Foreign Direct Investment as an Exclusion Criterion: The New UBO Transparency
Facing mandatory screening mechanisms and tightened beneficial ownership standards under Regulation (EU) 2025/1106 and the revised FDI framework.
The strategic landscape of European industrial defense in 2026 is defined by a rigorous decoupling from non-allied influence, primarily through the enforcement of the revised Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening regulation and the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument. Under Regulation (EU) 2025/1106, the European Union has established a bor…