The rule of law will only ever have an "I'll be back" moment if all management is removed and the Office gets 'reset' (because once you make it the normal to violate the EPC, in the name of whatever "emergency", it's hard to restore order)
Summary: The EPO's administration continues rushing ahead with an unlawful agenda, exploiting a pandemic that's gradually coming under control regardless to shred apart the EPC
At this point it would be rather foolish to assume that IBM will let Red Hat just "do its own thing" or maintain its corporate culture, identity, projects etc.