The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union issued a Press Release today concerning its Russia sanctions, stating that: 1) The grounds for the imposition of restrictive measures against the Russian Federation “remain valid”. …
West East European Political divide
Johan Hellström is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Umeå University. His research interests are in comparative politics, political methodology, political parties and party systems in Europe, political representation and accountability, public opinion, and European politics. …
EU seeks Latin American food embargo on Russia
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. On 11 August 2014, the EU was reported to be planning talks to dissuade Latin American countries from providing Russia with agricultural produce, after Russia imposed retaliatory food import …
Norway joins EU sanctions against Russia
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. On 12 August 2014, Norway announced that it will join sanctions the EU has imposed on Russia over the situation in Ukraine. Although Norway is not part …
Europe in a world dominated by Asia
Craig James Willy is an EU affairs writer and a journalist with the German Press Agency (DPA). He has notably written political analysis for the Bertelsmann Foundation and media analysis for the European Commission. His French-English blog is available here. Economic …
Belorussian citizens on EU’s sanctions list
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. The European Union has published a notice informing people and companies targeted by the EU’s sanctions relating to Belarus. The individuals and companies concerned are those named in the Annex …
Democratic legitimacy & decisions at the EU
Sonia Alonso is a Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and editor of the Spanish political blog Agenda Pública. Juan Rodríguez Teruel is Lecturer in Political Science in the University of Valencia. His research focuses on political elites, …
The UK government must urgently overhaul its EU engagement strategy
Anthony Salamone is an incoming PhD candidate in British and EU politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include European integration, UK devolution and comparative politics. He is the author of Britain’s Europe, a weekly blog on British-EU politics …
Details of EU’s ‘TIER 3′ Russia sanctions published
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. Yesterday we reported on the people and companies added to the EU’s targeted sanctions against Russia which impose travel bans and asset freezes, and the new restrictions relating to Crimea and …
Barroso in Brazil: A Never Ending Match?
Cinthia R Campos – PHD Candidate in Political Science at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil). Recently visiting resercher at Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL), at ULB. The World Cup is over, but the ball is still rolling between …