The European Commission plans to build emergency stockpiles of critical minerals and other essential goods to protect the bloc from potential supply shocks caused by war, sabotage or extreme weather, according to a draft document seen by the Financial Times and reported by Reuters. The proposal calls for EU-level reserves of rare earths, permanent magnets and nuclear fuel, alongside cable-repair kits, food and medicines. The measures are intended to speed recovery if energy, communications or transport links are disrupted and to secure materials vital for defence and clean-technology manufacturing. The draft warns that the Union faces an "increasingly complex and deteriorating risk landscape" marked by armed conflict, climate change, environmental degradation and "hybrid and cyber threats" driven by hacktivists, cybercriminals and state-sponsored groups. Stockpiling forms part of the broader EU Preparedness Union Strategy unveiled in March, which also urges citizens to keep 72 hours of emergency supplies. The document, expected to be published next week and still subject to revision, does not yet assign volumes but envisions a coordinated network of reserves across member states. The Commission declined to comment on the leaked text.