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
Ukraine’s future in Europe is not only a matter of solidarity with a country at war, but a question of Europe’s own strategic future, Roberts
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
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
The EU sanctions regime should provide for liability not only for direct violators, but for the entire chain of participants involved in sanctions circumvention. This
The European Parliament has called for tougher penalties for companies that violate EU sanctions, including the confiscation of all profits gained from such activity, alongside
Established cases of sanctions circumvention must trigger a mandatory criminal procedural response; however, even more important is to prevent such supplies in advance by refusing
Cases involving sanctions circumvention in the EU often do not reach criminal prosecution because of the difficulty of proving intent, the lack of resources among
Decisions on nuclear energy remain a matter of national sovereignty, but stressed that in France he personally supports more nuclear power as part of a
Against the backdrop of threats surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and new risks to global energy supplies, Europe is becoming ever more acutely aware of