What Enikő spoke about.

12

Sep

2023

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Ukrainian grain exports after Russia’s exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Last year, Hungary alone received 55 times more grains and oilseeds from Ukraine than before the liberalisation of imports. That's 66 times a month until May this year. Some of this is still in our warehouses, even though we should have left our region through the Solidarity Lane. This year's harvest is excellent. Where do the farmers put it? I would like to ask those w…

12

Sep

2023

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New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the war against Ukraine, skyrocketing energy prices, record inflation, reserves on China would all justify the search for new partners for Europe. The July CELAC summit could have served this momentum. We are glad that they organized it after an interruption of too many years. However, not a single major unfinished business was concluded. The EU-Mexico Global Ag…

12

Jul

2023

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State of the SME Union (debate)

Mr. President, please. The coronavirus pandemic, war and flawed sanctions policies have stalled economies, led to skyrocketing energy and commodity prices and record high inflation. This has created an unprecedented challenge for the SME sector, the backbone of the European economy, which employed nearly 85 million people in 2022. Moreover, the Commission itself acknowledges that the situation is …

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Jun

2023

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Make Europe the place to invest (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. The economic crisis caused by the pandemic, war and sanctions, inflation and America's conscious policy have led to less foreign investment in strategic sectors in Europe in recent years. No wonder, because instead of overseas paradise conditions, what do we offer? Burning energy prices, dependence on raw materials, increasing administrative burden and rules of conduct.…

12

Jun

2023

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Competition policy - annual report 2022 (debate)

Mr. President, please. Europe needs a fair competition policy that promotes competitiveness, easy access to finance, transparent rules and quick decisions. In comparison, the Commission's response to these changes is very slow. It has relaxed State aid rules, but so far only the big ones have benefited from them, threatening to distort the internal market. The Commission was able to wait four year…

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May

2023

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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (debate)

Mr. President, please. This proposal is another blow to Europe's competitiveness. It entraps companies while giving NGOs the power to keep the company they control at bay. They have to be responsible for things that they have no control over. Companies will now be each other's gendarmes instead of focusing on creating value and jobs. I would like to ask the Commission: How will this result in the …

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May

2023

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Ukrainian cereals on the European market (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. There is a charm in discussing this issue after yesterday's vote on the extension of Ukraine's trade-liberalisation law. But it's better later than never. The Commission has a huge responsibility to ensure that most of the cereals destined for the hungry in Africa are stranded in countries on the EU's eastern borders. At the same time, I am pleased that, as a result of …

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May

2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I would subscribe to your words, but please accompany me to a reality check. Elnök Úr! A zöld átmenethez a gazdák istenadta szövetségesek, hiszen természeti kincseink megőrzése az ő meg- és túlélésük záloga. A jogszabályok azonban, amelyeket csak úgy ont magából a Bizottság, a megváltozott körülmények ellenére túlzott bürokratikus és pénzügyi terhet ró rájuk anélkül, ho…

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May

2023

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Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact (debate)

Mr. President, please. Life has really overridden our rules of economic governance. At the same time, these new proposals must also be tested to see whether they strike a balance between growth and responsible management, whether everything is simplified and whether all Member States are measured on an equal footing. I have to say, I'm not at ease here. Firstly, I believe in rebalancing the budget…

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Apr

2023

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)

Mr. President, please. I am pleased that there is also an element of the climate package that serves to protect European industry. This is vital, as manufacturing companies struggle to survive amidst war, sanctions and US protectionist actions. The CBAM is finally doing what should be the principle of a sensible climate policy: instead of the general public and SMEs, it is paid by polluters, cheap…

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Mar

2023

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More Europe, more jobs: we are building the competitive economy of tomorrow for the benefit of all (topical debate)

Dear Mr President, The European economy is under severe pressure from war, sanctions, the energy crisis, the burden of the green and digital transitions, bureaucracy and protectionist industrial policy. Our economic and trade policy is permeated by ideology. We produce new rules every day without assessing their impact in advance. It is not possible to heat or create jobs with dreams and gender id…

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Mar

2023

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (debate)

Dear Madam President, Dear fellow Members, The European Semester, which was born in 2011 under the Hungarian Presidency, originally served to coordinate the economic processes of the Member States and to ensure financial discipline. It is now heavily overwhelmed: Leftist pressure went beyond its original mandate and gave it an ideological charge. In addition, the Commission is already holding Memb…

