By Andreas Rinke and Belén Carreño LA CORUNA (Reuters) -At a time of a shifting balance of power within Europe, Spain and Germany’s leaders vowed on Wednesday to strengthen their alliance and doubled down on their plan to build a new Pyrenean gas pipeline despite opposition from mutual neighbor France. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez held their countries’ first inter-government consultations in nine years, in the northern Spanish city of La Coruna, resulting in a joint action plan emphasizing closer cooperation, particularly on energy and security matters…