Breast cancer: the importance of screening (debate)
Dear Colleagues, Breast cancer screening saves lives — yet participation across Member States still ranges from 6% to over 90%. This wide gap shows that while progress has been made, much more can be achieved. The European Beating Cancer Plan and the 2022 Council Recommendation set the shared goal of reaching 90% coverage for eligible populations. The EUCanScreen programme plays a crucial role in
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Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism (debate)
I emphasised that today, here in the European Parliament, we are debating media freedom, because in some countries of Europe we are experiencing something that has hitherto only been conceivable in dictatorships. Some governments are now trying to restrict not only the media, but also workers' freedom of expression. This was also the case in Hungary, where, during the COVID pandemic, the governmen
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Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products (debate)
Mr. President, Last year, we managed to adopt a ban on the use of PFAS compounds in children's toys, but our task is not yet over. These perpetual chemicals can contaminate our environment for generations, and several per- and polyfluoroacrylic compounds have already been proven to damage both the hormonal system and the immune system, while they have already been found in the tissues of fetuses.
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Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation) - Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
Opinion on the conflict on Ukraine Minister is not using for this war of the other countries to do to. Do you? Do not to do not to do you and as? Dear Mr President, Must be a woman! Dear fellow Members, I recently received a letter from a Hungarian lady who, together with her mother, runs a small family business. Craft baby toys and accessories are made all over Europe, making thousands of childre
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Protecting patients from illegal and falsified medicines sold online: strengthening enforcement and cross-border cooperation (debate)
My fellow Member, you are always pointing the finger at the European Union. However, I would like to ask why Viktor Orbán did not call on Robert Fico to repeal this law? Why didn't you invite your ambassador to Budapest to Slovakia, and why didn't Viktor Orbán visit the Transcarpathian Hungarians? Answer these questions and do not point to the EU, while the Hungarian government has abandoned the H
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Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. Tomorrow we will vote on a proposal that affects the health of millions of people in Europe. Millions of lives depend on access to their vital medicines every day, while drug shortages are on the rise. The European Union's new proposal on critical medicines is a step that can save the lives of many Europeans. This new regulation could help millions of people access the
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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)
Mr. President, please. In recent years, we have all experienced that the world is changing rapidly and unpredictably. The pandemic and geopolitical tensions have clearly shown that Europe is too often dependent on distant countries for medicines and pharmaceutical raw materials. The safety of hospital care, insulin for diabetics, daily medications for heart patients or inhalers for children with a
Mr. President, please. Chemicals surround us, without them we would have no phones, no buildings, no colorful clothes. Some of them we know are safe, others we know are dangerous. However, there are a lot of things that we don't know exactly how they affect our bodies. To protect people in Europe and children in Europe, we need up-to-date and science-based data on the risks posed by chemicals. The
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World Mental Health Day - addressing the socio-economic factors (debate)
Dear Mr President, Mental health affects not only ourselves, but society as a whole. For young people, the situation has become critical. In recent years, the number of young people who consider themselves lonely has quadrupled, many of whom are anxious every day, as my fellow Members who have spoken earlier have said. Suicide rates have also increased dramatically. However, I would like to mentio
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Intergenerational fairness in Europe on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (debate)
Dear Commissioner, October 1 is World Older Persons Day. This day reminds us that we can only speak authentically about the future if we turn with respect and responsibility to those who have laid the foundations for the present: towards the elderly. They are the pillars of Europe and my country, Hungary, the guardians of knowledge, experience and community values. More than 95 million people over
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European strategy for addressing Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia (debate)
Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, my grandmother lived with Alzheimer's disease. At first, the signs were almost invisible: a little more sensitivity, tears over small things. But the illness advanced, slowly but relentlessly. Even as a doctor, I can say that nothing could truly prepare me to watch the person I had loved since childhood slowly fade away. After a while, she no longe
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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)
Dear fellow Member, You've said some very nice things here, but you're masking reality. According to all public data, Hungary's housing stock is one of the worst in the European Union in terms of energy efficiency and health. Hospitals are in worse shape. This is because they wasted money on the GINOP, KEHOP, TOP programmes in 2014, 2020 and now people are paying the price. Why do Hungarians have
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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)
Dear Mr President, Dear Commissioner, Like geopolitics, Europe's climate has changed. The difference is that while it has changed over the last few decades, it has changed over the last few millennia. That's not what we're seeing right now. Thirty years ago, Europe's climate was predictable, and now there are heatwaves and sudden coolings. This not only destroys the economy and agriculture, but al
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Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (debate)
Dear Mr President, Dear Commission, Endometriosis affects one in ten women. Hundreds of thousands of women suffer in Hungary and millions in other member states of the European Union. A disease that is a serious blind spot in health policy. Endometriosis is not just painful menstruation. Reality is much more alarming. Endometriosis means that uterine tissue appears in the abdominal cavity or other
Mr. President, please. In Parliament, we closed our two-day Mental Health Conference yesterday, with 30 experts and over 300 participants. We focused on the mental health of young people, women and vulnerable people affected by the war. The psychological effects of the environment and working conditions have also been affected. This plenary session is about mental health at work, and if we are tal
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EU action on treating and preventing diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular neurological diseases and measles (debate)
Madam President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, I'm a bit disappointed to see so few of us here in person for this debate, especially as we are talking about diseases that pose an increasing burden on our ageing society across Europe. Cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurological conditions cause the death of more than 3 million Europeans each year. In the case of cardiovascular diseases a
Madam President, I'm sorry. Water is a condition of life, we all know that. Yet we are faced with a growing shortage of them in Europe. The ambition of the WFD was clear, but many Member States, including Hungary, used the right of national discretion to ignore hazards and do nothing to conserve natural waters. In fact, by throwing aside impact studies, it gave the green light to build huge water-
I am sorry that your party is engaging in such personal attacks. I would like to clarify that the Tisza does not support illegal migration. We are arguing in favour of strengthening Europe's borders, and this is why we are fighting, and we have also raised our voices when people smugglers were released in Hungary. The Hungarian government released 2,000 smugglers on Viktor Orbán's orders. I'm sorr