(Berlin Composite Electric) Germany, France, and Italy in the three major European economies in Europe said that as European seeks to reduce its dependence on imported products such as China, the three countries will cooperate more closely in raw material procurement.
The German Economic Minister of Economic Minister Habeck, French Minister of Economic Minister Lemer, and the Italian Industry Minister Ulso announced the matter at a joint press conference held at Berlin on Monday (June 26).
Habeck said: "Make the source of raw materials more diversified, which is to ensure economic security." He revealed that EU member states will set up a working group to discuss the extraction, processing and recycling of important raw materials.
Lemal also said: "We must assist all industries to ensure that they can obtain raw materials required for digital and ecological transformation." He said that Germany and France will be based on the degree, procurement direction, and guarantee of dependence on raw materials, guarantees, and guarantees.Strategic inventory and other aspects of exchange information.
In March of this year, the European Commission proposed a plan to ensure raw material supply such as lithium and nickel, including encouraging mining and extraction raw materials in Europe.Lithium and nickel are essential for key technical products such as manufacturing batteries or solar panels.
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Lemal welcomes the European Union's proposal and describes this as the "first step", and the cooperation between the three countries is to "further" the opportunity to strengthen the safety of raw material supply.
France has set up a fund with a scale of 500 million euros (about $ 738 million) to invest in key raw material projects; Italy provides a similar plan with a similar plan with 1 billion euros.
Habeck also proposed to set up similar funds in Germany, but the government departments have not reached an agreement on this.
