Germany Could Halt Pipeline If Russia Attacks Ukraine, Scholz Signals

Germany Could Halt Pipeline If Russia Attacks Ukraine, Scholz Signals
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a news conference in Berlin on Jan. 18, 2022. Hannibal Hanschke/POOL/Reuters
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BERLIN/MOSCOW—Germany may consider halting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia attacks Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz signaled on Tuesday, as pressure grew on his government to take a more hawkish stance on the Kremlin.

Scholz met NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin to discuss the next steps after talks between Russia and Western states on the Kremlin’s deployment of troops along Ukraine’s border ended without a breakthrough last week.