It's all just cosmetics, by both the EU and Germany.
They could have done so many years ago, for ex. when SA was head of Human Rights at UN (oh the irony), or when it became clear that SA and others are financing & supporting terrorists in Syria.
Now they see that they're on the losing end of peoples' opinion, and are simply trying to win back "normies".
I don't believe a word they're saying! They should be done away with, once and for all, and for good.