Recent devastating floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)
Increasingly unpredictable weather conditions have caused many natural disasters across Europe in recent years. A few weeks ago, Central and Eastern Europe had to face heavy flooding, triggered by heavy rainfall. Thanks to the government of Hungary and the cooperation of the Hungarian people, flood protection was successful and did not claim human lives besides material damage. The pictures we saw
Dear Madam President, Children's safety and mental health should not be negotiable. The digital world is part of our daily lives, but also the threat of screen addiction, online harassment and radicalisation. Our position remains unchanged: Parents are primarily responsible for the upbringing of children. Europe must support them, and setting age limits and child protection rules is a Member State
Dear Mr President, We can all agree that Serbia faces serious challenges today. Reforms need to continue, social dialogue needs to be strengthened and the European integration process needs to be taken forward. At the same time, it is important to interpret today's debate in the current European political context. Over the past few weeks, we have received a clear message: Enlargement is a strategi
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Joint Declaration on ‘Culture for Europe - Europe for Culture’ (debate)
Dear Madam President, Social media is part of everyday life, but the online space also poses real risks for children, to which Europe must respond decisively and immediately. It is particularly worrying that the algorithms of some platforms increase the spread of harmful content and the development of addiction by keeping attention as long as possible. Age limitation alone is not sufficient, relia
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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)
Dear Madam President, On the occasion of the International Day of Education, we must say: education is not a privilege, but a fundamental right that must be accessible to all without restriction or discrimination. We often treat educational inequality as a global problem and identify it with the poorest regions of the world. It also exists in Europe today. Not because of poverty, but because of po
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Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (debate)
Dear Madam President, The Hungarian community in Slovakia has been promised that today's debate will be about the Beneš decrees. Compared to this, we see that the agenda has once again turned into a political debate against a Member State, but now it is Slovakia, not Hungary, that is on the agenda. While similar political debates take place here from month to month, injustices affecting indigenous
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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. The Regulation, which has been in force for 20 years, is the cornerstone of air passenger rights in Europe. Technical legislation, but also trust. Passengers know what to expect and the industry can operate within a predictable framework. Our position is clear: compensation for delays is an important passenger protection achievement that should not be withdrawn for the
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30th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, 30 years after the Dayton Peace Agreement, the most important lesson is simple: wars are not won by military means alone. They can be ended through negotiations, security guarantees and a realistic peace framework. Hungary consistently supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the fundamental principles of the Dayton Peace
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The urgent need to combat discrimination in the EU through the horizontal anti-discrimination directive (topical debate)
Mr. President, please. While the European Union has not been able to finalise the proposal for the Anti-Discrimination Directive since 2008, there has been serious discrimination on political grounds by the European institutions. The European Commission has been excluding hundreds of thousands of Hungarian university students from the Erasmus programme for years because of political ideological de
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Murder of Mehdi Kessaci - urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking (debate)
Mr. President, please. The European Parliament started the last plenary session of the year with a difficult but unavoidable theme: How can Europe protect its public security against organised crime? Experience shows that where state control is weakened, organized drug trafficking is rapidly gaining ground. These networks often use the same routes and structures as criminal groups organising illeg
Thank you very much for the question, I was preparing, as I was expected to receive a blue card. I strongly reject defamatory claims. In recent years, Hungary has developed one of the strictest and most comprehensive child protection and family support systems in Europe. Strict criminal law rules against paedophile offenders, a digital child protection strategy and targeted social measures that ha
Dear Madam President, When we talk about the dangers of online space, we often only mention cyberbulling, game addiction and too long screen time. However, it is just as harmful if a child encounters sexual content, radical religious or gender ideologies too early that he or she cannot process due to his or her age. Large digital platforms cannot contain these risks, so it is good to talk about it
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Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. A year after the tragedy in Novi Sad, Serbia is in mourning. He conducts investigations and brings those responsible to justice. The European Parliament is launching a so-called "Serbia debate" for the first time, while representatives of the Serbian government have never been invited to these meetings. It's not a dialogue, it's a political drama. It must be said that t
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Intergenerational fairness in Europe on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (debate)
Dear Mr President, On the International Day of the Elderly, we are grateful to those who, through their work, wisdom and love, have laid the foundation for our common future. They have built what we live on today, and it is up to us whether they receive honor and security in return. The Hungarian Constitution clearly states: young people are obliged to take care of their parents, grandparents and
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Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model (debate)
Dear Mr President, Hungary's position is fundamentally in line with the principles of the European Sport Model. This framework highlights the role of sport not only in terms of competition, but also in terms of community-creation, culture and education. However, I would also like to stress that sport is and should remain an exclusive national competence. The European model of sport can only remain
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A new vision for the European Universities alliances (debate)
Dear Mr President, European university associations should be about scientific cooperation, opportunities for young people and Europe's competitiveness. Instead, this report is an ideological experiment and political blackmail, weakening university autonomy, undermining national competences and turning Hungarian students into political tools. Under the pretext of the rule of law, the Commission ex
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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)
Dear Madam President, The left-liberal wing of the European Parliament has once again put Serbia on the agenda. Instead of talking about the country joining the EU as soon as possible, we are discussing the protests again. But since that's the case, let's talk about reality. Serbia was shaken by two terrible tragedies in a short time. The 2023 Ribnikar school shooting, which killed 14 innocent peo
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Latest developments on the revision of the air passenger rights and airline liability regulations (debate)
Dear Madam President, An important result of last year's Hungarian EU Presidency is that the regulation on air passenger rights has been on the agenda again, which has not been discussed for five years. We Hungarians consider it important that the nearly twenty-year-old regulation, which is obsolete on many points, is replaced by a modern, clear and implementing legislation. We are convinced that
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EU framework conditions for competitive, efficient and sustainable public transport services at all levels (debate)
Mr. Congressman, I'm sorry. As usual, he is mocking his country, Hungary, again, and I know that he will now use my Blue Card to denigrate and criticise Hungary for one more minute. DK has already done this, Momentum has already done this, we have seen this on the part of MSZP. But what the Titans do is beyond anything. They are pushing this to the top in order to discredit Hungary, their country.
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EU framework conditions for competitive, efficient and sustainable public transport services at all levels (debate)
Dear Mr President, If transport is to be made sustainable, the balance between the different modes of transport must be consciously shifted towards environmentally friendly solutions. In Hungary, car use is approaching EU level, while the share of bus and rail is still above the EU average. Hungary is committed to providing accessible and affordable community services, therefore it is also working
Dear Mr President, Montenegro has been a candidate country for EU membership since 2010 and Serbia since 2012. They have been working on accession for over a decade, implementing reforms to align with EU standards. Montenegro has already fulfilled intermediate milestones in the rule of law chapters, and Serbia has fulfilled the conditions for the opening of the third cluster, competitiveness and i
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Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (debate)
Dear Madam President, Our children are increasingly at risk online. This is the opinion of 92% of European citizens, according to Eurobarometer, and parents are rightly concerned. And we Hungarians say it clearly: children should not be victims of online predators or ideological experiments. We therefore support the new EU legislation, which provides for uniform definitions, stricter penalties and