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Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Cyrus Engerer
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: EN

Mr President, in the past days, working on the resolution on Hungary, the only picture that kept coming to mind was of friends I had as I was growing up in my teenage years in a very conservative society. Friends like François who were burdened with facing a society that they believed could never understand them, that their only hope was that of leaving this world, and unfortunately, that is what they did. This is how serious this discussion is. This is why we are here today, and this is why it is so important to make sure that all children and teenagers have access to information: to let them know that if they feel they are different to others, it is fine to be different, and that there are many others outside of that classroom who are as different as they are.  We are also here today because it is important for every child and teenager to know that if they have someone in their classroom that looks or behaves differently, it is fine to befriend them and accept them the way they are – because we are all different in all our own different ways. We are here today to give hope. I know people in Hungary, people like Vikki, who I have spoken to during the past days, are on the edge of their seats waiting for us to give them hope, because they know that the European Union that they aspired to, that they aspired for their country to join in 2004, was a union that held fast to its values of equality, human rights and the protection of minorities. These values transcend any national laws, and they expect action to be taken because that is the European dream that they believe in.  Colleagues, as we are seeing, hate is contagious and we have seen how fast it is travelling. But I believe that courage is contagious, too, the courage being shown by the oppressed community in Hungary, Poland, in Georgia yesterday, and elsewhere all around the world, to feel proud of whoever they are. The same courage that was shown by Marsha P. Johnson at Stonewall 52 years ago. We must, as the European Union, now show the same courage and take all the necessary action, as per the resolution, to protect European values and protect European citizens.  There is so much courage being shown by the queer community around the world from Hungary to Poland, from Poland to Georgia, from Georgia to Ghana and all across the world, the courage to be who we are, the courage to love who we love, the courage to come out of the closet, the courage to assemble even when police state that they would not protect us, the courage to go in the streets and affirm our identity, and the courage to be seen in front of those who believe we should not exist.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Mr President, I see that you are very active with your hammer today. So I have, first of all, a question to the Commission, can that be done independently from my speaking time? Because I hear, in the German press, that there is a suspension of the recovery plan of Hungary. But the German press is not the official gazette of the European Union. My question: is this the truth? Has that been done? OK, that is confirmation that you will reply to it. This House has a right to know if there is a suspension of the recovery plan of Hungary; that is a major decision. We also need to know because Ms Von der Leyen didn’t say anything about that this morning in her intervention, and we need to know that. So, that was outside my speaking time, if would allow me. Saying that, I have followed this debate since this morning, and I’m stunned. I say that to Slovenian Presidency. After three years, closing the university, closing a radio station like Klubradio, going after the judges, the only thing that you can say here is: oh, we got the debate, and it was an interesting debate, and we didn’t apply Article 7 Paragraph 1, because we had no time to do it; we cannot decide. I think that’s a shame! When are you going to take the only decision that you need to take, that is to request from Hungary to repeal the LGTBI law that had been voted. That is what you have to decide. No, Madam Commissioner, it is not sufficient to hold it on the agenda; there needs to be a decision. Article 7 was launched by this Parliament three years ago. It’s a shame that, after three years, the only thing you have to tell us is: oh, we will come back later on in autumn.