Svec: Slovakia Supports EU’s Plan to Step Up Extraction of Raw Materials

Brussels, May 22 (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia supports the EU's plans to increase its own extraction of valuable raw materials, stated Economy Ministry State Secretary Peter Svec following a session of the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels on Monday. The session focused on how to maintain the EU's long-term competitiveness in the transition to a digital and green, zero-emission economy as well as how to deal with unnecessary textile waste. The ministers and state secretaries discussed the Net-Zero Industry Act, which aims to increase the Union's share in the production of emission-neutral technologies such as so