Germany was planning on going ahead with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before this affair started and has cancelled the project with legitimate misgivings. It gets

Germany was planning on going ahead with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before this affair started and has cancelled the project with legitimate misgivings. It gets a significant part of its energy needs from Russia and right now has no real substitute. This has proven to reveal miscalculation on both sides. Germany thought interlinking its economy with Russia would cause Russia to behave. And Putin likely assumed that when push came to shove, Germany's energy reliance would prevent them from taking a stand against the invasion.