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I think this will follow on well after Guy Verhofstadt’s speaking time. I really fail to understand how it is possible that the situation in Hungary cannot be dealt with in a calm, straightforward, consistent and legitimate way with the tools we have, and they are efficient. The Article 7 procedure needs to be pursued. It needs a new set of hearings during the Slovenian Presidency, and it needs recommendations during the French Presidency. Then, if at the end of 2022, rule of law is not back in Hungary, we will need to follow up and to think about sanctions and maybe we will need to think about withdrawing voting rights, because that is what happens when a Member steps out of democracy. It cannot still have a say in an overall democratic, crucial organisation. We need Hungary’s recovery plan to be scrutinised more than the others; not because we want to punish the Hungarian Government by this means for all the outrageous laws that they’ve been making for a decade. No, simply because we know we have a huge problem of corruption in Hungary. I’m not inventing it. The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), academic research and your own internal assessment in the Commission are saying it. The public procurements are fake. There’s no transparency on how the EU money is used, and we know that there is a risk that the final beneficiary will not get the funds. So it’s simple. Then we will need to activate the EU rule of law mechanism regulation about all the other European money that goes to Hungary because, there again, we have serious doubts.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Jérôme Rivière
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, les politiques en matière familiale et sociétale appartiennent au seul domaine discrétionnaire des nations, ce sont les traités qui en décident. En essayant de condamner la Hongrie de Viktor Orbán, vous voulez condamner le choix souverain de ce peuple qui a élu et réélu ses représentants largement, avec des scores qui vous font évidemment pâlir de jalousie. Cette condamnation s’inscrit dans un débat idéologique soi-disant progressiste. Vous affirmez vouloir défendre les droits de l’homme, mais vous voulez soumettre les populations des nations européennes à un communautarisme agressif, poussé par des lobbies mercantiles, encourageant la destruction de toutes les structures traditionnelles, de tous les murs porteurs ayant fait la civilisation européenne. Votre logique, partout où elle s’impose, détruit les rapports sociaux et favorise l’exclusion parce qu’elle se fonde sur des revendications minoritaires au service du marché, que vous avez l’audace de baptiser «droits de l’homme». Oui, la Hongrie a le droit de promouvoir le modèle de la famille traditionnelle. Oui, la Hongrie a le droit de protéger les enfants de sujets qui ne sont pas de leur âge. Ne vous en déplaise, l’état de droit dont vous vous gargarisez, c’est le respect de la liberté, du choix des peuples.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Jorge Buxadé Villalba
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, cualquier europeo sabe que un homosexual anda más tranquilo por las calles de Budapest o Varsovia que por las de Molenbeek, Gaza o Teherán. Pero ustedes prefieren someterse a la agenda del  ¿Cómo se atreven a dar lecciones de democracia a Hungría o Polonia? ¿Cómo se atreven a dar lecciones sobre el Estado de Derecho y los derechos humanos a quienes han luchado y vencido al movimiento totalitario más conocido en Europa y más brutal, que es el comunismo? Precisamente ustedes, los de los cordones sanitarios, los que amenazan con cortar los fondos europeos a cualquiera que no se someta a su camisa de fuerza ideológica. ¿Cómo puede un socialista maltés condenado a dos años de prisión por difundir pornografía homosexual de su expareja hablar de los derechos de los gais en Hungría? Con ustedes siempre es el mundo al revés. Pero no nos asustan. La ola de patriotismo y sentido común que recorre Europa está aquí para quedarse. Quienes fundaron la Unión se revuelven en sus tumbas viendo lo que están haciendo con su proyecto, con la dictadura ideológica que utiliza las instituciones comunitarias no para servir a los Estados miembros, como mandan los Tratados, sino para amenazarles, acosarles y darles órdenes. Se les ve desesperados. Nosotros seguimos con el sentido común.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Konstantinos Arvanitis
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, να εκφράσω καταρχήν τη μεγάλη μου θλίψη και την ανησυχία μου για τη χθεσινή δολοφονική επίθεση κατά του συναδέλφου δημοσιογράφου στην Ολλανδία. Και να έρθω στο θέμα. Η ομοφοβία σκοτώνει! Η έλλειψη της ελευθεροτυπίας, η άρνηση να προστατεύσουμε τη δημοσιογραφία σκοτώνει! Χθες πέθανε ο Σάμουελ στην Ισπανία. Στην Ελλάδα χάσαμε τον Ζακ, δολοφονήθηκαν ο Ζακ και η Δήμητρα, θύματα ομοφοβίας. Ακούμε πράγματα εδώ φοβερά και τρομερά. Είναι δικαίωμα του κράτους, λέει, του κάθε κράτους η καταπάτηση των δικαιωμάτων. Από πού προκύπτει αυτό; Η ομοφοβία σκοτώνει, όταν στην Ουγγαρία οι ΛΟΑΤΚΙ ως προσωπικότητες ποινικοποιούνται, μπαίνουν στο στόχαστρο, υφίστανται τις μεγαλύτερες διακρίσεις από το ίδιο τους το κράτος. Είναι θέμα της Ευρώπης, λοιπόν. Δεν είναι θέμα της κυβέρνησης της οποιασδήποτε χώρας. Στην Πολωνία, ζώνες ελεύθερες από ΛΟΑΤΚΙ, ίδιες διακρίσεις, ίδια καταπάτηση δικαιωμάτων και ένας κυβερνητικός πόλεμος απειλών και χειραγώγησης. Χωρίς δικαιοσύνη δεν υπάρχει δημοκρατία. Η καθυστέρηση είναι συνενοχή και νομίζω ότι πρέπει να μπούμε στη διαδικασία των κυρώσεων άμεσα.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Tiziana Beghin
