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European Parliament votes to back EU raw materials centre and export curbs

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.

Verified AI-drafted European Parliament press release, 20 October 2026

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

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

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