What Kinga spoke about.

4 Oct

2022

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The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Commissioner, Europe's security also depends on Africa's stability. Severe water shortages, food crises, religious and political conflicts are triggering ever-increasing migration flows, increasing the terrorist threat and the security threat. However, Africa and the countries of the Somali Peninsula could be seen as an opportunity if the EU were to play a meaningful role in …

14 Sep

2022

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Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (debate)

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Mr. President, please. What is happening here today is, and has been for a decade, a witch hunt. In 2013, I stood before you during the debate on the Tavares report, and since then I have been fighting the increasingly unbridled hate campaign against our country, which is being built as a house of cards. The unfounded Sargentini report has only raised the stakes with the Article 7 procedure, and y…

13 Sep

2022

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Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. The stability of the Southern Partnership countries is of vital interest to Europe. That is why we must call for close cooperation with the countries of the Mediterranean. It is necessary to promote the strengthening of state structures in the region, the development of infrastructure and the fight against terrorism, as well as the strengthening of food security. This i…

6 Jul

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022 (continuation of debate)

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Dear Mr President, Mr. President, Commissioner. The issue of enlargement gained momentum this year with the granting of candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova as a symbolic step. We must now do everything we can to achieve peace in the region. At the same time, the decisions have disappointed the countries of the Western Balkans. Candidate status should be considered under the same values and con…

22 Jun

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022, including the meeting with Western Balkan leaders on 23 June - Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (debate)

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Mr. President, Mr. Commissioner, Mr. Minister. We also support the candidate status of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia and the acceleration of the European integration of the Western Balkan countries. In the current time of war challenges, this is a good opportunity to promote European unity and strengthen these countries. Of course, all countries must comply with the accession conditions, including …

8 Jun

2022

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Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 30-31 May 2022 (debate)

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Dear Mr President, In Hungary, we are committed to helping the tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees arriving every day, and we are providing Ukraine with the largest humanitarian support in our history, and we will continue to do so for as long as it takes. We condemn Russian aggression and demand an investigation into war crimes. We are ready to sacrifice for peace, which is why Hungary has su…

18 May

2022

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Appropriate steps should be taken without delay to maintain the credibility of the EU in the enlargement process. Enlargement in the Western Balkans is in Europe’s common security, economic and geopolitical interest, as the region is surrounded by the EU on all sides. North Macedonia lies on the Western Balkans migration route and therefore plays an extremely important role i…

18 May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

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Dear Madam President, For years, the European left has been conducting a political slander campaign against Hungary and Poland using the concept of the rule of law. We have just heard the best example of this, and unfortunately the Commission's annual Rule of Law Report has been one of its main tools for many years. Although the report is intended to be an impartial assessment of the Member States…

3 May

2022

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

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Dear Vice-President, We must say that the future of Europe conference series has failed. It's not democratic, it's not pluralistic. The way they pushed through the federalist visions of influencers that weakened national powers is not legitimate. According to statistics, the majority of European citizens were not interested in this very costly project, because in such trying times the reflection o…

9 Mar

2022

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Debate with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas - The EU's role in a changing world and the security situation of Europe following the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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(speaking without microphone at the beginning) ...military aggression. It is in Europe's common interest to restore peace and security in Ukraine as soon as possible. The decision of NATO foreign ministers on Friday that NATO will not be a part of the war is important, and it is necessary to prevent the war from spreading beyond Ukraine. This requires strategic calm and a sense of responsibility. …

1 Mar

2022

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Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Mr. High Representative. More than 90,000 refugees arrived in Hungary last night. One of the largest humanitarian programmes in Hungarian history is currently underway, in terms of refugees arriving in Hungary and aid to be sent to Ukraine. We welcome everyone, no matter what part of Ukraine they are fleeing from or their ethnicity. The whole country helps as one person. We fully …

23 Nov

2021

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Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)

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Dear Mr President, Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. With all due respect and solidarity, the Poles are determined to protect their own borders, which are also the external borders of the Union. If a Member State were to protect the external borders, there would be solidarity and material assistance, not a backsliding. In a letter last week, five factions of the European Parliament practically attacked…

10 Nov

2021

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The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Mr High Representative, I condemn the use of migration as a threat by Belarus and express our full solidarity with Poland. It is time that, in addition to words, the European Commission does so immediately, with the active help and funding of border protection. This time there is another migration and security crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. This confirms our position…

21 Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (debate)

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Dear Mr President, Stability in the Western Balkans region, as we all know, is in the EU’s security, geopolitical and economic interest. These countries have made progress towards EU membership in a number of areas despite difficulties, according to the Commission's country reports published this week. However, there is no progress with a specific date in the area of enlargement, only enlargement …

20 Oct

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21-22 October 2021 (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Just as the Commission was unable to deal with the illegal migration crisis in 2015 and has made a mistake and is too late to act, so we now see the same with regard to the energy crisis, with rapidly increasing electricity and gas prices affecting the majority of European citizens. Hungary does not allow the costs of the energy crisis to be paid by its citizens, and has impl…

5 Oct

2021

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, please. Illegal migration is not stopped by the mandatory distribution of migrants in the Member States. The root causes of migration must be tackled by helping to stay local and improve the living conditions of countries that issue migrants. EU trust funds have contributed to this by providing vital financial resources to improve health, such as water, in many African countries. …

5 Oct

2021

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The situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression (debate)

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Mr. President, please. It has been a year since the Belarusian authorities violently ended the protests after the elections in Belarus. How many people have been in jail since then? The situation has deteriorated drastically since then and the Belarusian Government continues to ignore all international obligations in an unacceptable manner. As regards the migration situation at the borders with Be…

14 Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

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Dear Madam President, Afghanistan must not again become a hotbed of international terrorism. It will never happen again on September 11, 2001. The situation in Afghanistan is tragic. Therefore, Hungary did what it was morally obliged to do: evacuated Hungarians and other NATO citizens and Afghans helping the work of the Hungarian contingent. In addition to the failure in Afghanistan, another failu…

7 Jul

2021

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 June 2021 (debate)

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Mr. President, please. I was born as a member of a national minority community. In the past 17 years, as an MEP, referring to dozens of my questions and the exclusive competence of the Member States to discriminate against these minorities, the Commission has repeatedly written that it does nothing and that its competence does not extend to the issue of minorities. The debate in the Council, and h…