nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a3f9198e9a2473e8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251223s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a3f9198e9a2473e8 doi eng 342 23 Leichsenring, Til Author aut From Security to Economics - Freezing Russian Assets under Article 122(1) TFEU Violates the Treaties Leichsenring, Til Verfassungsblog 2025-12-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last week, by adopting Regulation 2025/2600, the Council effectively froze Russian state assets permanently. They had already been frozen under the EU sanctions regime which required unanimous renewal every six months. In our view, this permanent freezing under Article 122(1) TFEU remains primarily designed to address matters of foreign policy and violates the conferral of competence. In the long term, given that the frozen assets also serve as a security for the newly agreed loan of EUR 90 billion for Ukraine, this will also jeopardize the enforceability of the said collateral. CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 122(1) TFEU EU Frozen Assets Regulation 2025/2600 competences (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Popp, Julia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/from-security-to-economics/ raw object