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This is a rush transcript from “Special Report”,” March 25, 2022. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
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OLAF SCHOLZ, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (through translator): Some country is
highly dependent of certain imports, coal and gas for example. We have
taken the decision that these imports are not part of the sanction’s
regime.
JOE BIDEN, (D) PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I know that eliminating
Russian gas will have costs for Europe, but it’s not only the right thing
to do from a moral standpoint, it’s going to put us on a much stronger
strategic footing.
URSULA VON DER LEYEN, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: The U.S. commitment
to provide the European Union with additional, at least 15 billion cubic
meters of LNG this year is a big step in this direction.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
EMANUEL: Critical economic issue, trying to keep the U.S. and Europe
together against Russia is obviously energy, and that was big news today.
Let’s bring in our panel, Harold Ford Jr., former Tennessee Congressman and
co-host of THE FIVE, syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt, and Kimberley
Strassel, a member of the editorial board at “The Wall Street Journal.”
Kimberly, lead us off.
KIMBERLEY STRASSEL, “WALL STREET JOURNAL”: It was good to see the
president talking about how they are going to help Europe with those
commitments, and it’s been really impressive to watch Europe, which after a
couple of years with really flirting very heavily with mostly climate
policies which put themselves in this situation with Putin seemed to have
finally taken on board this sobering reality and they are moving quickly.
You see Germany greenlighting LNG terminals. You see Italy talking about
getting some floating regasification plants off of its coast, new pipelines
in North Africa, Norway, some countries even talking about drilling.
So they’re taking it seriously. I guess we need to see whether or not…
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