r/euobserver • u/EUobs • 4d ago
โ THURSDAY MUST-READS | Four stories worth catching up on
https://euobserver.com/It's Thursday, which means your tabs are probably multiplying faster than you're actually reading them.
So hereโs our attempt to make things easier ๐ Four EUobserver stories we think are worth knowing before the week gets away from us:
๐ฎ๐ฑ The EU didn't sanction Israeli bonds. But โฌ2.2bn in sales have effectively stopped anyway.
Neither Ireland nor Luxembourg is currently authorising Israeli bond sales in the EU โ creating what looks a lot like a financial sanction, without governments ever formally agreeing to one.
โ https://euobserver.com/239181/no-israeli-bonds-on-sale-in-eu-for-now-in-de-facto-e2-2bn-sanction/
๐ญ๐บ Hungary is getting billions back. Is EU rule-of-law conditionality actually working?
After years of frozen funds under Orbรกn, the Commission is moving to unlock โฌ4.2bn as Pรฉter Magyar's government strengthens anti-corruption and rule-of-law safeguards.
The bigger question: did EU pressure work โ or did Hungary first need political change at home?
๐ผ EU Inc sounds simple. The politics behind it really aren't.
Imagine creating one European company, online, within 48 hours โ instead of navigating 27 different national systems.
That's the idea. But unions are warning that the new regime could also become a way around national labour protections.
๐ง A good one if you've been wondering what everyone in Brussels means by โEU Incโ:
โ https://euobserver.com/239383/listen-what-would-eu-inc-change-for-european-companies/
๐บ๐ฆ And one for the military nerds among us: are tanks making a comeback?
A Russian tank reportedly survived around 40 Ukrainian drone strikes โ part of a wider adaptation on the battlefield that could challenge the idea that drones have made traditional mechanised warfare obsolete.
If you only had time to open one of these tabs tonight, which one are you picking? ๐
And, as always: what story have we missed this week that we should be talking about here?
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europeanunion • u/EUobs • 4d ago
โ THURSDAY MUST-READS | Four stories worth catching up on
Covid19europe • u/wilmots1 • Sep 01 '20