The EU Really Shouldn't Have Wasted Everyone's Time.

https://english.news.cn/northamerica/20220311/14e7e8040a9a4cd8911d245f3f1ea8bb/c.html

Attempting to involve other parties.

When it was so clear their US ally hadn't learned that universal lesson;

It's the doing of the incredibly stupid thing. Which makes the humilating climbdown inevitable.