Recent Development Turkey experienced an attempted coup by a faction of the military on the night of July 15, 2016. The coup was thwarted by civilian resistance and the intervention of the police forces. As a response to the coup attempt, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a three-month state of emergency on the night of July 20, 2016. The state of emergency came into effect following the Council of Minsters’ approval, published in Turkey’s official…
On 20 June 2016, the European Council (the “Council”) published conclusions on EU strategy with Myanmar/Burma which reaffirm the EU’s strong commitment to support the reform efforts of Myanmar’s government (the “Conclusions”). These follow the adoption of a Joint Communication to the European Parliament and Council on 1 June 2016, and the EU’s most recent renewal of its remaining sanctions against Myanmar/Burma on 21 April 2016. Council Conclusions on EU strategy with Myanmar/Burma In the…
Further to yesterday’s post, Council Decision 2016/982 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol has been published here in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The EU Council has extended for a further year the measures imposed by Council Regulation 692/2014 and Council Decision 2014/386/CFSP in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia (see our earlier post on the previous one year extension here). The implementing legislation has yet to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Council took this opportunity to reaffirm its previous statement of 19 March 2015 that the EU…