Translation of "Verschärfte sanktionen" in English

Tougher sanctions must be used in order even further to isolate Mugabe internationally.

EU foreign ministers will decide on tougher Iran-sanctions at the end of July.

The US plans to present a resolution on tougher sanctions to the UN Security Council.

It introduced numerous provisions aimed at simplifying action against the pirates and including the necessary deterrent effects against potential as well as actual infringers, notably through much increased penalties.

In the process it will also propose much stronger action, including stronger sanctions, which many of you have referred to as having been contained in Mr Olsson's report.

The issue of sanctions, worsened of course, when UNSCOM was expelled from Iraq in November 1998 and it took a year to agree to a common approach to deal with this problem.

Trying to force Iran to back down with steadily mounting sanctions has not produced results.

For example, earlier this month, while many were fixated on Trump’s rhetoric, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson secured United Nations Security Council approval for increased sanctions on North Korea, and China said that it would curtail its imports from the North.

For Germany, Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom it cannot be concluded that enhanced penalties will be provided for all the relevant offences.

To make sure everyone plays by the rules of the game, the Commission envisages strengthening the penalties for infringements.

Supported by the introduction of a new social identity card, the fight against moonlighting is being extended to all sectors of the economy, with tougher sanctions for offenders.

The US Senate has followed the lead of the House of Representatives and approved by a large majority new sanctions against Russia.

But neither threats nor stricter sanctions will deter Kim Jong-un, commentators fear - at least not as long as China remains idle.

Is there a point at which increased EU sanctions could lead the Russian side to react militarily?

The imperialists have also threatened increased United Nations sanctions and the interception of North Korean ships.

The EU also expanded sanctions, imposing asset freezes and visa bans on 15 more Russians and Ukrainians, including a deputy prime minister, a deputy chairman of the State Duma, the chief of staff of Russia's armed forces, as well as separatist leaders.

Why have we not tightened and enforced sanctions?

Consequently, the penalties provided for in the Directive must be reinforced.

The US has also toughened its sanctions.

But, given the dramatic situation in Syria, sanctions need to be tightened.

And we can't expect the tighter sanctions to work a miracle either.

Will tighter sanctions lead to a concession by Iran?

Obviously, penal sanctions must be made more stringent and civil measures and procedures must be simplified.

The EU has also tightened sanctions and, in parallel, we have pressed the neighbours of Burma/Myanmar - ASEAN, China, India - to use diplomatic pressure too, and some of the neighbours are doing this.

In addition to this, potential penalties should be made much more severe, and could even include the returning of salaries paid to them during their time in office at the Commission.

The Commission needs to challenge Member States to properly implement the law with improved inspection and the application of sanctions.

If the regime persists with the repression, sanctions must be stepped up and all European companies still operating in Burma called upon, if not forced, to cease their activities there.

We must continue to strengthen our policy, and in this regard I would like to point out that we recently stepped up the sanctions targeting the regime and the leaders in particular.

Given this, the recent sharp decline in world oil prices obviously represents a major shock – large enough, when combined with the effect of increasingly strict Western sanctions – to provoke a sizeable recession.

The ending of these practices will call not so much for further regulation as for effective enforcement of the existing regulations by tightening up and harmonising penalties.

In accordance with its commitment to react proportionately to developments in Burma/Myanmar and in light of the serious deterioration of the situation in the country, especially over the last weeks, the Council decided to implement without delay the strengthened sanctions originally envisaged to enter into force by October 2003.

The strengthened sanctions which were originally intended to enter force only at the end of October, in order to encourage progress towards national reconciliation, democracy and the respect of human rights take immediate effect.