European leaders and institutions have maintained firm opposition to resuming Russian pipeline gas flows through Nord Stream amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the pipelines' 2022 sabotage damage, which left three of four lines inoperable. The European Commission’s May 2025 roadmap targets an end to all Russian fossil fuel imports by late 2027, with new supply contracts prohibited after 2025, while Germany’s government has reiterated its refusal to revive the project despite sporadic U.S.-Russia speculation and preservation permits issued by Danish authorities. These policy commitments, combined with active sanctions, operator financial distress, and stalled certification processes, sustain trader consensus that the pipelines will remain offline through the resolution date. A durable ceasefire or major diplomatic shift could theoretically alter timelines, though none has materialized to date.