The European Union needs a unified approach to ensuring compliance with sanctions, in which common rules and the sanctions effect are formed at the EU
Expanding the powers of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office could strengthen pan-European investigative mechanisms, including in the areas of sanctions violations and large-scale corruption. This
Investigations into violations of the sanctions regime should be centralized at the European Union level and transferred to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, since such
The European Union should already be preparing to create new tools for monitoring compliance with sanctions, including expanding the powers of a special prosecutor for
Hungary’s incoming Tisza government is likely to be much more flexible toward Ukraine than Viktor Orbán’s government, including on European integration and aid. However, the
EU sanctions against Russia remain a necessary and effective instrument of pressure, but their impact is weakened by uneven enforcement and the fact that proven
Sanctions against Russia risk becoming a symbolic measure rather than a real deterrent unless the West ensures that violations lead to investigations, prosecutions and serious
Although EU sanctions have already cost Russia significant losses, for the sanctions regime to become an effective mechanism of real punishment, the European Union needs
Strengthening the role of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office could become part of a more consistent EU response to sanctions circumvention, especially in cross-border cases.
The effectiveness of EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus depends not only on the restrictive measures themselves, but also on their practical enforcement, including criminal