- MidCat would help connect Europe to Spain’s network of liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals, a move that would contribute to strengthen Europe’s energy independence in the current standoff with Moscow over gas supplies.
- The European Commission, which used to consider the pipeline as a Project of Common European Interest (PCI) eligible for EU funding, since then withdrew it from the list.
- At the extraordinary Council of EU energy ministers on 9 September, discussions on setting up a group of experts that would determine MidCat’s usefulness by the winter of 2023-2024 were held between the Spanish and French energy ministers, Teresa Ribera and Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
MidCat pipeline stand-off puts EU’s energy solidarity to the test
