Algeria’s Gas Blackmail – The North Africa Post

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Rabat, Madrid foil Algeria’s gas blackmail

February 23, 2023North Africa PostComments Off

When Algeria unilaterally cut gas supplies through the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline in late 2021, it was expecting Morocco to succumb to darkness and electricity cuts. But none of that happened. Instead, a new energy partnership was forged with Spain giving the halted pipeline a new life. Spain received annually 2 million euros from Morocco for […]

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Spain, Morocco foil Algeria’s gas blackmail tactics

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022North Africa PostComments Off

Spain started pumping gas to Morocco giving a new life to a gas pipeline that was halted by Algeria last October, in a failed move to pressure both Morocco and Spain to bow to its hegemonic agenda. The news was confirmed by Spain’s Enagas which oversees gas interconnections. Its data showed that gas started flowing […]

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MEP Tomáš Zdechovský Slams Algeria’s Gas Blackmailing EU

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021North Africa PostComments Off

Member of the European Parliament Tomáš Zdechovský has denounced Algiers unilateral decision to disrupt the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, saying the European Union should not accept Algeria’s gas blackmail. The MEP made the comment after Algeria, which has cut off diplomatic ties with Rabat, stopped on Nov.1st supplying Spain via Morocco with natural gas through the […]