As was said a few times before: Don’t count Greece out. This is their cash cow and raison d’être in the European Union.
Crete is considered to play a key role on energy scene, as East Med Pipeline will be extended to Cyprus, Crete, then in western Greece, the Peloponnese and Epirus and would come eventually the Greek-Italian pipeline IGI (Interconnector Greece-Italy).
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