EU implements new UN regime against Yemen

On 19 December, the EU published Council Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014 and Council Decision 2014/932/CFSP which concern restrictive measures ‘in view of the situation in Yemen’. This implements a new UN Yemen sanctions regime in the EU. On 7 November 2014, the United Nations Security Council imposed targeted sanctions on the former President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and on...