Even as the war against Covid draws to an uneasy close, its skirmishes continue all around us. One of them is the ongoing irritant of Covid security theater.
Covid security theater is when we claim our actions are aimed at fighting Covid, but actually part of our motivation is just to give the
impression that we’re fighting Covid. Genuinely fighting Covid may or may not be one of our goals too, but what makes theater
theater is that performance is one of our goals.
So for the last year, we have worn masks in restaurants unless we are sitting down. We have stayed six feet apart whether we are running by on the sidewalk or sitting a table away inside for hours. We have stood behind plastic barriers at the DMV and the checkout counter even though we know Covid floats in the air.
<p><span>On May 21, ISDA, the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the FIA European Principal Traders Association submitted a joint response to the European Commission (EC) questionnaire on the review of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and the European Securities and Markets Authority.</span></p>
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EU officials will arrive on Friday in Sofia with a compromise solution to overcome the Bulgarian veto against North Macedonia starting accession negotiations, former Bulgarian foreign minister Ekaterina Zaharieva announced, warning that their proposal is against the Bulgarian interest. Read more.
At the same time, Croatia’s President Zoran Milanovic on Thursday said North Macedonia has fulfilled all the democratic conditions to open EU accession talks, but it is constantly being “kicked” around, after Sofia criticised his statements about Bulgaria’s policy on that EU membership aspirant. Read more.
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Conclusion of CAP reform a ‘priority’, Portuguese agriculture minister says. Portuguese Agriculture Minister Maria do Céu Antunes has reiterated that the goal of completing the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU to “ensure a greener and more resilient agri
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