On Thursday 5 October, the General Court of the EU refused to lift the freeze on the assets of Sirine Ben Ali, daughter of the former Tunisian President, and her husband, Mohamed Mabrouk (cases T-149/15 and T-175/15).
According to the General Court, the Council of the EU observed the criteria to justify the freezing of their assets (decision 2015/157/CFSP) and had sufficient evidence of the actions of which Ben Ali and Mabrouk were accused, for instance in the form of statements by the...