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Spain and Germany Remain Focused on Gas Pipeline

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Germany and Spain remain focused on plan to build a gas pipeline across the Pyrenees despite being opposed by France.

  • "We will both continue to lobby for a higher interconnection capacity of the Iberian Peninsula in order to enhance its contribution to the security of supply to the whole of EU," according to a draft document.
  • "The construction of a sufficiently big hydrogen-ready gas pipeline across the Pyrenees to be operative by 2025 is of paramount importance in order to achieve a truly robust internal energy market within the EU, accelerate the green transition and reinforce EU's strategic autonomy.” it added.
  • The pipe is designed to take advantage of Spain’s LNG import capacity and give it better links to mainland Europe.

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