Friday, September 02, 2005

Floored By Europe's Generosity

I don't even know what to say about this:
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=9546692&src=rss/topNews

"It's self-evident that we support the American bid," German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder told a news conference in Berlin.

He expected a massive two million barrels per day of oil to be shipped over the next month -- more or less offsetting lost output from the Gulf coast's battered refineries.
"We assume that would lead to there being sufficient energy reserves in the market and, second, we would wish the pressure on the prices of oil products to be lessened," Schroeder said.

Speaking at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Wales, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said: "Whatever the United States asks for they will be given."

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