Ok so they technically have a majority but it's negligible when it comes to costs. Fair enough.

Quote Originally Posted by cocco
Imagine what would happen to US-EU relations if it turned out US did this?
Perhaps this is why USA isn't openly admitting it, and why it's convenient to blame Russia.

Are you sure, even if they wanted to, that they'd take the risk?
USA does what it likes. It does not fear consequences from Germany or the EU. They control the world's economy, you can't sanction USA without sanctioning yourself. Germany is incapable of challenging USA militarily, and the EU doesn't have a united military nor would individual member states necessarily care to back any EU retaliation.

but when have they sabotaged an ally?
That's a very good question and one that nobody is going to be answer without putting on a tin foil hat. They've not admitted to such an act of hostility against an ally that I'm aware of, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened, and nor would I be surprised if it turned out such an incident has happened in the past.

But even if this is unprecedented, the bigger picture is that Germany are de facto supporting the Putin regime and therefore it's tenuous to call them a true ally.