I would like to see Germany step up and shut down that gas pipeline.
Today
It might be hard, but they will have time to sort something out before winter comes.
Appeasing Putin in the short term while hoping that it will be resolved before the winter is a losing game. We will get to the winter and Putin will have very much more leverage over them. If he is still alive and in control of the country, he will be threatening to cut them off as soon as it starts to get cold.
Putin has already cut back on supplies, simply to ensure that they don't have sufficient reserves when that time comes.
They do not have time. Only realistic alternative is nukes (takes many years to build) or an LNG import terminal (started already, takes years to build). All the alternatives to depending on Russian imports require enormously complex construction projects.
Today
It might be hard, but they will have time to sort something out before winter comes.
Appeasing Putin in the short term while hoping that it will be resolved before the winter is a losing game. We will get to the winter and Putin will have very much more leverage over them. If he is still alive and in control of the country, he will be threatening to cut them off as soon as it starts to get cold.
Putin has already cut back on supplies, simply to ensure that they don't have sufficient reserves when that time comes.
Man up, Germany