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Initiative to relaunch international cooperation in the energy sector following inactivity on the MidCat pipeline 

Members:France, Portugal, Spain
Topic:Energy & Climate Action
Summit:1st Summit Czechia
Date:6 Oct 2022
Type:Verbal declaration
Nature:Operational outcome
Format:Plurilateral
Pre-existing
channels/arrangements:Yes

The leaders of Spain, France, and Portugal agreed to meet for renewed discussion. The MidCat project proposes to connect the gas networks of Spain and France.  

Follow-up

21/10/2023

The leaders of France, Spain, and Portugal met in Brussels on 21 October 2022 and decided to abandon the MidCat project, instead agreeing to establish the H2Med project, an undersea hydrogen pipeline.  

22/01/2023

Germany announced that it will join the H2Med project on 22 January 2023. 

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