Analysis-In Ukraine crisis, Germany faces tough decisions over gas pipeline


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a news conference alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after their talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany could find itself in a no-win situation if Russia invades Ukraine, pitting Berlin's main gas supplier against its most important security allies.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz would face pressure from the United States and other Western allies to respond to any invasion by stopping the recently completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany going into operation.

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