For my teaching at @IHEID later this week I had a quick look at the EU sanctions on Russia...
... and as *ever* @EU_Commission doesn't make the communication very simple
... and as *ever* @EU_Commission doesn't make the communication very simple
The news story about the 4th sanctions package is here ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
But that gives links to 2 other sites - a general page about the Ukraine conflict ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/…
And a page about sanctions ec.europa.eu/info/business-…
But that gives links to 2 other sites - a general page about the Ukraine conflict ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/…
And a page about sanctions ec.europa.eu/info/business-…
But where is the document - the law (the Decision) - that was actually adopted?
The sanctions page has a sanctions map... click Russia... and that has latest info from last year sanctionsmap.eu/#/main/details…
The sanctions page has a sanctions map... click Russia... and that has latest info from last year sanctionsmap.eu/#/main/details…
So I have to head over to EUR-LEX and dig there
eur-lex.europa.eu
And by checking the dates match, confirm this is what I am after
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…
eur-lex.europa.eu
And by checking the dates match, confirm this is what I am after
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…
Is it too much to hope, @EU_Commission, that when you put out a news story about what the EU *did* that you include a link to the legal document that was adopted?
And sure, I know EUR-LEX, because I am an EU nerd, and I can cross reference this stuff. But you needed to make reference to the Decision to write the news story - why not make our lives easier and link to the Decision?
And this isn't just about Ukraine and sanctions - the same applies to all sorts of EU news stories. The Commission makes a nicely packaged digestible version, but assumes we don't want to dig deeper - but directing us to more detail ought to be simple!
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