Sánchez gives wings to the gas interconnection with Italy in the face of France's rejection of Midcat

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recounts

that in one of the first meetings he had with

they already addressed the issue of energy interconnection and that he joked that when the two of them were wearing shorts,

and

were already talking about energy interconnections and they had not advanced a lot.

That is why Sánchez wants him to take action.

In a context of energy crisis, turn Spain into a supplier of gas to

.

And if it cannot be through

, the President of the Government makes it clear, it will be by sea, through Italy: "If the plan does not come out, we will have to look for plan B, which is the interconnection with Italy."

Sánchez has been very explicit and direct after the meeting he has had with

, on the occasion of his visit to

as part of a Latin American tour.

"If it cannot be done [by France], there is an alternative that is also contemplated in the EU project and that is to make the interconnection through Italy," said the head of the Executive.

Specifically, it would be

.

The initial plan provided by the

is the Midcat, a project that would even finance Brussels.

But the initiative has the repeated and persistent refusal in the time of France.

From the Gallic country they consider that the MidCat "would take a long time to be operational" and "therefore, it would not respond to the current crisis".

Meanwhile, German Chancellor

is pressing for this project to come to life so that Germany can feed on gas from the Iberian Peninsula.

Sánchez recalled that Spain accounts for 30% of the European regasification capacity, which makes it a fundamental pillar to avoid dependence on Russian gas.

The President of the Executive, although it was from Colombia, wanted to make clear his "determination" so that the gas interconnection between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Spain becomes a reality.

He recalled that the Midcat project has the support of Spain,

and the European Commission, but if there is no French predisposition "we will have to look for plan B, which is the interconnection with Italy".

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