The deal comes amid a global race to secure access to lithium, a key material for batteries. Serbia is expecting major investments in its controversial mining project. The European Union and Serbia signed a deal on Friday to develop a lithium mining project and production chains for batteries essential for electric vehicles.
However, the mine is also a source of controversy for locals — as is the case for many lithium mines around the world. There are fears that the operation could pollute water supplies and impact the local community. But the deal could also be a major boost for Serbia, especially in terms of its relations with the EU.
It means that despite the celebrations in Brussels, Berlin and Belgrade, the protests against lithium mining in rural Serbia are likely to return in earnest. The EU hails a deal with Serbia on lithium mining as a “historic day for Serbia, as well as Europe”.
This was praise for Serbia’s leadership, who scrapped a ban on lithium mining after a court ruling last week declared it to be unconstitutional. The government imposed the moratorium in 2022, after extensive protests across the country. It was not just environmentalists who took part in the demonstrations.
Maros Sefcovic said that would mean Serbia would become the first European country with “the whole value chain from lithium down to the electric vehicles built here in Serbia”. Opposition parties remain unconvinced by the president’s environmental guarantees. They never believed the lithium mine had been scrapped for good.
Serbia's "lithium deal" is coming back as part of an initiative that officials in Brussels, Belgrade and Berlin hope will be a huge green boon for the continent. A rather sudden and under-the-radar meeting took place in Serbia's capital last week.
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