The day after the President of France once again expressed his opposition in Prague to the gas pipeline connecting the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe, namely the Midcat project through the Pyrenees, Costa, when asked if Portugal and Spain would refuse Trying to convince France , he said no, not least because, as he pointed out, Emmanuel Macron’s rejection of this project was “interspersed with yes,” including in writing.
“I think it is necessary to remain persistent, especially since President Macron, who said no, is the same President Macron who signed a declaration in Lisbon in 2018 that provides for both an increase in electrical connections and an increase in gas connections,” he said, referring to the interconnection summit held in the Portuguese capital in 2018, attended by Costa, Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
According to António Costa, “The French ‘no’ is not new, but it has always been interspersed with ‘yes'”.
“Okay, now it’s in the ‘no’ phase, let’s hope it returns to the ‘yes’ phase quickly,” said António Costa, who reaffirmed the importance of moving Europe forward with gas connections from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe. through the Pyrenees, and reminded that this is a question that has dragged on for many years, and the reality is different now, especially in the light of the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine.
