As heavy fighting between Ukraine and Russia continues, Scholz’s coalition, the Greens and Free Democrats, have called on him to remove his doubts over supplying Ukraine with heavy weapons.
An already tight oil and gas market feels the jolt of conflict, which is threatening to disrupt supplies to Europe.
Germany’s decision to suspend the new pipeline was meant to send a message to Russia to prevent it from ‘weaponising’ gas.
German Chancellor Scholz said the government decided to “reassess” the certification of the pipeline in response to Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in Ukraine.
As tensions over Ukraine continue to rise, here’s a look at the reasons behind Europe’s gas crisis.
"If Russia invades –– that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine, again –– then there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2," US President Biden tells a joint news conference with Germany's Chancellor Scholz.
Although Germany and the US have warned against imposing sanctions on Moscow, dependency on Russian gas is still problematic for Berlin.
President Biden's Democratic Party defeats Senate bid to impose immediate sanctions on a Russian pipeline to Germany, fearing setting back diplomacy to prevent Moscow from invading Ukraine.
British foreign secretary warns Moscow that any further military incursion into Ukraine would bring "massive consequences".
Construction on the pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany on the bed of the Baltic Sea and bypasses Ukraine, was completed in September but it lays idle while awaiting regulatory approval from Berlin and Brussels.
Berlin says the gas pipeline, which would carry Russian gas to Germany and bypass Ukraine in current form, will not be allowed to operate if Moscow invades Kiev.
As Germany pushes to complete its controversial gas pipeline with Russia, Republicans move to sanction the erstwhile ally for buying gas from Moscow.
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