{
  "id": 5524865,
  "title": "EU sanctions: a person must never be merely a means to an end",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/eu-sanctions-a-person-must-never-be-merely-a-means-to-an-end",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T08:20:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/04/eu-sanctions-a-person-must-never-be-merely-a-means-to-an-end"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The EU is announcing its biggest wave of sanctions since the war in Ukraine began, says leading German free-speech lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel in this opinion piece for Euronews. He argues the measures violate human dignity and Germany's constitution.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}