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Please read the law. ‘Act LXXIX of 2021 on taking stricter action against paedophile offenders and amending certain laws to protect children’ 1. Amendment of Act XXXI of 1997 on the protection of children and guardianship administration Section 1 (1) Act XXXI of 1997 on the protection of children and guardianship administration (hereinafter: of the Gyvt). Under the subheading ‘Purpose and principles of the Act’, the following Section 3/A is added: ‘Section 3/A In the child protection system, the State shall protect the right of children to self-identity corresponding to their sex at birth.’ (2) The following Section 6/A is added to the Child Protection Act: ‘Section 6/A In order to ensure the objectives and rights of the child set out in this Act, it shall be prohibited to make pornographic content available to persons under the age of eighteen, as well as content depicting sexuality for its own sake or promoting or portraying deviation from self-identity corresponding to sex at birth, gender reassignment or homosexuality.’ 3. The following paragraph (1a) is added to Section 8 of Act XLVIII of 2008 on the basic conditions and certain restrictions of advertising activity in the territory of the host Member State: ‘(1a) It shall be prohibited to make available to persons under the age of eighteen any advertising which presents sexuality for its own sake or which promotes or portrays deviation from self-identity corresponding to sex at birth, gender reassignment or homosexuality.’

You know, dear Member, I am very sorry that you are laughing at the fact that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a sovereign Member State of the European Union is being intercepted by secret services under the guise of dissent. If this were to happen to the foreign minister of any country, we Hungarian patriotic Fidesz MPs would be among the first to protest. Yeah, how did you find that out? A phonogram made public about what was said there is admitted by a man who falsely claims to be a journalist, who is in fact a spy connected to foreign secret services, that what he said there is true. This is a self-declaration, Mr. Speaker.

Dear Member, Life is not a Le Carré novel, and what you've put together here may be a pleasing thought experiment, but the reality, the flesh-and-blood reality, is far more brutal. It turned out that Hungary's largest opposition party is collaborating with a man who claims to be a journalist. In fact, according to his own admission, he is a spy connected to foreign secret services, and this man is a member of the Tisza Party, he participates in the wiretapping of the Hungarian foreign minister by the secret services. That is the reality, my dear Member, and I am surprised that it does not upset you.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Both Brussels and Kiev are interfering in the Hungarian elections. It's illegal, and that's what's shameful. From here in Brussels, with the continued political blackmail and funding of the network supporting the campaign of the Tisza Party, and from Ukraine, with the oil blockade of Zelenskyy, disinformation actions by the secret service and life-threatening threats to the Hungarian Prime Minister and his family. Both you and Zelensky aim to overthrow the national government and place a pro-war and pro-Ukrainian, Tishish puppet government on the neck of the Hungarians, fulfilling the orders of the Brussels centre of power and the expectations of Kiev. In addition, a shocking political scandal has been unveiled in recent days, a ten-year agent scandal. It turned out that Péter Magyar and his colleagues were working together with journalists connected to foreign secret services, who were actively involved in the interception of the Hungarian foreign minister by foreign secret services. This man also said that he had agreed with the candidate for foreign minister of the Tisza Party that, in the event of a change of government, he would have unlimited access to all the materials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and would have a full say in personal decisions. With due respect, I say to you that we will continue to defend Hungary against all external attacks, and everything you are doing now cannot remain without consequences after the elections.

Dear Member, The Patriot faction and the Hungarian national delegation of the Patriot faction have condemned the Russian aggression in the strongest possible terms since February 2022. We stand up for Ukraine's right and self-defense in the strongest possible terms. We Hungarians provide the largest possible humanitarian aid from among the countries of the European Union. We have taken in more than one million Ukrainian war refugees. With great respect, I ask you not to lecture us on the assistance to Ukraine.

Mr. Congressman, I'm sorry. I would like to express with great respect that everyone must first sweep in front of their own house. It is hypocritical and unacceptable that you are enthusiastically talking about defending sovereignty here in the European Parliament and trampling on Hungarian sovereignty day after day for almost a decade and a half. They are constantly illegally attacking the sovereignty of Hungarians, they are constantly politically blackmailing my country, they are constantly using political pressure. This is unacceptable.

