The Europeans' reactions to Algeria's non-renewal of the Maghreb-European gas pipeline agreement continue; The Italian magazine, Limes, specialized in geopolitical affairs, stated that Algeria, through its unilateral and unjustified decision, “has shown that it is an unreliable partner and is inclined to blackmail Europe.”
The magazine pointed out that “Algeria, which had promised (…) that stopping the supply of gas through the Maghreb-European pipeline would not have any repercussions on the supply, did not fulfill its obligations,” noting that billions of cubic meters of gas had to find an alternative path.
Limes warned of "the qualitative rise in the costs of Algerian gas, which will be subject to a more costly process than supplying through pipelines that pass under the sea," noting that Algeria finds itself increasingly marginalized by its positions.
Muhammad al-Tayyar, an expert in international relations, said: “Before the military regime announced its intention not to renew the contract related to the gas pipeline that passes through Moroccan territory in the direction of Spain, the latter and other European countries tried to discourage it from taking such a step because of the risks it poses.” economic and social, especially in Spain.
The same political analyst explained, in a statement to the electronic newspaper Hespress, that the Algerian military regime provided many guarantees and commitments through which it showed its ability to fulfill its promises, especially after the visit of a delegation representing the Spanish government to Algeria, but the developments after that showed the opposite. And it showed that the package of promises he made were nothing but lies.”
The same analyst stressed that "barracks diplomacy cannot be at a level that requires the foundations of relations between states, which are based in their entirety on mutual trust and on the fulfillment of commitments and pledges."
He continued, “The successive developments made the countries of Europe, and behind them the rest of the world, stand on the reality of the Algerian military regime, which has proven that it is dragging the Maghreb region and the European neighborhood into various crises due to its recklessness and confusion, the absence of political rationality in it, and its disregard for everything The interests of the Algerian people and deepening in its impoverishment and moving it towards the unknown.