january 6th, law enforcement is prepared for any eventuality that may come out or in response to any type of court action against the former president. while we are not seeing any signs of large groups that are actually animating around trump s call for protest, law enforcement does not taking any chances. and what we have been seeing all day and the last few days is careful coordination between state, federal, and local police and law enforcement agencies. you know, really coming up with consequence management. how do they manage every type of eventuality that could come out, whether it is peaceful protest all the way up to, you know, acts of violence. so i think what we are seeing great now is a lot of planning. hopefully a lot of that planning is not necessary. it doesn t materialize. but law enforcement to new york city s definitely ready for it. well i mean that against the january 6th silver lining, they d learn something after that. and to be repaired for whatever co
executor china, right? it took somebody who is a hawk against communism to actually reach out to china in the first place. maybe she has the level of credibility that could actually float some kind of proposal down to end the war in ukraine. but to me this is profoundly disturbing. i sincerely doubt she has any real intentions of peace and ukraine. i think what he is trying to do is bolster putin, bolster that kind of ideology, but at the same time he has to walk a fine line. because china s economy is still recovering from covid. it is still highly dependent on trade to, experts to the eu and the u.s., so while she is going to relieve backup putin, what we need to watch is what he does. does he send weapons? do does trade when russia and china does, that increase? just trying to pick up the slack in terms of purchasing energy from russia? and how would they get it to china? because that is a land fruit, and we are on the seas? well, i, mean a few things.
energy is a particular point in europe. we are over reliant on russian oil and gas. we plan to reduce significantly that dependency, and that takes time. but, of course, we ve also said that everything remains on the table. so, we started with one package of sanctions. we have four now in place. and there is an ongoing discussion about the energy question, because i accept fully your point that we continue to do business because we rely on energy. and the key here is, what impact would it have if we were to do exactly that, withdraw from purchasing energy from russia or, as you say, de swift extra banks? we have to make sure that the sanctions impact russia and don t boomerang in a very negative way, notjust on the european economy, but it could have consequences globally. so i think we are taking the right approach, but i can fully understand and empathise with the comments of president zelensky. sorry, commissioner. crosstalk i want to be clear about what you re saying.
remains on the table. so, we started with one package of sanctions. we have four now in place. and there is an ongoing discussion about the energy question, because i accept fully your point that we continue to do business because we rely on energy. and the key here is, what impact would it have if we were to do exactly that, withdraw from purchasing energy from russia or, as you say, de swift extra banks? we have to make sure that the sanctions impact russia and don t boomerang in a very negative way, notjust on the european economy, but it could have consequences globally. so i think we are taking the right approach, but i can fully understand and empathise with the comments of president zelensky. sorry, commissioner. crosstalk i want to be clear about what you re saying. are you saying that, yeah, you ll take measures, you ll impose sanctions, but only as long as they don t really hurt europeans? is that what you re saying? no, not at all. i think i was particular about energy. look
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