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Apr

2025

HU Question

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Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights (debate)

My colleague has visited Hungary several times, perhaps for the last time at the event of the Tisza Party. May I remind you: In Poland, Constitutional Court rulings are ignored, fellow party members have taken over public television, MPs are arrested on the open street. On the basis of a statement by your representatives, I have printed it here, and you have received support from the same left-win…

12

Mar

2025

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EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU (debate)

Mr. President, please. The European Consumer Day is an opportunity to take stock of the current situation, the responsibility of the Brussels administration. We rightly expect the European Union to assert the protection of its 440 million citizens firmly and consistently. Instead, however, we see the internal market flooded with dubious products of uncertain origin, while being plagued by excessiv…

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Mar

2025

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Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood Regulation (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Family law issues are deeply rooted in the legal systems and social traditions of the Member States and it is therefore essential that EU legislation in this area respects the principle of subsidiarity. With this proposal, you want to crush with one foot the democratic decision of the Member States, our common treaties and the Fundamental Law of my country. It is not po…

13

Feb

2025

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Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (debate)

Dear Mr President, Europe is lagging behind its American and Asian partners in developing strategic communication tools for the 21st century. Of course, we need to change that. This question, this idea, is clear. European left-wing decision-makers were not particularly interested in this House until Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America. He eliminates left-wing media h…

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Jan

2025

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The Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies (debate)

Dear Mr President, Particular attention was paid to Mr Freund, who seemed to be a fortune-teller, but perhaps later. So the European economy is weakening, European decision-makers cannot find a solution to mass migration. Germany's left-wing federal government has also allowed millions of people into Europe. In Western Europe, in the complete absence of cultural integration, immigration is tearing…

21

Jan

2025

DE Question

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

(Start of speech when microphone is switched off) ... gladly ask: Have you forgotten what democracy means? Donald Trump won a democratic election in the United States. Mr Kickl won a democratic election in Austria. Hopefully he will be able to establish and form a strong Austrian government. You are not a Democrat. You are insulting voters, you are insulting democracy, you are insulting democratic…

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Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Dear Mr President, Today's leaders have isolated the European Union. Unfortunately, the EU economy is weak. Just think of the Draghi report. The Union cannot stand up for peace, stop migration and even support immigration, and it does not give European agriculture a perspective. For about a decade, every left-wing politician in the European Commission has been crying out for the 45th and 47th Pres…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Dear Madam President, Let's call things by name. The DSA in its current form can also serve as a tool for political censorship. Mark Zuckerberg also said that content was unilaterally censored at political request and under political pressure. Many in the United States have succumbed to pressure, but there the law does not prescribe censorship, and it seems that they have learned from their mistak…

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Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Oh, Mr. President. The EU Digital Services Regulation is key. At the same time, it is essential that any such regulation also takes into account the fundamental right to freedom of expression. We cannot allow a distinction to be made between investigations on the basis of political influence, because regulation must and must remain impartial and transparent. The European Union is not a censor. Cen…

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Oct

2024

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A stronger Europe for safer products to better protect consumers and tackle unfair competition: boosting EU oversight in e-commerce and imports (debate)

Dear Mr President, Product safety is an increasingly pressing issue in Europe, especially with the rapid growth of e-commerce. Let's be honest, today's market surveillance system is not efficient enough to keep pace with the challenges of the digital world. This lack of action poses a serious risk to the security of our citizens and threatens Europe's competitiveness in the long term. Due to the f…

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Oct

2024

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Empowering the Single Market to deliver a sustainable future and prosperity for all EU citizens (debate)

Dear Madam President, The internal market is the economic engine of the European Union. It faces serious challenges. While our competitors are well ahead of us in terms of innovation, digitalisation and technological developments, the EU is lagging behind. Why is that? Because the European Commission is not reacting in a timely and decisive manner to these international changes. The wrong approach…

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Oct

2024

DE Question

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

(beginning of speech when switched off microphone) ... obligated. I understand, but I still ask you the question: Why don't you deal with your green federal government? Why don't you question the mass and uncontrolled migration to Germany advocated by the Greens? Why don't you talk about the catastrophic energy transition – the Greens? Why don't you say why your green government threatens the once…

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Sep

2024

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The Hungarian “National Card” scheme and its consequences for Schengen and the area of freedom, security and justice (debate)