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, il tempo è scaduto e noi dobbiamo guardare in faccia la realtà. In Polonia è iniziata una vera e propria emigrazione, una fuga dalle parti più conservatrici del paese dove si moltiplicano i casi di omofobia che sfociano fino alla violenza. In Ungheria dal primo luglio è persino vietato trasmettere un film dove compare una persona omosessuale.  Ma dove siamo arrivati? Tutto questo sta accadendo in casa nostra, in Europa. Come possiamo permetterlo? Come possiamo far finta di niente? In questi due paesi il clima di odio e la caccia alle streghe sollevata dai governi ha trasformato la comunità LGBTQI nel nemico pubblico della nazione. Questi cittadini europei si sentono soli nei loro paesi. Non possono nemmeno contare sui giudici, che sono ormai allineati con i politici, se non addirittura scelti proprio da loro.  Questi cittadini hanno solo noi. A loro resta l'Unione europea, noi siamo la loro speranza e non possiamo tradire le loro aspettative. Voglio ricordare – mi dia solo un secondo – Raffaella Carrà che è mancata in questi giorni. Tutti la conoscete. Lei diceva: "
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, there will be a day when the Polish people and the Hungarian people will ask ‘Where were the European institutions when they attacked the independence of the judiciary, when they closed universities, when they got all the media in their hands, when they started to persecute LGBTQI people, when they heard hate speech against migrants, where were the European institutions?’  The Parliament was acting, the Commission was acting, but the European Council does nothing. Until now. It’s not only the problem of the presidency: even the Portuguese Presidency decided to remain neutral about this law in Hungary.  And so there will be a day when there will be a democratic question in these countries and they will say, ‘Where were you? You were not able to protect our rule of law. You were not able to protect our separation of powers. You were not able to protect our fundamental rights’.  What really causes damage to the European Union is not this kind of breach. It is our absence of action. That is what really damages the European Union. So I urge the European Council to act immediately on Article 7, and if Article 7 doesn’t work, to do a political movement on this way. That will be enough to change things in Hungary and in Poland.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Señor presidente, vicepresidenta Jourová, ¿quién discute en esta Cámara el derecho de los padres a velar por la educación de sus hijas e hijos? Nadie. Pero pretender que este debate sobre la infame ley húngara va sobre eso es el colmo de la hipocresía. Los menores en la Unión Europea no necesitan ser protegidos contra la difusión de contenidos educativos ni informativos sobre diversidad, orientación sexual o identidad de género. Pero una ley que lo prohíba, que prohíba hablar de ello, es contraria no solo a los valores, sino al Derecho de la Unión Europea. ¿Es que no han leído el artículo 21 de la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, que es vinculante como los Tratados? Asociar la homosexualidad con la pedofilia es una infamia abyecta. La pedofilia es un delito grave en toda la Unión Europea, pero la igual dignidad de todas las personas, sin discriminación por orientación sexual, no solamente no es un delito, sino que es un derecho fundamental. El Parlamento Europeo ha hecho de todo para hablarle claro a Orbán: ha activado el artículo 7 y solo falta que el Consejo haga su parte del trabajo; ha urgido procedimientos de infracción; ha regulado la condicionalidad del acceso de los fondos europeos al cumplimiento del Estado de Derecho; y dice con toda claridad que la ley húngara no tiene lugar en Europa, como tampoco el crimen homófobo contra Samuel en España o el atentado contra el periodista Peter R. de Vries en los Países Bajos. Sí tienen lugar en Europa esos millones de europeos que resisten contra Orbán en Hungría; no están solos, el Parlamento Europeo los representa; y su lucha y su indignación son las nuestras.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Ramona Strugariu
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Mr President, my thoughts are today with Peter de Vries and his family. And I have had enough of Orbán, Kaczyński, and others like them. I’ve had enough of their lies, of their propaganda, of the way they dismantle media freedom every single day, of the way they disrespect EU law, of the way they target minorities, of the way they attack fundamental freedoms every single day. I’ve had enough of it!  We’ve all had enough of it. The question is: is the Council aware of this? Has the Council had enough of it? Are you aware, Council, that through your silence you are a ram for this vicious agenda?  I’m calling for a vote under Article 72 and I’m calling on you to end this circus. This is if we still want to have a European project, if we still want to have a Union and if we still want to have a Council after all.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Sylwia Spurek
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Netherlands
