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# European Parliament votes to back EU raw materials centre and export curbs
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-10-20-ep-critical-raw-materials-vote/
- Published: 2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T03:57:12.000Z
- Description: The European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the revised Critical Raw Materials Act on 20 October 2026, voting 470 to 83, backing an EU raw materials centre, a EUR 2 billion fund, export curbs and resilience duties on large firms.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Parliament press release, 20 October 2026](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20261018IPR48253/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish final law, since trilogue negotiations with the Council on the Act's text are still to happen.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Only Parliament's negotiating position; EUR 2bn/EU-wide centre unagreed pending trilogue. [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)