Declaration of interests (2018)

Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliament Assembly

I, the undersigned, on my honour and in full knowledge of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliamentary Assembly, hereby declare

Mr LINK, Michael Georg

Germany

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Remunerated professional activities, offices and positions, in the public or private sector, regular or occasional, whether as an employee, liberal professional or as a self-employed person, exercised or held alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE.

	Professionnal activity, office, position	Frequency	Amount of income
A1	Director ODIHR/OSCE, Warsaw (until 30-06-17)	Permanent	190000 EUR
A2	Member of Parliament, Deutscher Bundestag (beginning Nov 2017)	Permanent	19000 EUR

Activities, employment positions and offices in corporations, institutions or enterprises, public or private, domestic or foreign, as a director, manager, senior executive, shareholder, including notably on boards of directors, administrative boards or supervisory boards, exercised or held alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE.

	Activity, employment position, office	Frequency	Amount of income
B1	Gemeinderat/Municipal Council, City of Heilbronn, unremunerated	Permanent

Participation, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as a member of a management or advisory body (management, supervisory, advisory or administrative board) of institutions or non-commercial enterprises such as NGOs, associations, charities, foundations, clubs, public or private, domestic or foreign, exercised alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE.

	Name of the institution or enterprise, and position held	Amount of income (if remunerated)	Expenses covered
C1	Zentrum für internationale Kriseneinsätze ZIF, Berlin, Member of the Advisory Council
C2	Deutsch-Französisches Institut DFI, Ludwigsburg, Member of the Board
C3	Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung FNF, Potsdam, Member of the Supervisory Board (until March 2018)
C4	Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung FNF, Potsdam, Member of the Board (from September 2018)
C5	Reinhold-Maier-Stiftung RMS, Stuttgart, Member of the Supervisory Board
C6	Bundesstiftung Bundespräsident-Theodor-Heuss-Haus, Stuttgart (from August 2018)
C7	Theodor-Heuss-Freundeskreis Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn, Chair
C8	Deutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft DPG, Berlin, Vice-President (beginning March 2018)

Occasional activities, mandates, missions and positions, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as consultant, advisor, expert, lobbyist, lecturer, etc performed alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE, including abroad.

Membership of friendship groups or interparliamentary relations groups.

	Friendship groups and position held (chair, vice-chair or member)
E1	OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Member and Vice-Chair of the Third Committee
E2	German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group Deutscher Bundestag, Vice-Chair
E3	German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group Deutscher Bundestag, Vice-Chair
E4	Germany-USA Parliamentary Friendship Group, Member

Support, whether financial or in terms of staff or material, donations, including sponsorships and money gifts granted by third parties (additional to that provided by the national parliament and the national political party), accepted during the previous calendar year.

Gifts, of a value in excess of 200 €, and other benefits and hospitality (such as meals, travel, transportation, accommodation, sporting or cultural events, etc.), offered by a legal or natural person, including when they are bestowed abroad, accepted during the previous calendar year.

Trips and visits abroad and sponsored travels, where the travel, accommodation or subsistence expenses were covered in full or in part by a third party, whether a legal or natural person (other than your national parliament, your national government, or the Parliamentary Assembly), either by public or private funds, during the previous calendar year.

	Type and description of the expenses covered, date and place	Donor's identity (name, function and address/country)
H1	Washington, February 2018, flight and hotel	FNF Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Potsdam, Germany
H2	Washington, July 2018, flight and hotel	FNF Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Potsdam, Germany
H3	Paris, October 2017, Bergedorfer Gesprächskreis	Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
H4	Warsaw, June 2018, Bergedorfer Gesprächskreis	Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany

Miscellaneous – any other relevant interests which do not fall into the other categories mentioned which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission.

Declaration of any relevant economic, commercial, financial or other interests, whether professional or personal, of the spouse and other family members, as well as paid or voluntary staff, which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission.

Comments or explanatory statement in connection with this declaration.