Earlier this year, the European Commission published a legislative proposal designed to address the issue of responsible mineral sourcing...Unfortunately, the proposal was deeply flawed. The commission argued for a voluntary, opt-in scheme which would fail to keep conflict minerals out of Europe. Under the current proposal, consumers will have no guarantee that the products that they are buying have not funded armed groups, nor contributed to a deadly cycle of violence and exploitation. For this reason, Global Witness and our coalition partners are urging Europe’s new parliamentarians to amend this proposal and ensure a robust piece of legislation...gets passed...We would encourage our new MEPs to focus their reform efforts on three areas. Firstly, they should insist that the opt-in scheme is amended to include a mandatory requirement for companies to do their due diligence...Secondly...the scope of companies it covers must be broadened...to require companies that import finished products containing these metals into the EU to explain the steps they have taken to source minerals responsibly...Finally, the proposal’s material scope must be widened to include other natural resources at risk of military predation.