MADRID (Reuters) – The European Union ought to pay for any new natural gas interconnections between Spain and its European neighbours trying to secure alternative supplies to the Russian gas, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters on Tuesday. Spain and Portugal, which have little dependence on Russian energy supplies, want an additional gas pipeline to be built between Catalonia and France so the Iberian countries can regasify imported liquefied natural gas and send it on to central Europe. Another potential project being discussed is a pipeline linking Spain and Italy. Sanchez told a new…