The European Legal Debate is a new series of events that addresses current topics at the interface between politics and law. At the European Legal Debate in Brussels, we focus on controversial topics and let lawyers, administrators, politicians, academics and communicators from Europe shed light on different perspectives of the topic area. Originally initiated by NAÏMA Strategic Legal Services (Berlin/Germany), the European Legal Debate promotes and enriches the European discourse in the field of tension between politics, law, administration and media. This is done either alone or with partners of NAÏMA Strategic Legal Services, such as law firms, NGOs or associations. The "1st European Legal Debate "Are EU Sanctions going to far?"" took place on 23 March 2023. Over 700 people took part in the event on site and via live stream, which examined the Russia-related EU sanctions in the light of the rule of law and human rights.