- Prime Minister António Costa on Monday expressed confidence in the negotiations of Portugal, Spain, and France with the European Commission to finance the energy interconnection system, arguing that it is a project of common European interest.
- In this sense, Costa hoped that “there will be another reclassification of this interconnection system as being of common interest, thus being able to be financed by the European interconnection facility”.
- In the case of Portugal, according to the executive leader, the section will be around 162 kilometres long.
Portuguese PM is confident in EU finance for new gas interconnection system

