More recently, Indian officials threatened retaliatory measures, including barring European carriers from operating in their country.
However, ministers plan to rejoin 35 of the measures, including the European Arrest Warrant, before that deadline.
The US has even tried to stop other countries, including European powers, from using and promoting proven policy measures now known as "harm reduction," like needle exchanges to prevent HIV.
It has used its own staff members and invited outside curators, including Europeans, to present shows that take the measure of contemporary art in this country.
If it does so we will work with our European partners and others to take measures, including sanctions, that will have an impact on the regime".
After June was declared the second warmest on record, the European commission pledged to help farmers with a raft of measures, including the temporary suspension of "greening" obligations partly intended to prevent climate change.
The European Commission comes second in the overall ranking, having "fairly robust transparency and integrity measures", including a voluntary register of all lobbyists.
It adds to the sense of crisis surrounding the sentence in the wake of a European-led boycott of lethal injection drugs that has forced states to adopt increasingly desperate measures including new drug protocols and secrecy laws.
In a statement, the 27-nation European Union said it was ready to impose "targeted measures against those responsible for the verdict" and to stiffen some earlier measures, including an arms export ban, visa restrictions and financial sanctions.
Other measures, including energy reform, lie ahead.
