In an interview with Guildhall, Dutch MEP Thijs Reuten said weak enforcement remains one of the key problems of the EU’s sanctions policy against Russia,
Thijs Reuten: Even legally exportable goods must not end up feeding Russia’s war machine
EU sanctions are strong on paper, but enforcement remains the weakest link — Catarina Vieira
The European Union has adopted strong sanctions against Russia, but their impact is weakened by uneven implementation across Member States, fragmented enforcement and the lack
Reinhold Lopatka: Established sanctions violations should lead to real investigation and prosecution
The effectiveness of sanctions against Russia and Belarus depends not only on adopting restrictions, but on whether proven violations lead to real legal consequences. Without
Veronika Vrecionová: Russia is using negotiations as another instrument of war
Russia’s repeated claims that it is ready to end the war against Ukraine should not be taken at face value, Czech MEP Veronika Vrecionová argues
Jonas Sjöstedt: Violating sanctions against Russia must be treated as complicity in war
Sanctions against Russia will remain strategically weak unless the European Union closes the gap between identifying violations and actually punishing them, Swedish MEP Jonas Sjöstedt
EU sanctions still suffer from fragmented enforcement despite legal harmonisation — Sascha Lohmann
Even after the EU’s April 2024 directive defining criminal offences and minimum penalties for violations of Union restrictive measures, sanctions enforcement across the bloc remains
EU sanctions on Russia need uniform enforcement across the bloc to be effective — Engin Eroglu
The effectiveness of EU sanctions against Russia depends not on identifying a single weak point, but on ensuring consistent and uniform implementation across all member
Lack of political will is the main reason EU sanctions on Russia remain weak — Per Clausen (full interview)
The central weakness of the European Union’s sanctions policy against Russia lies not only in inconsistent enforcement, but in the absence of sufficiently broad political
EU sanctions on Russia become symbolic without real prosecution — Karolis Neimantas (full interview)
The central weakness of the European Union’s sanctions policy against Russia lies not in the absence of restrictions, but in the failure to turn documented
German MP: The EU should simplify the mechanism for imposing sanctions on Russia
Before stepping up sanctions enforcement, the European Union should simplify the mechanism for imposing sanctions itself. This was stated in a comment to Guildhall by
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