Original sentence: Because the legal basis was international law (diplomatic retaliation on moderate level is allowed - law cannot oblige people do be nice to each other and shake hands) and not the EU-Charta, EU-law did not provide a way out.Following the report, the EU leaders subsequently abandonned the so-called "sanctions" and returned to normality during the summer of 2000, even though the coalition remained unchanged.Government supporters often blamed the opposition social democrats and President Thomas Klestil for the so-called "sanctions" imposed by the EU14 and their loyalty to the country was thus put into question.On a diplomatic level the so-called "sanctions" carried on for months, both the Austrian government and the EU14 tried to seek a solution for the situation.Their report did not find reasons that would permit the other EU-members according to then existing EU-law to engage in further measures going beyond those that are allowed in international law.Therefore after a couple of months a delegation of 3 experts (die drei EU-Weisen) was sent to Austria to examine the political situation and to determine if the EU14's so-called "sanctions" could be lifted
Edited sentence: Because the legal basis for the sanctions was international law (diplomatic retaliation on moderate level is allowed - law cannot oblige people do be nice to each other and shake hands) and not the EU-Charta, EU-law did not provide a way out.Following the report, the EU leaders subsequently abandonned the sanctions and returned to normality during the summer of 2000, even though the coalition remained unchanged.Government supporters often blamed the opposition social democrats and President Thomas Klestil for the sanctions imposed by the EU14 and their loyalty to the country was thus put into question.On a diplomatic level the sanctions carried on for months, both the Austrian government and the EU14 tried to seek a solution for the situation.Their report did not find reasons that would permit the other EU-members according to then existing EU-law to engage in further sanctions going beyond those that are allowed in international law.Therefore after a couple of months a delegation of 3 experts (die drei EU-Weisen) was sent to Austria to examine the political situation and to determine if the EU14's sanctions could be lifted