Member States Resistance to EU Foreign Policy Sanctions

• Main Author: PORTELA, Clara
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Sanctions; Eastern European Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1753; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3010/viewcontent/Member_States_Resistance_to_EU_Foreign_P.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

European Union (EU) sanctions are agreed in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), a framework where the unanimity rule prevails and where individual Member States have a formal veto. Thus, Member State compliance with sanctions can be expected to be optimal: If Member States have serious ob...