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But flowing to other countries in europe. the country cutting off the gas saying poland and bulgaria are not paying in rubles and thats the reason. state department official telling fox business that this was not out of the blue. the official says they expected retaliation because lawmakers in poland are pushing the e.u. to cut off energy supplies from russia. a bill was introduced in poland to make that move. this action shows how russia can weaponize its energy industry. 41% of the imports of ...

Was once openly supportive of vladimir putin. she didnt win by a lot. she still could impact frances ukraine policy down the road. melissa bell has more. >> reporter: as emanuel macron became the first french president in 20 years to win a second term, the european flag served as a reminder of what had been at stake. his far-right rival marine le pen had promised to define europeans institutions turning the e.u. into a much looser line of sovereign nations, a position apparently backed by 42% of...

We can normally ignore them but in the e.u. and plans in canada and it might cover the united states too, these fact-checkers, their results gives implemented by facebook, twitter, instagram to ban someone who doesnt meet the fact-check or what we are seeing in the europe and canada, they can take away your rights to speak. in canada, justin trudeau is bringing in a journalism license. youve got to hold on to your first amendment in the united states to make sure that doesnt repair. >> laura: at...

Euros of weaponry to kyiv, something le pen had said she would be prudent about. she also announced that she wanted a strategic -- between nato and russia. in the end, neither of her positions on nato and the e.u. nor her proximity to moscow prevented marine le pen from achieving a historic score, coming within 5 1/2 million votes of emanuel macron. she is now looking to junes legislative elections to try and deprive him of his governing majority, which could present challenges for frances conti...

Been about money and power and who controls the information flow. as well as those voices they refused to quiet. thats the angle. joining me now is as relevant, forgive my voice. as we mentioned in the angle, the e.u. agreed to this new regulatory regime this weekend. what can we expect? >> that is the crazy thing, even a decade ago liberals and leftists believed in the debate but now liberals, leftists, globalists, they wanted the 2d platform you. if they cant deplatform you, they want to fact-...

Capability nato in europe just as is providing security for its current members to do so for its new members as they come in. >> former u.s. ambassador to nato, evo dalter, thank you so much for coming on this morning. and next on "morning joe," breaking news, twitter set to accept elon musks offer. well talk to andrew ross sorkin about that. and speaking of big tech, behind a new european law that could reshape the online world. were back -- >> this is a massive law that has passed in the e.u. ...

And that would be good. and youre starting with right-wing populism. >> at the beginning of 2021, there were 17 right-wing pop list leaders and now there are down to 12. we have le pen and trump and putin losing on the big stage. the death -- you have talked about this throughout the show. death of democracy throughout the world has been greatly exaggerated and particularly what happened in france yesterday, 58.5% for macron, it looks like the world and your dad talked about this and david kenne...

And he beat le pen by 18 or so points. and this is also this is only the second time since 1965 that frances had re-elected its president. that is a remarkable personal victory for macron and it bodes well for the coalition that has been built very closely between macron and biden who seem to be able to get along really well. get on the phone quite a bit. clearly macron is at the center of the e.u. le pen,al they she later said she wouldnt with draw from the e.u. is not a person who believes in ...

Dc -- macron doesnt win this? >> lets be clear about la penn, shes anti refugee sentiment but someone who is a nationalist who is financed by vladimir putin. these are not causal ties that she has and so i think in the le pen victory, to have a united front on sanctions. sanctions only work if you have the buy in of countries, especially big ones like france and keep in mind, france is one of the biggest shot callers in the european union. it doesnt just complicate relations with france but coul...

Saying this. it been two full months since this war began and you and i had been reporting on cnn since the people have been bombarded in ukraine. people have been isolated by the u.s. and the e.u. in ukraine, even historically neutral countries like switzerland have taken action against putin, yet, this invasion continues. does that mean that this will go on for many more months to come? >> almost certainly. i think what is going to happen here is the first phase plan a, pu putins plan a failed...