The new anti-coercion instrument should primarily have a deterrent effect, according to the European Commission, which presented its proposal on Wednesday 8 December.
“Our feeling is that, in many cases, the existence of a clear instrument to allow us to move to a final stage of countermeasures can have a deterrent effect and allow this coercion not to materialise or to cease”, explained an EU official.
The Commission proposes to have a tool to respond to situations where a third...