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Feb

2023

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European Central Bank - annual report 2022 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Sanctions against Russia have skyrocketed already rising energy and food prices. As a result, inflation became double-digit last year in the EU, a tax on the poor. Thus, it is crucial that the ECB works to restore price stability to its full potential. This is also important for non-euro area countries, as they cannot decouple themselves from what is happening in the eu…

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Feb

2023

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. The Council finally approved the Hungarian recovery plan in December. By March, we will have completed the agreed super-milestones and milestones. In relation to the REPowerEU chapter, a government decision already stipulates that the €700 million should be spent on energy efficiency, increasing the share of alternative energy sources and strengthening the electricity s…

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Jan

2023

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Protecting the Rule of Law against impunity in Spain (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we need a major corruption scandal by several Socialist Members in this House in order for the S&D Group to agree to put the debate on Spain on the agenda. Sánchez's government works thanks to an agreement with anti-constitutional and far-left parties. Your activity involves fulfilling your agenda: dismantling the rule of law, freedoms, interfering in private…

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Jan

2023

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

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, how can it happen that you wait six months for Europe to respond adequately to the US Inflation Reduction Act? In fact, you first welcomed it. I also wonder why the Member States are only just beginning to be consulted. What have they done so far? There is a risk that the most modern European companies will relocate to the US and that the losers will be SM…

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Jan

2023

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Rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes (debate)

Mr. President, please. In these times of crisis, when we have barely recovered from the coronavirus pandemic and a war is raging in our neighbourhood, while we are shooting ourselves in the foot with sanctions, it is more important than ever that we actually collect taxes. As pointed out in the Commission's impact assessment, shell companies used to evade tax are responsible for around €23 billion…

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Jan

2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (debate)

Mr. President, please. We are celebrating, but we know very well that the single market is still not functioning properly. Benefits are unevenly distributed, with some Member States and their companies benefiting more than others. According to a report, with the current relaxation of state aid rules, 80 percent of French and German companies, which are already strong, win. The Commission should gu…

14

Dec

2022

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EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. This law is another side slash to Europe, and no one should have any illusions: we are allies with the US, but we are also economic competitors. EU leaders must finally recognise that the energy situation, sanctions and US economic policy are all damaging to our competitiveness. It is now clear that the US will not change the law, it will not exempt European companies. …

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Dec

2022

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Addressing persistent challenges in the aviation sector and the impacts on passengers, workers, capacity and safety (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. I am pleased that this house is finally putting on the agenda an issue that directly affects our citizens. In the summer, when delays, cancellations, hours of waiting, stacked suitcases dominated airports, 46 fellow Members and I put a question for written answer to the Commission. The board responded evasively and shrugged, pointing at national authorities when we disc…

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Nov

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - Future legislative reform of the Economic Governance Framework in times of social and economic crisis

Well, I wish you were right, and I admire Gaudi's architecture. But I'm afraid that doesn't give us enough guarantees that the burden will be less. I would like to thank you for answering my previous question on how this new instrument for monitoring the implementation of investments and reforms will relate to the excessive deficit procedure in the interest of non-euro area countries. And I have a…

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Nov

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - Future legislative reform of the Economic Governance Framework in times of social and economic crisis

Dear Mr President, Reforms are good if they are effective, deliver tangible results and are less burdensome. For the time being, I believe that there are more questions than answers to the question of economic governance reform. I ask, what is the guarantee that debt sustainability calculations will be sound and will bring simplification? I ask, what is the guarantee that we will be able to make a…

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Nov

2022

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Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (debate)

Dear Madam President, We knew in 2020 that we were playing with fire, and we proved it. We did not want to solve the crisis caused by the pandemic on the account of future generations, but we listened to the requests of the people of the South who were in a difficult situation. You know, we've had some bad experiences of our own: Hungary was endlessly indebted by the Communists, and the first free…

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Nov

2022

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Assessment of Hungary's compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and state of play of the Hungarian RRP (debate)

Dear Madam President, Dear Member, When adopting the agenda, your group leader said that national laws should be decided and debated in national parliaments. You know, it was in the context of a Spanish law under which perpetrators of violence against women and paedophiles could be out on the streets sooner, so they would have to serve fewer sentences. I ask you, do you accept that this is also tr…

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Nov

2022

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. In my opinion, it is not advisable to put additional burdens on European companies in peacetime either, but in times of war, after an epidemic and on the threshold of another crisis, when many of them are struggling to stay on their feet, it is a huge mistake. This is particularly true for SMEs. Let's see what it would mean if the plan were implemented. Let's take Joe's…