Compared to private debtors, sovereign debtors, especially EU-sovereign debtors, enjoy many privileges under European Union law and under national laws. They are, for example, exempt from the prospectus requirement and not subject to the continuous disclosure obligations. The prohibition on market manipulation does not fully apply to states or their agents and the European Commission intends to expand this exemption even further. This article argues against these exemptions and makes the case for the abolition of sovereign debtors' privileges.