Also, in Thursday’s edition: wildfires, Wildberries, Quatremer

RUSSIA RETHINK: The EU is mulling a strategic rethink of how it puts economic pressure on Russia, Ireland’s Foreign Minister Helen McEntee told Rapporteur in an interview. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Brussels has adopted 21 wide-ranging sanctions packages. But the difficulty of agreeing the latest round has prompted calls, including from Kyiv, to take a little-and-often approach. Read the full piece, and more from our interview below.

You’re reading Rapporteur on Thursday 30 July. This is Eddy Wax in Brussels, with Nicoletta Ionta.

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