Sanctions were once sold as a gentler foreign policy tool for exerting pressure on dictatorships and terrorist organizations. Yet measures like banning individuals from having bank accounts or traveling are increasingly used to chill free speech in Europe.

Sanctions were once sold as a gentler foreign policy tool for exerting pressure on dictatorships and terrorist organizations. Yet measures like banning individuals from having bank accounts or traveling are increasingly used to chill free speech in Europe.

  • EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I know Russia has infiltrated EU political circles, and both Russia and Israel have infiltrated the US. How much sway does Israel have in the EU? Is it just lobbying, hacking, or possibly extortion (like in the States)?