The One About Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Mr. Brice De Schietere, the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Head of sanctions division. The External Action Service is like the EU’s foreign ministry. As friends of the podcast already know, it’s DG FISMA (The Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) that prepares joint proposals for Regulations on sanctions for adoption by the Council of the European Union, and represents the European Commission in sanctions-related discussions with Member States. The EEAS is our partner in this, especially when it comes to dealing with countries OUTSIDE the EU.