ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses how the European Union (EU) has relied on sanctions against the leadership of Transnistria to pursue its foreign policy objectives. It presents the background to the crisis that triggered the imposition of sanctions. The chapter offers an evaluation of the overall policy of the EU towards the crisis. It aims to place sanctions within the larger foreign policy context. The chapter evaluates the effects of the travel ban on the leadership of Transnistria and offers some concluding remarks about EU restrictive measures. The conflict between Moldova and Transnistria is a result of the dissolution of the Soviet Union that began at the end of the 1980s, but their differences are rooted in history. Civil society in Transnistria also became directly involved as the EU decided to complement its support for the budget of Moldova with the allocation of funds dedicated to projects to be realized in Transnistria and to be implemented by local partners.
