Germany, Spain Ratchet Up Pressure on Macron Over Proposed Gas Pipeline
- MidCat project would link Iberian Peninsula with France
- Pipeline could open by 2025, be designed to carry hydrogen
Pedro Sanchez and Olaf Scholz
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The leaders of Germany and Spain raised pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron to drop his resistance to a natural gas pipeline they see as key to reducing European dependence on Russian energy supplies.
The proposed MidCat link, which would also enable hydrogen to flow from the Iberian Peninsula via the Pyrenees mountains to the rest of Europe, was at the top of the agenda in a meeting between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday.