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Prime Minister upon the European Commission's approval of the list of European energy infrastructure priority projects
The European Commission today approved the list of European energy infrastructure priority projects. The disputed gas terminal in Aquilinia is not on the list, which proves that Slovenia's arguments, supported by the negative opinion of the civil society and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, have convinced the European Commission that the terminal is environmentally problematic.
Slovenia does not object to a gas terminal in the Northern Adriatic. We agree that energy diversification is important and essential for a stable long-term energy supply. However, a decision on the location of the terminal in such a fragile ecosystem as the Northern Adriatic has to be considered very carefully and take into account any environmental and other cross-border impacts. It is in this context that Slovenia will continue discussions with Italy and Croatia within the working group for energy projects in the Northern Adriatic, which was agreed by the trilateral meeting of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, Italy and Croatia held on 12 September 2013 in Venice.