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# SWP Berlin paper says EU lacks delivery capacity on African raw materials
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-02-09-swp-berlin-africa-raw-materials-cooperation/
- Published: 2026-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:09.000Z
- Description: SWP Berlin's Meike Schulze argues the EU's 15 critical raw material partnerships and Global Gateway lack delivery capacity against China and Gulf rivals, urging joint project pipelines, dedicated MFF funding and EIB offtake deals worth EUR 2 billion a year.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [SWP Comment 2026/C 07, 9 February 2026](https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/strategic-raw-material-cooperation-between-africa-and-europe?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the EU has adopted any new raw materials funding line, partnership or offtake commitment.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Opinion; moves no question until the EU acts on its raw materials pipeline or MFF proposal. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)