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"European industry is facing an increasingly difficult situation with regard to the supply of raw materials. The EU is highly dependent on imports for many raw materials. Resource scarcity can aggravate the international political arena, possibly culminating in a scramble for resources and widening divisions between resource-rich and resource-poor countries. New approaches therefore need to be developed that deal with the issue of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials, in order to ultimately avoid zero-sum games. Besides an industrial innovation strategy that aims to lower resource consumption and increase recycling, the European Union will have to continue to rely on external suppliers for its raw materials. Raw materials diplomacy is therefore of critical importance. In this context, the European Union needs to establish mutually beneficial partnerships that provide a win-win for resource-rich countries and the EU itself.
In order to successfully meet the raw materials challenge, the European Union needs a comprehensive and integrated strategy that focuses on short- and long-term measures that can be implemented domestically and internationally, particularly for the critical raw materials. I firmly believe that it is essential to take the right measures to try and ensure future competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply."@en1
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