Posts tagged with "common commercial policy":

EU-Russia Sanctions War. Part II: Consequences of restrictive measures for Hungary - national interests and questions of loyalty

2014. October 02. 10:11

Balazs Horvathy - Adrienn Nyircsák

The escalation of the crisis in Ukraine reached a tipping point in March 2014, when the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, following a referendum widely deemed illegitimate, triggered a concerted response from the EU in the form of a series of restrictive measures labelled “economic sanctions”. After the evaluation of the legal and political framework of the EU sanctions and the counter-measures by Russia presented in the first part of our analysis, we now turn to the discussion of the repercussions of the sanctions on the national level and the political expression of the perceived clash between Union and national interests.

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EU-Russia Sanctions War. Part I: The legal framework

2014. October 02. 10:02

Balazs Horvathy - Adrienn Nyircsák

The escalation of the crisis in Ukraine reached a tipping point in March 2014, when the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, following a referendum widely deemed illegitimate, triggered a concerted response from the EU in the form of a series of restrictive measures labelled “economic sanctions”. In the first part of our analysis, we evaluate the legal framework of EU sanctions and present the Russian counter-measures; after which, in the second part, we turn to the discussion of the repercussions of the sanctions on the national level and the political expression of the perceived clash between Union and national interests.

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Defending the EU Trade Interests – New Trade Enforcement Regulation Adopted

2014. June 19. 9:49

Balazs Horvathy

The Council has adopted the regulation concerning the exercise of the Union’s rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules in May 2014. The regulation will introduce a new horizontal framework to enhance the EU’s ability to enforce its interests in the international trading system and to take measures against third countries that violate obligations stemming from international multi- and bilateral trade agreements.

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