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Pani Komisarko! Sytuacja na Węgrzech pokazuje, czym kończą się bierność i zaniechania. Kiedy Orbán spacerował po europejskich salonach, na Węgrzech budziły się demony homofobii. Pani Komisarko! Mówicie, że działacie, a w tym samym czasie nasi przyjaciele i przyjaciółki z Węgier są ofiarami kolejnych naruszeń praw człowieka. Wiemy, że artykuł siódmy nie działa, dlatego upominamy się o mechanizm warunkowości. Apelujemy, prosimy Was: zacznijcie działać! Zacznijcie bronić demokracji i praw człowieka! Co jeszcze musi się stać, żeby Pani powiedziała dość? Gdzie jest Ursula von der Leyen, kiedy ludzie tracą kolejne prawa, kiedy naruszana jest ich godność, kiedy o wolności mogą tylko pomarzyć? Pani Komisarko! Za chwilę miną dwa lata nowej Komisji, a na Węgrzech z każdym dniem jest coraz gorzej.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Paolo Borchia
Political group: ID
Country: Romania
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, è paradossale che gli stessi che hanno inventato il cordone sanitario oggi siano qui a cercare di dare lezioni di democrazia.  Stamattina ho sentito ricatti, minacce, prova tangibile che a troppi di voi la democrazia non piace e non viene accettata. State sottraendo tempo e risorse a quest'Aula strumentalizzando una legge che si basa sulla protezione della difesa, dell'interesse dei minori in base a quanto disposto dalla Convenzione ONU sui diritti dell'infanzia. Una legge che è di competenza nazionale, non comunitaria e soprattutto è stata votata quasi all'unanimità.  Ma di cosa stiamo parlando? Io aspetto il giorno in cui i veri vulnerabili, ad esempio gli anziani, i disabili riceveranno la stessa attenzione che presunte minoranze ricevono da quest'Aula. Minoranze per giunta ben finanziate e ben protette a livello internazionale. Riflettete colleghi, perché è vero che la democrazia è a rischio, ma a Bruxelles, non a Budapest.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Jadwiga Wiśniewska
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Po raz kolejny Parlament Europejski daje dowód łamania praworządności, bowiem zgodnie z art. 5 Traktatu Unia działa wyłącznie w granicach przyznanych jej kompetencji przez państwa członkowskie, a także zgodnie z art. 4 Traktatu Unia szanuje tożsamość narodową państw członkowskich, a więc prawo do decydowania o edukacji, ochronie dzieci, prawodawstwie.  Przyjęta przez parlament węgierski ustawa ma umocowanie nie tylko w prawie unijnym, ale także w prawie międzynarodowym. Niestety lewicowo-liberalna większość Parlamentu Europejskiego chce nawet ingerować w węgierską konstytucję, kwestionując oczywisty zapis potwierdzający, że to kobieta jest matką, a mężczyzna ojcem. Lewicowa agresywna inżynieria społeczna, którą forsujecie, jest cywilizacyjnym zagrożeniem. Dlatego wzywam do poparcia rezolucji ECR, która przywraca porządek rzeczy i nie ma nic wspólnego z homofobią. Nie przypisujcie nam swoich negatywnych emocji.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Silvia Modig
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, Unkarin uusi laki on jatkumoa kehityksessä, jossa naisten ja vähemmistöjen oikeuksien vastustaminen on valjastettu synkän politiikan välineeksi. Kyse ei ole yksittäisestä asiasta, vaan se on osa laajempaa kehitystä, jossa järjestelmällisesti kavennetaan sateenkaari-ihmisten oikeuksia ja vapautta ja näin asetetaan ihmiset eriarvoiseen asemaan sukupuolen ja seksuaalisen suuntautumisen perusteella.  Erityisen vastenmielistä Unkarin laissa on se, että se rinnastaa homoseksuaalisuuden ja pedofilian ja lain väitetään suojelevan lapsia. Tämä on ainoastaan vastenmielinen sumuverho, jolla yritetään peittää ihmisoikeuksien loukkaaminen. Tässä laissa on kyse järjestelmällisestä syrjinnästä ja rasismista, joka on täydessä ristiriidassa yhteisten arvojemme kanssa.  Komissiolle ja neuvostolle haluan todeta, että me emme kaipaa enää yhtään kaunista juhlapuhetta yhteisten arvojemme tärkeydestä. Me kaipaamme nyt tekoja niiden arvojen puolustamiseksi. Keinoja on, välineitä on, mutta tahtoa puuttuu. Ilman tekoja sananne kaikuvat hyvin onttoina.
Debate: Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of  June hearings under Article of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Enikő Győri
Political group: NI
Country: Luxembourg
Language: HU

Elnök Úr! Tisztelt baloldal és az EPP 68 százaléka! Önök ezt a parlamentet rögtönítélő bírósággá változtatták. Már a vita címével megelőlegezték az ítéletet, hogy Magyarország uniós jogot sértett, pedig a kötelezettségszegési eljárás legelején tartunk.  Önök meg akarják vonni az uniós pénzeket Magyarországtól a jogállamisági mechanizmus révén. Beteljesült, amit mondtunk: Önök megerőszakolják az uniós jogot, nemzeti hatáskörbe eső ügyben fenyegetőznek. Önök a magyar vita ürügyén elterelik a figyelmet Európa húsbavágó kérdéseiről, mint a Covid-válság vagy a migráció. A hisztéria, amit kreáltak, azt mutatja, hogy Önök idegesek. Idegesek, mert múlt pénteken minden korábbinál világosabbá vált, hogy van életképes alternatíva a jobboldalon. 16 párt 15 országból kész szembeszállni önökkel, és kiáll a szabadság, a nemzetek, a családok és a hagyományos keresztény értékek mellett. Szokjanak hozzá, Európa nem csak az Önöké, hanem a mienk is. Mi nem akarjuk megmondani Önöknek, hogyan neveljék a gyerekeiket. De Önök se mondják meg nekünk, hogy mi hogyan járjunk el, és mi hogyan éljünk.