Long read ahead: EU clubs together on energy and invites UK

[Mr Gus]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62822368

A necessary move, likely also with an eye on energy movement via big old cables, (ours) to ensure it carries on that way, but also to scramble development access of the UK plan for the massive North Africa solar interconnect & quieter down France / Spain on a "good for one good for all" reasoning.
(And resolve any southern Ireland interconnect scenarios by common agreement)

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"We have to achieve that we only pay the world market price, rather than a higher price," said Mr Scholz on Wednesday. His Belgian counterpart, Alexander De Croo, pointed out that gas prices in Europe are currently double those in Asia and 10 times as much as in the US"