Germany promotes a gas pipeline from Portugal to Spain and France

German Chancellor, Olaf Schoolannounced will encourage the construction of a gas pipeline increase the supply since Portugal a Spain to central Europeat a time when the continent seeks new energy sources To eliminate dependence on Russia.

Scholz explained that this would have been possible had the links with the Iberian Peninsula been strengthened earlier. gas supply “a major contribution to alleviating and mitigating the situation”, It’s basically what Germany has taken from Russia in recent years.

That’s why the German leader “strongly” defended that he plans to bring it before the president of the European Commission at a press conference for a project that will also deal with other leaders of Spain, Portugal and France. Ursula Von der Leyen.

The foreign minister added Met with colleagues from Spain, France and PortugalAs well as the president of the European Commission (EC) to promote this project, as the existence of links with North Africa will help diversify the supply.

The MidCat project has been paralyzed for years due to its high costs and low price of Russian supply. The 226km pipeline from the Catalan town of Hostalric to the French city of Barbaira still exists, and Spain is asking the EU to cover the costs.

At the moment, Only two gas pipelines run from Spanish territory to the other side of the Pyrenees and ‘North Stream 2’, the proposed failed project to export gas from Russia to Germany, only reach a capacity of 8,000 million cubic meters per year, when they can carry around 55,000 million cubic meters.

On the other hand, Scholz explained Germany will continue to increase its aid Ukraine. Therefore, he envisaged more arms shipments in the “near future” to the extent that he felt that “wide-ranging decisions are still necessary to support Ukraine in its struggle for independence”.

We support Ukraine economically and we have prepared ourselves for the fact that this war will affect the whole world, but of course Europe and our country,” he said.

Response to Prime Minister’s proposal

“The integration of European energy policies has huge advantages for everyone and requires more and better coordination of our infrastructures. Spain has always demonstrated its availability and demanded more interconnections. This crisis demonstrates the advantages of greater European integration. We consider the message of the Minister of Foreign Affairs positively. It is vital that interconnections do not remain a bilateral issue and that greater involvement of the Commission and the Council is ensured. will help facilitate investments and meet interconnection targets for 2020 (10%) and 2030 (15%)“, according to government sources.

Source: Informacion

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