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HU Written Statement

Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

The Connecting Europe Facility plays an important role in the development of energy infrastructure in Europe. At the beginning of the new budgetary cycle, it is timely to initiate three aspects: discuss the results achieved, new tasks and the impact on the Central European region. In view of the results, it can be concluded that the instrument has fulfilled its expectations. The projects contribut…

16 Sep

2026

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Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)

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Dear Madam President, Currently, 90 million European citizens work in SMEs. Our job is to help them thrive. However, Brussels and the Member States have failed so far. Despite repeated promises, the bureaucratic burden on SMEs continues to increase. This is indicated by the fact that an increasing number of small enterprises are forced to carry out administrative tasks for more than 10% of their w…

17 Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

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Dear Madam President, European citizens continue to suffer from high energy prices and we must work to break them down. Electrification of the economy can be a good tool here, but we expect a balanced strategy from the Commission rather than binding targets that evoke bad historical times. Firstly, electrification must be adapted to economic realities. Industry should therefore be encouraged to in…

16 Dec

2025

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Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate)

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Mr. President, please. The use of electricity is growing exponentially, so competitiveness will depend to a large extent on who has cheap electricity and is able to reliably transport it. Because of Brussels' misguided energy policy, we are at a great disadvantage here. European networks are obsolete and electricity prices for our companies are two to three times higher than those of global compet…

25 Nov

2025

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European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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8 Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

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Dear Mr President, The European automotive industry is in trouble. Since Ursula von der Leyen took office, the global market share of European car manufacturing has been steadily declining. The stakes are huge. Europe's major industry accounts for 7% of GDP and a third of EU R&D investment. The livelihoods of 14 million families in Europe and 160,000 in Hungary depend on the performance of the Eur…

8 Sep

2025

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Governance of the internet – renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (debate)

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Dear Mr President, Wide internet access is an essential prerequisite for economic competitiveness and for raising living standards. However, as the role of the internet increases, the scope of regulatory issues is also constantly expanding, and a global dialogue is needed to discuss them. This is what the UN Internet Governance Forum seeks to do, providing space for discussion and identification o…

18 Jun

2025

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Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate)

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Dear Mr President, A major challenge in the coming years will be to adapt to the increase in the use of electricity and the massive emergence of weather-dependent renewable capacities. Therefore, the competitive operation of the European economy requires a thoughtful and efficient development of electricity networks. However, the report in front of this House would instead transform our energy sys…

21 May

2025

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Russian energy phase-out, Nord Stream and the EU's energy sovereignty (debate)

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Mr. President, please. The European economy is in crisis, one of the main causes of which is the dramatic increase in energy prices. Today, our companies pay about four times more for gas and three times more for electricity than their global competitors. However, the Commission's draft would further deepen the problem rather than solve it. The proposed forced energy import restrictions would lead…

7 May

2025

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The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season (debate)

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Mr. President, please. Natural gas stored in storage facilities is one of the guarantees of European security of supply, and it is therefore opportune to renegotiate and extend the Gas Storage Regulation, which expires at the end of this year. Overall, the proposal before this House is a step in the right direction, but it still contains risky elements. The draft regulation finally recognises the …

7 May

2025

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Resilience and the need to improve the interconnection of energy grid infrastructure in the EU: the first lessons from the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. The Iberian electricity grid shook for less than a minute, leaving tens of millions of European citizens without electricity for half a day. It is up to the national authorities to carry out the investigations, but preliminary lessons can already be drawn. First, the unilateral transformation of the energy system has proven to be a dead end. The development of renewable…

2 Apr

2025

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Energy-intensive industries (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Energy-intensive industries, such as chemicals, metals and cement, have been a European success story in recent decades. However, these sectors are currently in a serious crisis due to the catastrophic sanctions policy of Brussels and the unfounded green policy. It is therefore opportune for the European Parliament to address this issue. Unfortunately, however, the draft deci…

13 Mar

2025

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Action Plan for Affordable Energy (debate)

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Mr. President, please. High energy prices have become a painful part of the daily lives of EU citizens. On average, one in four families in Europe experienced difficulties in paying their overhead bills on time last year. This is the result of a misguided energy policy in Brussels. Faced with reality, the Commission now recognises that the current energy price level is unsustainable. However, this…

