Should the EU sanction member countries with authoritarian governments?

Yes, but I think it would be more effective to have a mechanism in place to be able to remove those countries from the EU.

No, the EU should have no say in nation state governments

No, because at the end of the day it's the civilians who will suffer the consequences

If they infringe upon the Human Rights Act

Yes but only if that country has been found to have broken international laws.

Not necessarily, it should be a case-by-case given the socio-political views of given region

The UK is no longer a member of The EU and therefore it is no longer our concern

If the regime is causing harm

Yes and remove the power of veto for member states to block sanctions, a simple majority vote should be required to apply sanctions.

countries with authoritarian governments should not be in the eu

Don’t care as we are leaving the EU.

The UK has an authoritarian government. Please help.

There shouldn't be authoritarian governments within the EU.

No we shouldn't it isn't our affair to it's the country people who should take action not us,

Yes, in principle, however in cases where a government is in power with authoritarian leanings that entered power through constitutional means should not be penalised for not aligning to our own political beliefs.

I believe attempts should be made to cripple government of authoritarian regimes, whilst ensuring the citizens do not suffer in the meantime.

Depends on the will of the people in said country. IF the EU were to offer a vote of no confidence to residents of the affected country and it was deemed the people do not want their government, then the EU could look into sanctions to "encourage" further democratisation of the member state.

Yes, but in the form of providing an independent referendum for the citizens of that country to vote if they wish to remain authoritarian. Therefore giving the final choice to that country's citizens.

Sanctions only effect the poorest in said authoritarian country, the autocratic leaders will not care about their peoples suffering.

Yes, the EU is built on a peace project of democracy in Europe following the horrors of WW2, we should discourage dictatorships arising and punish those regimes who violate their democracy

A country shouldn’t be sanctioned for being authoritarian they should be sanctioned if their actions while in power warrant it

No because they may use it to country's they don't agree with and list them as authoritarian government

Depends on the government, country or state, circumstances and or values, and how authoritarian. If extremely fascist then yes.

They should have warnings and given support to dismantle authoritarian governments, and if this does not work then they should be expelled from the EU.

It should try to influence better treatment of peoples within such systems in exchange for non militaristic assistance.

Yes, unless that have similar political ideologies to the UK

Up to own country not relevant

The EU shouldn't accept authoritarian governments

Yes, but the sanctions should be carried out in a way that would not worsen our future relations with any countries that might come out of authoritarian governments.

Yes but only if they have committed human rights violations

Only if those governments have violated the rights of their citizens.

Yes we should encourage it especially on countries like Iran, Russia

No, but they should do actions against them.

Depends on how well the economy is doing/how well the people are being treated

Only sanction governments that commit human rights abuse.

only if there are human right violations

No, this can be abused politically

Yes, and countries that fail to meet even basic criteria should be expelled

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Britain should have no involvement in EU policy but we should advise them to put pressure on authortarian governments like Russia, Iran and North Korea n

Depends what they deem to be authoritarian and 'sanctions', if implemented, should also stretch to private donations

The EU should sanction for inhumane actions under the government, but not the government itself

Authoritarian governments is a broad term and should be reviewed case-by-case on their conduct

If the government is unelected then the EU should not have any trading with them bar the basic good so the population doesn’t suffer more

Not on thé People but the leaders

I have just noticed the “learn more” facility (yes, my specs are bust). Since this survey seems to be endless I shall ignore it though and stay consistent

Yes, but only to the degree that their authoritarianism harms their people or violates European values.

Sanction the EU

Allow nations within the EU who have different governments from another to thrive as they wish, you should not force and make a nation change their ways just for being authoritarian.