This is why you can’t trust Europeans with their regulations, they are just as corrupt as the Americans. And I love regulation, but the politicians that end up calling the shots are as stupid, tainted and corrupt as our trumpian overlords.

We truly are ruled by crooks.

https://jacobin.com/2026/03/eu-us-sanctions-gaza-russia

Europe Is Sanctioning Critics of Israel and Militarism

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.

@Migueldeicaza While I will always criticise the EU for its failures this one is up to the USA and its dominance in the financial system. These banks just comply, maybe in advance, because they don't want to get shut out of the Visa/MasterCard duopoly which they'd risk if they wouldn't respect these sanction lists.
@fluchtkapsel the sanction was political - I am putting the blame on the politicians and not the bank.