00:00European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen denounced that the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran
00:05caused the European Union an additional 90 billion euros in fossil fuel imports.
00:10Before the European Parliament, von der Leyen linked the increase to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz
00:14and Europe's dependence on imported oil and gas.
00:17von der Leyen added that this situation underscores the energy vulnerability of EU countries
00:21in the face of supply route interruptions and market price fluctuations.
00:25In this context, she called for progress toward clean, affordable, domestically produced energy.
00:38Since the start of the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, imported fossil fuels cost us an additional 90 billion
00:47euros
00:48without a single molecule of energy in addition.
00:52So, we need to double down on our affordable and homegrown clean energy,
00:59be it renewables or nuclear, be it biomethane or others, technologically neutral.
01:06But these energies must give us independence and drive down energy prices.
01:13For this independence, we need to electrify Europe.
01:17For the next strength that we have been raised by the US Office of HormuzЛ whole by Z benz quierarts,
01:17through the lands Cape River.
01:17That means the lack of рас tagged the Drucks to one additional experience for it.
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