New bid on the bloc: Europe and vaccine mandates

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🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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A Delta wave is driving restrictions and restrictions are driving unrest. Vaccine mandates like that enacted by Austria may be the only way to end the cycle. We examine the dim prospects for Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis star who accused a senior politician of sexual assault. And a broader view of modern art at the UAE’s new Guggenheim museum. Have your say about “The Intelligence” in our survey here www.economist.com/intelligencesurvey. And for full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
0:06.8	I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
0:09.0	Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:14.5	Soon after Peng Shui, a Chinese tennis star made accusations of sexual assault against
0:22.7	a senior politician, she disappeared.
0:25.8	Her reappearance has done little to calm concerns about her safety and nothing to address
0:30.5	her allegations.
0:35.0	And like other Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates is trying to diversify its economy
0:40.0	with a burst of cultural institutions as part of the push.
0:44.0	Next up is a Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi, one with a particular view on modern art.
0:56.3	First up though.
1:06.6	This was the sound of Austria's capital Vienna on Saturday.
1:12.9	But this?
1:15.6	This was Vienna yesterday.
1:19.4	Austria is back under lockdown with a COVID caseload at an all-time high.
1:24.0	On Friday the country became the first EU state to announce a vaccine mandate.
1:28.8	It'll come into effect in February.
1:31.0	The Delta wave has come late to Europe and its forcing governments to make choices that
1:35.4	the public aren't happy about.
1:37.8	Belgium is requiring masks and at-home working, plans opposed by tens of thousands of protesters
1:43.0	in Brussels on Sunday.
1:48.2	The Netherlands is under three weeks of restrictions, and defiant rioters have set fires and battled
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