The Franco-German couple has often given impetus to European initiatives. Make way for the Franco-German-Italian trio for a first "trilateral industrial policy meeting". The challenge: securing Europe's supplies of critical raw materials, lithium, nickel, gallium and other rare earths, at the heart of the ecological and digital transitions.
"It makes no sense to invest massively in electric vehicles or solar panels if we depend 90% on China or elsewhere" for raw materials, summarized Monday, from Berlin, Bruno Le Maire. The Minister of the Economy met his German and Italian counterparts, Robert Habeck and Adolfo Urso, as well as about twenty industrialists concerned, from upstream mining (Imerys) to users (Stellantis or Airbus).
In March, the European Commission - with Thierry Breton in charge - presented its draft regulation on critical raw materials, a range of...
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