Weapons, humanitarian assistance, sanctions: a legal analysis of the EU's immediate response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine of 2022

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dc.contributor.authorLonardo, Luigi
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T08:51:48Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T08:51:48Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2022-08-09T14:35:47Z
dc.description.abstractThis analysis offers a doctrinal overview of the main legal instruments employed by the EU in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and considers whether the EUâ s legal response is revolutionary in comparison to its response to previous crises. To this aim, the article considers the ways in which the EU has intervened in three areas: the financing of the transfer of weapons to Ukraine, the humanitarian assistance for people fleeing Ukraine, and the sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The analysis argues that the EUâ s response shows political cohesion, but it is not legally revolutionary, neither in the instruments adopted, nor in the actors adopting them. The EU constitutional structure withstood the impact. It enabled the Member States to adopt measures foreseen by EU law to face the emergency, without the need for explicit or implicit constitutional amendments. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the response was led by Member States engaging with the decision-making processes within the EU as opposed to decision-making through structures outside the Treaties.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationLonardo, L. (2022) 'Weapons, humanitarian assistance, sanctions: a legal analysis of the EU's immediate response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine of 2022', European Law Review, 3, pp. 410-423.en
dc.identifier.endpage423en
dc.identifier.issn0307-5400
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleEuropean Law Reviewen
dc.identifier.startpage410en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13475
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSweet & Maxwellen
dc.relation.urihttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8509258
dc.rights© 2022, Sweet & Maxwell. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in European Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version is available online on Westlaw UK.en
dc.subjectEUen
dc.subjectRussian invasionen
dc.subjectUkraineen
dc.titleWeapons, humanitarian assistance, sanctions: a legal analysis of the EU's immediate response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine of 2022en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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