be based oncommon procurement, involvingat least one Member State benefitting from SAFE and another Member States, as well as Ukraine and EEA-EFTA countries. However, in light of current geopolitical realities, SAFE will also temporarily support procurements by individual Member States to ensure timely delivery of critical assets. EU borrowing for the financing of the new programme will enablecompetitively pricedand attractively structuredlong-duration loansto requesting Member States. The terms of these loans benefit from theEU's strong credit rating.

A United European Defence Response

SAFE supports the goals set out by the[European Council in March 2025] to increase defence readiness. It is the first pillar of theEuropean Commission’s****ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030, which aims to unlock over**€800 billion**in defence spending across the EU. The initiative complements existing EU efforts by:

• Boosting national defence budgets through greater flexibility under theStability and Growth Pact;
• Facilitating defence-related investment through EU cohesion and regional funds;
• Leveraging support from theEuropean Investment Bank;
• Mobilising private capital to support strategic defence initiatives.## What will SAFEfund? SAFE supports the procurement of priority defence products grouped into two categories: Category 1
• Ammunition and missiles
• Artillery systems, including deep precision strike capabilities
• Ground combat capabilities and their support systems, including s