22/01/2019 | 17:35:59 First, I express my gratitude to Lord Donald ANDERSON for this outstanding report. I and a number of colleagues support the initiative of the Netherlands and the call by other European countries to develop a European Magnitsky Act with global reach, which would make sanctions ”smarter” following the Magnitsky case – targeted at and personalised to those responsible, instead of being directed broadly at entire states and societies. Secondly, as set out in paragraph 11.2, sanctions under such... 21/01/2019 | 17:09:52 I will comment on three issues that we dealt with intensively last year and which are likely to occupy us well into 2019. The first is the findings of the corruption report. Members will remember that, last spring, national parliaments were asked to respond to the findings of the Committee and report on their members. I can tell members that the Bureau of the German Bundestag met last week to deliberate on a specific case of a colleague who is still a member of the Bundestag – the federal...