Treaties are not even needed. They pull the same stunts in all countries and courts in a neighbouring legislation (e.g. Germany / France) could very likely imp

Treaties are not even needed. They pull the same stunts in all countries and courts in a neighbouring legislation (e.g. Germany / France) could very likely impose similar fines. The Dutch are just the first. There are several EU wide directives in the cooker which aim to address such problems (DMA and DSA). Apple probably sees the writing on the wall and tries to extract as much money while they can