France reportedly asked to delay Greece-Cyprus-Israel power line project

According to a report in the Greek newspaper Ta Nea, France is reportedly in favour of postponing the planned electricity interconnector project (GSI) between Greece, the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCA) and Israel. The report links the proposal to the approval by Libya's House of Representatives, on 20 October, of a 2019 memorandum of understanding between Türkiye and Libya on delimiting maritime jurisdiction areas.

The report says France had not fully recognised the scale of the Greece-Türkiye dispute or the Libya issue until the memorandum was ratified. After a statement from Benghazi on the approval, France reportedly proposed postponing the project to assess the situation, while Greece reportedly did not accept any change to the programme.

The decision reportedly caused a major reaction in Athens. Greece's opposition described the development as a failure of the government's foreign policy.