Mr. President, please. Even if you put your heads in the sand, the situation is that Brussels' Ukraine strategy has failed. You are increasingly fanatical, increasingly insanely pushing a war doctrine, and you are funding the massacre in Ukraine with hundreds of billions of euros, and you are doing everything in the European Parliament to prevent peace in Ukraine. So far, almost 200 billion euros have been poured into the financing of the war in Ukraine, the killings in Ukraine. They've already decided to spend an additional €32 billion this year and next, and they're celebrating themselves here, capping this crazy amount of money with an additional €90 billion in war credit. This money is needed in the European Union. So far in the debate that we have left behind, you have spoken with enthusiasm about the need for a rules-based order and have shown great sensitivity to sovereignty. Then return to the rules-based order in the day-to-day operation of the European Union! Immediately stop the attack on the sovereignty of the Member States, immediately stop the attack on the sovereignty of Hungary, and immediately stop using financial penalties in the spirit of political blackmail! Immediately end, for example, the withdrawal of the Erasmus scholarship from Hungarian university students...

I am not surprised that Mr Freund does not understand this whole thing, because you are a pro-war politician and you are constantly supporting the Union spending hundreds of billions of euros to finance the war in Ukraine. The thing is, we're pro-peace. But to create and preserve peace, we need strength, a defensive capacity. We want to develop this defence capability for peace. You're pro-war, and we're pro-peace, so we can't talk to each other.

Madam President, I'm sorry. You're making fun of us, Hungarians of good will. They insult us, they insult my countrymen, they insult my country. Driven by hatred, they formulate all kinds of blatant lies. They did the same thing before 2014, and then we won by two-thirds in the 14th election. They did the same thing before 2018, and we won by two-thirds. They did the same thing before 2022, and we won by two-thirds. Now they're doing the same thing again, we're going to win by at least two-thirds. You hate Viktor Orbán more than you love your own country, you love your fellow citizens as much as you love Europe. It is more important for you to blackmail Hungary politically than to strengthen Europe's defence capabilities. And last but not least, you come here again, to the plenary session of the European Parliament, and you want to tell us how we Hungarians should live. It's not for you to decide. This will be decided by the Hungarians of their own free will, even if they turn their heads upside down.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Please, fellow Members, let's not make Christ a clown. This well-known Hungarian folk saying came to my mind when I heard the title of our current agenda item. Your words and actions are not thankful to each other. Let us not forget that in 2014 the Hungarian authorities arrested Putin's spy. This man was called Béla Kovács, Jobbik's Hungarian opposition MEP. After being apprehended as Putin's spy, the Hungarian authorities turned to the European Parliament with a request for the waiver of his immunity. And you, the People's Party, you, the Socialists, you, the Liberals, you, the Greens, have excused this spy for 15 months. They defended him because he was an opposition party in Hungary, because his party was their political liebling, and they hoped that he would defeat Viktor Orbán. And Béla Kovács's immunity was waived by a decision that no coercive measure restricting personal freedom could be taken against him. And after being sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the Hungarian court, he escaped before the prison sentence, abusing this European decision. This is your practice against Putin's spies.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Today's debate is not about the rule of law, today's debate is once again a brutal political attack on Hungary. This agenda is about how the European elite, the Brussels bureaucracy and, of course, their representatives in Hungary can formulate all kinds of rudeness based on lies. This was a fine example when, of course, the President of the Democratic Coalition once again used his speech in the European Parliament to motivate his own country. But let's talk about the point. The rule of law is a talk, a fairy tale with foam. In reality, it is about ideological and political dictates in Brussels, about extending their power and economic influence by all means and at all costs. But, dear fellow Members, in Central Europe there are not colonies of Brussels bureaucrats, but sovereign nation-states, free people, free countries, free nations. For us, European cooperation does not mean subordination, but that everyone is free to go their own way without external interference. We decide our own affairs, based on our own historical, cultural and constitutional traditions. In a word, we are a hundred sovereigns, and if you turn your head, it will still be that way.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Here is a quote: "Our European strategy, in the name of transatlantic unity, replicated the pro-war policy of the US. I can say for sure, however, that shortly after President Trump's election victory, he will not wait until his inauguration, but will be ready to act as a peace mediator immediately. I am confident that in the probable outcome of President Trump's victory, the proportion of the financial burden between the US and the EU will change significantly to the detriment of the EU when it comes to providing financial support to Ukraine." End of quote. A year and a half ago, Viktor Orbán wrote these lines to the President of the European Council following his peace mission. Had European decision-makers listened to the peace initiative, hundreds of thousands of people would not have died in war hell and the European Union would not have burned nearly 200 billion euros in the war in Ukraine. Let's put things back in place. Brussels still wants the war in Ukraine to continue. In addition, the war madness in Brussels has reached a new level. The people of Europe want peace. Therefore, in line with the pro-peace Hungarian position, Hungary does not support the adventurous idea of confiscating frozen Russian assets, which threatens Europe with an unforeseeable economic and financial blow, and does not participate in EU borrowing that serves the war. We don't send money and weapons to Ukraine.