12 Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

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Dear Mr President, The European economy is in a serious situation. The Budapest Declaration thus set out a clear plan of action for Brussels. Unfortunately, the Competitiveness Compass does not point in this direction. First, instead of a simplification revolution, we see forced centralisation, which could lead to dozens of new laws. This is wrong. We do not need a planned economy in Brussels, we …

27 Nov

2024

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Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Despite Brussels' promises, energy prices are once again on the rise. Since February, the price of natural gas has doubled. Our businesses are facing another difficult winter. With the onset of cold weather, one in ten European families have trouble heating their homes. The situation is serious and immediate action is needed. Firstly, we cannot free up market energy prices fo…

9 Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

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Dear Mr President, Since its foundation, the European Union has been a community built on the promise of security and prosperity. Affordable housing, including affordable energy, is the basis for prosperity. However, we are now at a point where the Commission's energy policy has resulted in record levels of energy poverty, which is constantly increasing housing problems. One in ten European famili…

8 Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

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Dear Madam President, The European automotive industry is in crisis. There are reports of declining sales and downsizing on a daily basis. This is the devastating result of the five-year work of the von der Leyen Commission. The time for empty debates is over. Action is now needed. First of all: we need to create a regulatory framework that helps the automotive industry. The automotive industry, t…

17 Sep

2024

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State of the Energy union (debate)

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Oh, Mr. President. For the ninth time, we are discussing the state of play of European energy policy, and the Commission is, as usual, optimistic. We have heard the Commissioner's victory report, the Energy Union is stronger than ever. Reality, on the other hand, can be summed up in three items: energy prices are skyrocketing, energy solidarity has ceased and energy poverty has become part of the …

17 Jan

2024

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Geothermal energy (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Dear House, Due to Brussels' misguided sanctions and energy policy, the competitiveness of the European economy is at a low point. Economic growth requires a new strategy and as many locally and cheaply available sources of energy as possible. Geothermal energy is like that. Geothermal energy is a predictable, affordable and green energy source. It is a mature technology that…

16 Oct

2023

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Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (debate)

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Dear Madam President, The European economy is in a serious crisis. Industrial production fell 5 percent in a year. Competitiveness is in decline, forecasts predict stagnation or recession. Responsibility for this situation lies primarily with the European Commission. What we are seeing is the result of Brussels' industrial policy, which is based on sanctions, unrealistic green targets and increase…

15 Feb

2023

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A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age (debate)

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(the beginning of the speech is outside the microphone) ... for seventy years he has not been in such a weakened and vulnerable state as he is now. Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of unemployment. This is also due to the ill-considered policy in Brussels and the misguided sanctions. Unfortunately, the Commission's new package is not fit to address this situation. Increasing bureaucracy…

18 Jan

2023

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An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. European industry is now facing one of the most serious crises in its hundreds of years of existence: empty production lines, companies considering redundancy and exit, falling competitiveness. This is the sad result of misguided sanctions, an industrial policy that builds on unrealistic green targets and increased bureaucracy. Let's say: This policy has failed. The sit…

13 Dec

2022

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Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU) (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Europe is facing an unprecedented energy crisis. Every day, European citizens are forced to pay a penalty surcharge for energy. Therefore, we must now devote all our efforts to solving the energy crisis. In the current situation, support should be given to any initiative that increases the role of renewable energy and reduces bureaucracy. Accelerating authorisation proc…

18 Oct

2022

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Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)

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Dear Mr President, Europe is in a serious crisis, with brutal utility bills, devastating industries and small businesses struggling for their existence. The reason is clear: the war and the misguided response to it, i.e. the poorly designed sanctions policy. Energy prices are unbearable today. The solution is to rethink sanctions, because energy supply is a physical and not an ideological issue. W…

15 Sep

2022

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Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. European industry is in a serious crisis. Collapsed factories, small businesses at risk, job losses. The reason is clear: the misguided response to the war, i.e. the energy prices escaping due to the Brussels sanctions. Sanctions-based policies are now at a dead end. Above all, therefore, sanctions must be lifted in order to avoid a disaster. In addition, Brussels must …