What András Tivadar spoke about.

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EN Written Statement

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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HU Written Statement

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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Feb

2026

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Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (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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Jan

2026

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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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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (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…

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Oct

2025

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Chemicals (joint debate)

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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Oct

2025

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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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Oct

2025

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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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Sep

2025

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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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Sep

2025

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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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Sep

2025

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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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Jul

2025

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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…

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May

2025

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Improving mental health at work (debate)

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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May

2025

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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…

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May

2025

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The European Water Resilience Strategy (debate)

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-…

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Apr

2025

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European Action Plan on Rare Diseases (debate)

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…

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Apr

2025

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European Action Plan on Rare Diseases (debate)

I am pleased that, here in the European Parliament, there is at least verbal support for people suffering from rare diseases. At the same time, I would like to ask, if it is really important for your government to help patients with rare diseases, then why was the assessment of individual fairness outsourced from a public body to an opaque foundation? Why was he outsourced to a foundation that doe…

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Apr

2025

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European Action Plan on Rare Diseases (debate)

Dear Mr President, Two names: Zente, Adin. Two Hungarian children whose stories have been circulated in the Hungarian media. They also suffer from a rare disease, like their 30 million counterparts in Europe. They were lucky: Through community collaboration, they have access to a life-saving cure. However, not everyone is so lucky. Beni, Dominik: young, cheerful, five-year-old children suffering f…

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Apr

2025

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

You are talking about child protection, while according to the Ministry of the Interior, there are already 300 babies in hospital who cannot be accommodated in child protection. These children are 2-3 months old and have already forgotten to cry, because they know that no one cares about them. Do you talk about this? You who appointed a president of the republic whose first act was to pardon a ped…

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Mar

2025

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Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to ask you a question. How many people would feel safe if they lost their jobs tomorrow? All over Europe, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, this is not a theoretical issue, this is everyday reality. Uncertainty in the workplace is growing. Unpredictable contracts, excessive bureaucracy and outdated registration systems leave many p…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA) (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. We all remember the darkest moments of the pandemic, when our Member States and their hospitals desperately tried to get medicines and people died because of shortages in supply chains. With a fragmented regulatory environment, without cross-border strategies, we lose valuable time in times of crisis, while Member States compete with each other. It is clear to all of us…

12

Feb

2025

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Silent crisis: the mental health of Europe’s youth (debate)

Dear Mr President, As a doctor and a fresh parent, I watch with concern as a silent epidemic sweeps across Europe. It is not spectacular, but it puts an enormous burden on young people and families. Social media crawling into every moment of our lives, the increasing availability of age-restricted content and online harassment pose new, unknown challenges for all of us. One in five young people in…

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Feb

2025

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The need to address urgent labour shortages and ensure quality jobs in the health care sector (debate)

Dear Mr President, The European health and social system lacks 1.5 million professionals. In five years, that number will rise to 4 million. With 600,000 doctors, 2.3 million nurses and 1.1 million social workers, Europe will have less than it needs. The shortage of nurses and doctors is particularly acute in the Central and Eastern European region, including Hungary, where 1000 general practition…