Joris Teer in El País

"The most urgent question is how we can achieve secure access to [critical raw] materials as quickly as possible, to ensure that China doesn't hold us back in our rearmament efforts and in other critical industries," said Joris Teer to El País. 

"To overcome this dependence, we need to mobilise public funds, attract foreign talent to help develop material production projects, and shorten permitting procedures," he urged. "Starting now." (in Spanish)