The impeachment of Han Duck-soo, the acting president since Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached for declaring martial law, has pushed South Korea into uncharted territory.
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Vous croyez bien faire en mettant les vêtements dont vous ne voulez plus dans les containers qui collectent les textiles usagés ? Vous êtes, sans le savoir, complices d'une pollution massive qui défigure les régions pauvres de la Roumanie.
- Articles / Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Roumanie, Environnement, Relations internationales, Une - Diaporama - En premier, Une - DiaporamaNenad Nešić, ministre de la Sécurité de Bosnie-Herzégovine, a été arrêté jeudi dans le cadre d'une affaire de corruption et d'abus de pouvoir. Soutenus par Belgrade, les dirigeants serbes de Bosnie-Herzégovine dénoncent une « persécution politique ».
- Le fil de l'Info / Politique, Défense, police et justice, Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, RS sécession, Courrier des BalkansNenad Nešić, ministre de la Sécurité de Bosnie-Herzégovine, a été arrêté jeudi dans le cadre d'une affaire de corruption et d'abus de pouvoir. Soutenus par Belgrade, les dirigeants serbes de Bosnie-Herzégovine dénoncent une « persécution politique ».
- Le fil de l'Info / Politique, Défense, police et justice, Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, RS sécession, Courrier des BalkansWritten by Marc Jütten.
Economic security has become crucial for the EU. Both the Letta Report on the future of the single market and the Draghi Report on the future of European competitiveness emphasise the need to intensify efforts to secure the EU’s supply of critical raw materials (CRM). Europe is vulnerable to both coercion and geo-economic fragmentation because of its high dependency on strategic raw materials from countries with which the EU is not strategically aligned. Diversifying imports of strategic raw materials is key to mastering the clean transition of Europe’s economy, mitigating supply chain risks and reducing the EU’s strategic dependencies.
In line with its CRM strategy, the EU is seeking to conclude new partnerships in the context of the EU trade and Global Gateway strategies. However, the EU is not the only actor looking to secure access to CRM supplies. China, for example, is bolstering its global dominance in strategic and emerging technologies, continuously increasing its presence in Latin America (and Africa) in order to secure its supply of strategic raw materials. The region is primarily rich in lithium and copper, which are essential for renewable energy technologies and the production of the lithium-ion batteries used in laptops, smartphones, and hybrid and electric vehicles.
Since 2023, Latin America, too, has won the EU’s renewed attention, and real steps to enhance cooperation on CRM have been taken. In 2023, the EU signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina and Chile on sustainable raw materials value chains. In November 2024, an interim trade agreement with Chile was ratified – the first EU trade agreement comprising a specific chapter on energy and raw materials. In December 2024, the EU and Mercosur finally reached a political agreement on the EU–Mercosur partnership agreement. As Mercosur countries, primarily Argentina and Brazil, are major producers of CRM, the agreement could help the EU secure an efficient, reliable and sustainable flow of the raw materials that are critical for the clean transition and for the EU’s strategic autonomy more widely.
Read the complete briefing on ‘EU–Latin America: Enhancing cooperation on critical raw materialsin the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
Latin America’s share in global production and reserves of selected critical raw materials in 2023 (%)