Nicolas Guillou said the Trump administration’s use of sanctions undermines European democracy and called for Europe to curb reliance on American tech.
An International Criminal Court judge sanctioned by the United States says the measures are meant to intimidate other European judges and is urging the European Union to push back.
Nicolas Guillou, one of the court’s 18 sitting judges, was placed under U.S. sanctions last year after issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
On Tuesday he plans to meet Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque to discuss his case and what he says are potential remedies to a practice he describes as political interference in the court’s work.
These are the same sanctions that the US imposed on Francesca Albanese. It’s revolting that the world’s largest economy needs to focus its mega laser on any individual that tries to hold Israhell accountable, in an attempt to intimidate anyone trying to do the same.