President Biden this week waived sanctions on the company building the pipeline, giving way for the pipeine to go ahead from Russia to Germany.
Saying that a military coup might be necessary in a First World nation sounds extreme, but extreme views are tolerated more and more in France. It takes a lot of courage to sign an open letter that goes viral in France and that your neighbors and acquaintances might read. But more and more Frenchmen see the situation urgent enough to take this risk.