Thank you so much esteemed colleague, I want to raise a very short question. I just read that in 2023, your country, Spain, issued 92 401 and Portugal over 70 000 visas to Russian citizens. Are you afraid of that? Do you want to have a political debate here in this Chamber about this issue? Are you afraid that over 200 000 Russians got visas in France and more than that in Germany. Should we have …

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Sep

2024

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Global measures towards social media platforms - Strengthening the role of DSA and protecting democracy and freedom in the online sphere (debate)

Oh, Mr. President. The EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) is designed to ensure transparency on the internet. It regulates how to deal with illegal and harmful content on websites. However, what is harmful and dangerous, who decides? And that's a very important question. Unfortunately, as the first analyses and practical experience show, this legislation is not without its flaws. Among other things, …

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Apr

2024

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Discharge 2022 (debate)

Mr. Congressman, I'm sorry. Let me ask you a quick question. How does it feel to speak out against your own country over and over again in this Chamber? And when we are debating a discharge here, would you tell the Members present here, or perhaps the students, how it felt to accept millions of dollars in your opposition campaign in the last Hungarian national political campaign, which they cannot…

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Apr

2024

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Discharge 2022 (debate)

Dear Mr President, My fellow Members! How is it possible that the reports submitted to the plenary and adopted by the commission have become such biased, politically motivated texts, instead of giving a fair, objective and clear picture of the financial situation and management of the European Union? How is it possible that the reports attack Hungary through pages, demanding the immediate withdraw…

12

Mar

2024

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European cross-border associations (debate)

Thank you for your time and I wanted to ask you to talk about NGOs, but in the previous national election campaign in Hungary, you and your comrades accepted more than $11 million from NGOs of dubious origin, NGOs linked to George Soros. How do you intend to account for that? Is this what the protection of the civil society means to you? Accepting money from NGOs and not holding it accountable to …

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Mar

2024

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European cross-border associations (debate)

Mr. President, please. There is a constitutional order in the Member States of the European Union. Part of this is that everyone has to abide by the law, even civil society organisations. The latest political manipulation of the European left is using the principle of ‘more Europe’ to remove the control of civil society organisations from the jurisdiction of the Member States. This law is a direct…

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Jan

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds (joint debate - European Council meetings)

Mr. Speaker, you feel that you are losing the political debate. You, the Liberals, the Greens and, of course, the Communists. Your understanding of democracy is, if you can't win the debate, imprison your political opponents. They have them removed from electoral lists and deprive dissenters of the right to vote. Honourable Member, why don't you hear the voice of Europeans, including German citize…

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Jan

2024

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EU-India relations (debate)

Dear Madam President, European foreign trade is facing serious challenges today. We must recognise that it is in Europe's interest not to block the global economy, but to develop economic connectivity. The economic partners of the future are located in Asia and especially in India. The development of trade relations is beneficial not only for Hungary, but also for the whole Central European region…

13

Dec

2023

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Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (debate)

Dear Madam, The European Union is not a country. The European Union is made up of nation states which provisionally jointly exercise part of their sovereignty. That means we have contracts. Since we are talking about a Member State issue, why are you speaking as if the European Union in general is a country, and the President of the European Commission is not expressing his private opinion on this…

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Dec

2023

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Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (debate)

Mr. President, please. The subject of today's session is not simply a question of law, but an ideological and political excess. The European Union would run counter to our treaties with the plan to introduce an EU parental certificate, as they left the definition of family strictly to the Member States, and that is fine. Your plan is contrary to a number of national laws, including the Hungarian B…

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Nov

2023

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30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy (debate)

Dear Mr President, If we want a strong Europe, our enlargement policy must take into account our geopolitical and security policy needs. The European Union sees enlargement as a means of extortion or perfidy, or it applies double standards when it comes to membership, i.e. it undermines its own unity and credibility. Please refrain from that. Countries wishing to enter the European Union must comp…

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Nov

2023

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Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary (debate)

Mr. friend! You worked for the Soros Foundation for five years and you're talking about anti-Semitism? In your green government in Germany, Jews can no longer and cannot freely take to the streets because of the mass migration you have dragged to Germany – people cannot talk freely, take to the streets freely or even go to their churches. I ask you quite frankly: Shouldn't you be a little more con…

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Oct

2023

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Economic coercion by third countries (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Hungary, my country, has an interest in open trade and a trade policy that takes into account the interests of the Member States. In addition to free trade, Europe's self-defence is also important. The European Union must be able to defend its own economic interests in the event of pressure from a third country. I would therefore like to thank Mr Lange for his work. But…