nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/8584307817b6e14e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260612s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/8584307817b6e14e doi eng 342 23 Wegener, Bernhard Author aut The EU Sanctions against Jacques Baud and the Crisis of Freedom of Expression - On the Fundamental Rights Problem of Individual Restrictions on Grounds of “Disinformation” Wegener, Bernhard Verfassungsblog 2026-06-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 15 December 2025, the Council of the European Union placed (a further) twelve individuals and two entities on a sanctions list, intended to counter Russian “information manipulation and interference”. Among them is the Swiss military analyst, former colonel and long-serving UN and NATO official Jacques Baud. His assets are frozen, any financial or other economic support is prohibited, and he may neither enter nor leave EU territory. The supposedly “smart” sanctions directed against private “disinformers” are not only contrary to fundamental rights, but also foolish. They amplify the reach and impact of the very propaganda they seek to combat, while at the same time discrediting the Union itself. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU sanctions Freedom of Expression Russian War against Ukraine Sanctions Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-eu-sanctions-against-jacques-baud-and-the-crisis-of-freedom-of-expression/ raw object