Italy-Germany, Bilateral Pichetto-Reiche on Energy “In depth various themes of mutual interest”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – As part of the Intergovernmental Summit Italy – Germany, which was held today in Rome at Villa Doria Pamphilj, the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, met this morning at the MASE headquarters the German Federal Minister of Economy and Energy, Katherina Reiche.

“After reaffirming the excellent relations between the two countries, the ministers Pichetto and Reiche have deepened various themes of mutual interest that Italy and Germany are facing together in the groups and the Commissions Energy and Environment of Brussels for the common energy security – explains the Mase in a note -. In particular, the two ministers exchanged information and opinions on some aspects of the network package, investments in thermoelectric power plants, the role of gas in the decarbonization process, energy interconnectednesses with North Africa and the prospects of the next generation nuclear.”.

Pichetto Fratin reiterated the importance of all projects useful to decarbonization objectives and climate neutrality at 2050. Finally, Minister Pichetto Fratin recalled Italy’s active role in negotiations on the European Climate Act for the definition of Objective 2040.

“Italy – Pichetto has remembered – has been spending because it was recognized and guaranteed a technologically neutral and sustainable approach both in environmental and economic and social terms, on the protection of the competitiveness of European and Italian Industry and at the same time on the protection of the economic system of the measures to be taken on energy prices for families and enterprises”.

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(ITALPRESS).