Newsletter: Temperatures rise over sanctions against Russia

According to Euronews, Europe's political temperature is rising this week on multiple fronts. Bulgaria is attempting to block the EU's twenty-first sanctions package against Russia, while criticism is mounting over the European Union's rule-of-law reports, which observers say have been overhyped. In a lighter moment, a baby made an appearance at a European Council meeting in Luxembourg—offering a brief respite from the dense procedural agenda.

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