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Critics argue NS2 gives Russia outsize influence over the German and European energy markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden said the pipeline \u201cwill not go forward\u201d if Russia were to invade, which he defined as \u201ctanks and troops crossing the border.\u201d Scholz declined to say as much, noting only that retaliatory actions were already agreed upon and would be imposed in lockstep with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t spell everything out in public,\u201d Scholz said, according to a White House translation of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House press conference served as a boost to Scholz, whose government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/01\/19\/germany-holds-its-ground-on-denying-weapons-for-ukraine\/\">declined<\/a> delivering lethal military aid to Ukraine, trumpeting Berlin\u2019s economic support to Kyiv instead. 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They already have it,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pronounced talk of diplomacy today is likely to disappoint those who hoped a visit from Scholz would lead to a more military-minded German posture toward Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier on Monday, Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said he wants Germany to become \u201cmore involved\u201d in the crisis. \u201cIt\u2019s not about weapons in this case,\u201d he said at an online discussion organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. \u201cIt\u2019s about attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pabriks was referring to a shipment of nine Soviet-era howitzers Estonia wants to give Ukraine for defense. 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