The business online newspaper refers to ECFR’s policy paper on the Anti-Coercion Tool
Media mentions – Economic Sovereignty
China is willing to use economic sanctions to change EU policy
The EU wants to be better equipped to defend itself against coercion in the future. Jonathan Hackenbroich and Pawel Zerka have concrete proposals on how a response could look like through a new anti-coercion instrument.
Our work has convinced us that there is a way to strengthen Europe’s resilience without taking an unacceptably high risk
The new report of the ECFR Sanctions Task Force shows how an anti-coercion instrument could work
The pressure on world bottlenecks is due to rising political tensions around the world, prompting states to use trade hubs as tools in conflicts
Filip Medunic weighs in on states using their control over bottlenecks as a weapon to force other states to change their behaviour
EU sanctions remain, above all, an important instrument of solidarity and one of the EU’s most powerful soft levers, which it should continue using
In her article, Iliyana Kondareva answers the question whether we should stop using sanctions against human rights violators
Jonathan Hackenbroich discusses economic coercion in the geo-political landscape, building resilience to sanctions and countersanctions, and why Nord Stream 2 is like a suitcase without a handle – hard to take along, hard to abandon
The measures aimed at improving the EU’s resilience to sanctions are likely to be relatively uncontroversial
Ther German Handelsblatt refers to the recommendations of the Franco-German ECFR Task Force for Protecting Europe from Economic Coercion
In many situations it is already enough to threaten economic coercion and within a week one has a different relationship. to the addressees.
Jonathan Hackenbroich comments on the need for the EU to create an effective anti-coercion instrument
The French magazine published a shorter version of Jonathan Hackenbroich’s policy brief on how Europe can resist economic coercion