Entering a SEAP: Legal Procedures for Establishing Stable European Security Consortia

A technical guide to the creation of the “Structure for European Armament Programme” within the EDIP framework for industrial integration and technological sovereignty.

The strategic landscape of European defense in 2026 has been fundamentally reshaped by the introduction of the Structure for European Armament Programme (SEAP). Established under Regulation (EU) 2025/2643 (EDIP), the SEAP provides a voluntary and innovative legal framework designed to overcome the long-standing fragmentation of the European defense mark…