What Márton spoke about.

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May

2022

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

Madam President, there is a broad consensus here and in other EU institutions that economic sanctions on Russia are the most effective way of pressuring Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine. The speed, efficiency and accuracy of the sanctions proposed by the Commission need to be commended, especially its efforts to create an unprecedented unity among Member States. It is unfortunate that it t…

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, colleagues, shortly after the Russian aggression against Ukraine, it became clear that Putin miscalculated himself. His nightmare has come true in at least three areas. A multi-ethnic, young and fragile Ukraine united in defiance against the Russian aggression and emerged as a strong nation state. A fatuous EU that was long ridiculed for not being able to speak a single voice on a…

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Mr President, we are discussing a very relevant report with important recommendations as to how foreign interference, especially fake news, should be detected and fended off by the EU and its Member States by supporting independent media. Unfortunately, in some EU countries, it’s too late, as authoritarian governments have already conquered the entire media landscape, turned public broadcasting fi…

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Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, I would have loved to congratulate personally Ms von der Leyen for her successful procrastination on implementing the rule of law mechanism. Please pass it on to her Mr Commissioner. Also, we have been waiting over a year for the ECJ to state the obvious. If a country signs up for EU membership, it should respect its rules and should refrain from misappropriating European taxpayer…

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Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, in Yalta exactly 77 years ago, superpowers divided Europe for half a century, ushered in the era of Cold War and shoved Central and Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain against its will. Once again, Russia is aiming to divide our continent by extending its sphere of influence. Putin is reviving the Brezhnev Doctrine and the Cold War rhetoric. Mr Borrell, you mentioned exemplary …

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Jan

2022

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (debate)

Madam President, I say to Mr Macron: when I first heard you present the priorities of the French Presidency on 9 December last year, I was struck by the sincere passion with which you talked about regaining European sovereignty, defending its values and interests. A few days later, however, you visited Viktor Orbán in Budapest, who not only disregards the European values that you seek to defend, b…

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Dec

2021

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The proposed Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the external border with Belarus based on article 78(3) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Madam President, it appears that the EU learned from the mistakes of the previous migration crisis, which not only had a disastrous direct impact on Europe but also boosted the illiberal regime of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. Just another disease that seems to be contagious. He used this opportunity to undermine the last vestiges of democracy and rule of law, just the same way as Lukashenko uses migra…

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Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Mr President, I agree with those expressing their disappointment over the results of the Glasgow summit and also share the concern and even some of the frustration of younger generations about the state of the planet they inherit. True, COP26 fell short of many expectations, but let’s be fair and realistic. Streamlining 27 different opinions on any subject is difficult enough at the best of times.…

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Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

Mr President, at the convergence of a health, economic and climate crisis, we are presented with a unique opportunity to set our societies on a sustainable course. The ambitious goals set out in the European Green Deal can be an instrument for transition to a new green growth model that mobilises green investment to create new industries, jobs to dampen the social tensions created by transition, a…

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Sep

2021

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The Pegasus spyware scandal (debate)

Madam President, given the abundance of challenges that our societies face in the age of globalisation, spying, eavesdropping and surveillance are legitimate tools to safeguard public security. The real question is, and this distinguishes a democracy from an autocracy, whether the process is transparent and control is exercised over those implementing it. In a democracy, such an instrument is orde…

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Sep

2021

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, colleagues, firstly, I would like to compliment the Commission on the extraordinary achievement of tackling the enormous challenges of the pandemic. Regarding our economies, the recovery facility proved to be a strong tool to ease the strain of Member States. As the latest surveys show, a big majority of our citizens have faith in the facility, but 85% also expect transparency and…

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Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, after the tragedy of 9/11, the invasion of Afghanistan was initiated with two main objectives: a military objective of liquidating terrorists and a political objective of constructing a democratic society. After two decades of war, the sad reality is that neither were accomplished. And why? Because the West failed to understand the complex reality of Afghanistan. In a decentralise…

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Jul

2021

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency (debate)

Madam President, as far as policy is concerned, the programme of the Slovenian Presidency is solid material. But what I find disconcerting is the gap between what this document contains concerning shared values of the European Union and your recent implications, statements and actions in this regard as Prime Minister, Mr Janša. In this respect, thank you for invoking the historical process in whic…