Participants:France, Germany, Portugal, Spain
Topic:Energy & Climate Action
Summit:1st summit - Czechia
Date:6 October 2022
Type:Verbal declaration
Pre-existing arrangement: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.
21/06/2023
The H2Med hydrogen corridor received a positive technical assessment from the European Commission, which could potentially make the project eligible for EU funding. The list of approved projects will be announced in November.
Source
- Flexible ‘EU-centricness’ is the key ingredient to ensure the European Political Community’s success
- Spain, France, Portugal abandon MidCat, agree on green energy, gas corridor
- Germany joins France, Portugal and Spain on H2Med project
- H2Med Corridor Project Advances with European Commission’s Positive Rating