24/01/2019 | 11:01:48 I endorse the report. I see in Ukraine a new democracy, with all the economic and political problems of a new democracy. However, I also see that, as a new democracy, it has that yearning for stability, which is increasingly thwarted by the policies of the Russian Federation. The steps can be clearly seen. In 2014 there was the annexation of Crimea after a series of lies and salami tactics, and the maltreatment of the Crimean Tatars. Then came the illegal building of the bridge from Crimea to... 22/01/2019 | 19:00:37 I congratulate those involved in drawing up this report. I also congratulate the orator who preceded me, Mr André REICHARDT, on the understanding spirit in which he spoke on this highly sensitive subject. For me, two issues arise. First – the clear one – is whether the Cairo Declaration is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Anyone who studies both must come to a clear view that it is. Perhaps in many ways the more important issue is, if there is – and there is – such a... 22/01/2019 | 18:04:55 I warmly thank all those who have contributed to this excellent debate, and very warmly thank Günter Schirmer, my adviser on this, who did great work with the research. I have been heartened by the considerable unity in response to the report and evidence of other countries that are following the example of countries such as my own, which have latterly introduced sanctions. The only note of what I concede was partial dissent was from certain of our good colleagues from the Group of the... 22/01/2019 | 16:39:53 It is my pleasure to introduce the report in my name, which was passed unanimously by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, whose Chair is sitting next to me. We proceeded in a spirit of consensus, with all the proposed amendments accepted by the Committee. Why is that? Because this report deals with something that is dear to the heart of all our members. This Assembly is the core of human rights in Europe, and therefore it is only right that we deal with something that so clearly...