German Chancellor wants to build gas pipeline from Portugal
To reduce dependence on Russian gas, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced his willingness to build a gas pipeline from Portugal through Spain and France to Europe.
Scholz regretted, in a press conference, that this connection has not yet been made, as it would now allow a “massive contribution” to be made and “solve the current problems” of supply in Europe following the northern war in Ukraine.
However, this is still a viable option to build Europe’s links with Russia. The chancellor cited by the agency AND the president who is still on this site, who has already spoken with his colleagues at the European Commission, Ursula V de Leyen, to encourage the potential advancement of the gas pipeline, with North Africa.
“All governments, all companies must take into account that situations can change and prepare for if that happens”, underlined Scholz, after acknowledging that the current governing coalition – Democrats, Greens and Liberals – did not expect the lack of alternatives. to a possible reduction in the use of Russian gas.
Thus, in view of this situation, the country pointed out that the country was able to “look for solutions for the supply of on-time supply” of gas next winter, which was identified as a leader that will still be “more expensive”.
According to the recipients of the Federal Network Agency (Bunção), the has already reached about 75% of the capacity of the deposit deposits, a figure that the last recipients will be from the Federal Data Agency on the next 01th, according to those of the government.
It is recalled that the Russian Gazprom completed the supply in July, claiming the need for maintenance tasks. When the service returned to normal, the gas volume dropped to 20% of its own, compared to the 40% registered before the stop.