Mr. President, please. In preparation for today's debate in the European Parliament, I have reviewed the last ten annual reports of the European Court of Auditors. Between 2015 and 2024, the European Court of Auditors refers to Hungary 137 times in its annual reports. This figure shows that when the use of EU funds is examined objectively in Hungary on the basis of facts, Hungary is in the middle of the EU Member States in terms of the number of findings. Twelve countries are mentioned by the Court many times in these reports, for example Greece of the same size as Hungary is mentioned 219 times. But in addition to quantitative analysis, let's look at qualitative. Of the 137 statements, 15 are critical. Let me add at once that there are 10 other findings of the European Court of Auditors which set the practice in Hungary as an example and which make positive findings. The European Court of Auditors' report is a black day for Members of the European Parliament who abuse Hungary. It is clear that if someone objectively examines the use of funds in Hungary based on the facts, does not create political hysteria, does not persecute witches, then the truth is that in Hungary European Union funds are also used in an orderly manner. The European Court of Auditors states this.

Madam President, dear colleagues, I would like to present the oral amendment: 'Recognises the effort of the Hungarian government in hosting the upcoming Budapest Peace Summit as a constructive contribution to dialogue and stability in Europe; acknowledges that such initiatives demonstrate Hungary's commitment to fostering peace and cooperation within the Union and beyond; therefore considers that the Hungarian Council Presidency's activities should not be interpreted as misconduct, but rather as complementary efforts aligned with the Union's overarching objective of peace and dialogue, fully respecting the Treaties and the role of Member States in foreign policy.'

Mr. President, please. We need a pro-peace budget and a point. However, the pro-war majority in the European Commission and the EP also supports the continuation of the war through the 2026 EU budget. Pro-war forces have already burned 180 billion euros for the war in Ukraine. The Hungarian opposition, Tisza and DK, support these war expenses, and even applaud with enthusiasm. On the contrary, the overwhelming majority of Europeans and Hungarians want peace, they do not want to add soldiers, money or weapons to this war. Enough with the war plans in Brussels. Europeans and Hungarians do not want illegal migration either. Either way, the migration pact has failed badly. The catastrophic migrant policing policy supported by Tisza and DK is a direct consequence of the rise in anti-Semitism, terrorism and violent crime in Europe. In addition, the European Commission is brazenly trying to spend billions of euros in 2026 to politically finance the Brussels corruption network, fake NGOs and liberal media outlets that are blatantly attacking Member States' sovereignty. And after Brussels expelled the vast majority of Hungarian students from the Erasmus+ programme as political blackmail and completely illegally, now the Hungarian government wants to ban the successful Pannónia scholarship programme. This is disgraceful!

Allow me, Madam Member, once again to draw your attention to the following: Today, two years ago, there was a brutal act of terrorism that shocked every well-meaning person in the world. Hamas terrorists have invaded Israel, killing more than 1,000 people in a barbaric massacre. Israel is fighting this terrorist organization in the name of self-defense, and I think we have a duty to support this Israeli effort.

Dear Mr President, Two years ago, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and indiscriminately attacked innocent people. Whole families were exterminated, women, children, infants, the elderly became victims of the barbaric massacre. The bloodiest anti-Jewish attack since the Holocaust shook the world at the time. It is our duty to call this evil evil by its name. It is our duty to say that Hamas is a despicable and cruel terrorist organization. Hamas is not fighting for the Palestinian people, it is fighting for its own power. The goal of Hamas is the destruction of Jews and Israel. They carry out their bloody terrorist attacks by hiding behind civilians and launching rockets from schools and hospitals. The world has also been flooded with manipulative reporting from Hamas' propaganda machine. This is the fake news A campaign to turn a victim into a sinner and a murderer into a victim. In reality, Israel is forced into legitimate self-defense. Israel is not fighting against the Palestinian people, but against terrorists, terror and genocide. Anyone who doubts this is on the side of the terrorists.

Answer to a ‘blue card question’. Dear Member, This is where Ursula von der Leyen stood, saying that, contrary to what was said when the rule of law procedure was initiated, the European Commission will not give Hungary the funds due because Hungary refuses to let in illegal migrants. Yes, we refuse to let them in despite political blackmail and because we protect Hungarian children from gender sensitisers. Budapest received EU funding for all existing developments. Ask the mayor of the capital and the mayors of the district. Any statement to the contrary is a lie.

