Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
7-2015
Abstract
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 objections to the imposition of sanctions, they can veto their adoption in the Council.Yet, while implementation is comparatively satisfactory, Member States have availed of opportunities to undermine the application of EU sanctions regimes at various levels. On the basis of the theoretical framework provided by Saurugger and Terpan, the present article explores various ways in which Member States attempt to resist EU measures, categorizes them and explains Member States’ choice of resistance techniques.
Keywords
Sanctions
Discipline
Eastern European Studies | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Europan Foreign Affairs Review
Volume
20
Issue
2/1
First Page
39
Last Page
61
ISSN
1384-6299
Citation
PORTELA, Clara.(2015). Member States Resistance to EU Foreign Policy Sanctions. Europan Foreign Affairs Review, 20(2/1), 39-61.
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