Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa acknowledged that it still exists. does not have the necessary infrastructure He is counting on an agreement to be reached with Spain, specifically to complete the 162km energy link, with France, which in turn is skeptical of the project known as ‘MidCat’.
“We still have 162 kilometers to reach the border” Costa was recognized in the Assembly of the Republic before meeting with Head of Government Pedro Sánchez and French President Emmanuel Macron at the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Brussels.
In turn, he emphasized how Spain connects with the rest of Europe”indifferentAccording to the Lusa agency, the Portuguese prime minister is in response to what Portugal will look like if an agreement with France is not reached. .
In this sense, Costa emphasized that he is confident that an agreement will be reached, as it is linked to all European countries. “provides a number of advantages” for all, not just Spain and Portugal.
Costa had already expressed his optimism at the end of the US Congress last weekend. European Socialist Party (PSE) said at a press conference in Berlin that “negotiations are going very well” and stressed that there will be an interconnection agreement “soon”, “although it is not MidCat and has another name”.
Last Friday Costa held a meeting in the German capital with Sánchez and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz focusing on the MidCat project. A gas pipeline aimed at connecting the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of the European Union He claims that Berlin welcomes it, while Paris does not welcome it, and this situation does not solve the problem in the short term.