EU Sanctions at the Beginning and Today : Restrictive Measures from the Perspective of the EU Presidency

Máthé, Réka Zsuzsánna (2024) EU Sanctions at the Beginning and Today : Restrictive Measures from the Perspective of the EU Presidency. In: The 2024 Hungarian EU Presidency. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 405-425. ISBN 9789636530624; 9789636530617; 9789636530631

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Abstract

The EU’s restrictive measures have evolved considerably over the past 45 years, of which the present study aims to paint a comprehensive picture. During the 2011 Hungarian Presidency, various restrictive measures were adopted against several countries, including Iran and Syria. The chapter describes the sanctions introduced under the Hungarian Presidency and then considers the current situation. The effectiveness and success of EU sanctions depend on several factors, but most often, they do not achieve the foreign policy objective for which they were designed, yet the EU increasingly uses them. Thus, in most cases, the measures imposed are primarily indicative, but they seem to have a paradoxical effect rather than encouraging compliance with international norms and laws. The paper tries to assess the impact of the most recently introduced restrictive measures on economic and social development and finally tries to identify Hungary’s interests in this field.

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