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
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
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
In the European Union, rather than creating a new body to investigate sanctions circumvention, the powers of the existing EU prosecutor should be expanded and
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
Europe must not only tighten sanctions against Russia, but also impose real penalties for sanctions circumvention, while at the same time reducing its own dependence
Europe must rethink its approach to energy security by linking it to defense needs, crisis resilience, and security of supply. According to German MP Tobias