Macron stated that Europe will step up negotiations with gas suppliers, coordinate gas purchase agreements with its Asian partners, and put in place procedures to maintain financial solidarity among European nations when making energy purchases.
After the Russian company “Gazprom” suspended gas supplies through the “Nord Stream 1” line at the end of last August, citing the existence of technical issues preventing the resumption of gas pumping through the line, which transports gas from Russia to Germany, European Union countries are currently experiencing a severe energy crisis. throughout the European Union.
Despite the energy crisis, the French president stated on Thursday that his country does not accept the notion of constructing a new pipeline to transport natural gas from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe.
The already-built pipelines connecting Spain and France, according to him, are currently working at between fifty and sixty percent of their capacity.
The French president questioned, “What does Europe need in the future years, to create more electricity on its land, and to have a nuclear and renewable energy strategy?”
Macron noted that France does not intend to import significant amounts of gas in the long run and added that the new pipeline’s development will take five to eight years.
The French President made a disturbing comment. The most challenging winter will come in 2023.
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