Dear Madam President, Let's talk about the point. It is unacceptable that in recent years Brussels has used the disbursement of cohesion funds as a tool of political blackmail. The European Union is not an authoritarian regime. The EU cannot function in such a way that the Brusselsites use the word power to say, define, command, and use rule of law procedures to force Hungarians to live their lives. The sovereignty of the Member States and the freedom of nations cannot be undermined by EU financial instruments. Out of the current multiannual framework budget, only around a tenth of the money allocated to European regions, EUR 40 billion, has been disbursed, whereas the war in Ukraine has already been supported by more than EUR 165 billion. But now you want more than that. Ursula von der Leyen proposes a budget that would send 20-25 % of EU funds to Ukraine. It is unacceptable that you want to take the money from Europeans to give it to Ukraine. In addition, to further finance the war and accelerate Ukraine's accession to the EU, Europe would again be indebted to joint EU borrowing. We Hungarians thank you, but we do not want Brussels to indebt us, and even our children and grandchildren, by borrowing together. We don't want the gigantic borrowing in Brussels, the debt slavery.

Dear Madam President, We heard boringly well-known blossoms about the new budget: efficient, flexible, strategic, simple, transparent, ambitious. The whole empty blah, net scam. Let's take a look at what Brussels bureaucrats are really up to. 1. The new IMF is intended for a war budget. Brussels wants to dedicate 20-25 percent of the EU budget to Ukraine. On the other hand, joint EU borrowing has created huge debt, so you will have to spend an additional 20-25 percent of the multiannual budget on debt repayment. Brussels plans brutal austerity, cuts agricultural and cohesion subsidies by 20 percent, and imposes huge new taxes. What is more, they want to introduce a highly centralised EU budgetary system and make political blackmail total. What Brussels is about to do is contrary to the interests of European citizens and is therefore completely unacceptable.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Today we have heard from Ursula von der Leyen that Brussels bureaucrats are pushing war doctrine at all costs. They are not interested in Ukraine, they are not interested in the fate of the Ukrainians, they want to play a ‘great power’ and they want to win the war militarily at any cost. The idea of accelerating Ukraine's accession is in fact the latest chapter in Brussels' war psychosis. The accelerated accession of Ukraine is not about enlargement, it is not about peace, but Brussels, after financing the war, wants to become a direct belligerent. The people of Europe, on the other hand, still want peace, not war. Europeans are not asking for accelerated Ukrainian accession to the EU with disastrous economic consequences. We Hungarians will not allow decisions to be made over our heads in Brussels. We are not afraid to ask the opinion of the people, which is why we are holding an opinion poll in Hungary on the accelerated accession of Ukraine.

Dear Mr President, Today is the 1001st debate on Hungary in the European Parliament. While Europe has been overrun by illegal migrants, the competitiveness of Europe's national economies is in ruins, and inflation and energy prices are skyrocketing due to a misguided sanctions policy, you are able to pass the tide of time with another piecemeal political charade attacking Hungary. It's as frivolous as it is tragic. Instead of their angry outbursts, their rudenesses, their lies, let's look at the facts. Hungarian democracy and the rule of law thank you very much, they are fine. The protection of the best interests of the child has received further constitutional confirmation in Hungary, which is correct. The right of children to healthy physical and mental development should be a priority. The depiction of sexuality as an end in itself is prohibited. The Hungarian solution is exemplary. Hungary is as free to protest as any other country in Europe. People are still free to express their opinions at demonstrations held in the framework of the full enjoyment of the right of assembly. In a word, if every week a Hungarian debate is held, if every month European Parliament resolutions defaming Hungary are adopted – so if they are turned upside down – we will still defend our freedom, defend our national sovereignty, protect our children, reject illegal migration and stick to peace, because that is the will of the Hungarians.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Because of Brussels, Europe is invaded by migrants. In 2015, George Soros announced: Every year, 1 million illegal migrants are allowed to enter Europe. Let's see a miracle: Over the past nine years, 9 million illegal migrants have arrived. Brussels has humbly implemented the Soros Plan and wants to continue to do so, which is why they pushed through the disastrous migration pact, which further encourages illegal immigration and penalises Member States that protect their borders. European citizens, on the other hand, want the immediate halt of mass illegal immigration and the protection of borders. People want their safe lives back in Europe. It is time to regain control of our borders against Brussels. Illegal migrants are not allowed into Europe. Preventing the entry of illegal migrants at the external borders of the Union and reversing them immediately, without delay or objection is an appropriate practice of return.