Wadephul in North Africa seeks gas and migration cooperation

01.09.2026 16:00 HotInfo

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is discussing energy, economic cooperation and migration during his trip to Tunisia and Algeria. In Algeria, he signaled Berlin's interest in expanding the energy partnership, as Germany wants to diversify its energy supply across multiple sources, carriers and supplier countries. Spiegel.de ↗

Wadephul emphasized that gas from Algeria could help in the long term to replenish German gas storage facilities. According to available information, their status is low, which increases pressure on the German government to seek new and reliable suppliers. Therefore, during his North African trip, the minister is promoting the diversification of energy supplies and reduced dependence on a single country or source. Deutschlandfunk ↗

Tunisia is also part of the program, where Wadephul was planning to meet with his counterpart Mohamed Ali Nafti in the capital Tunis. The agenda also included talks with representatives of the business sector and a visit to a startup company. Beyond economics, migration across the Mediterranean remains an important topic, which continues to be a sensitive issue in German politics. Tagesspiegel ↗

The trip to Tunisia and Algeria thus combines several priorities of German foreign policy. Berlin is striving to strengthen energy security, expand economic ties with North Africa and at the same time conduct dialogue on migration routes leading to Europe.

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