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EUROPEAN UNION (EU) HUNGARY Times Now World: Orban Takes Down von der Leyen as She Watches From Her Seat In EU Parliament PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHy5tCb79eM Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
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Transcript 0:00 [Applause] president metsola president Wonder liion honorable members of the European Parliament I've come here today following the examples of Mr dragy and Mr macron because the European Union needs to change and I would like to convince you about that today Hungary is now holding the presidency for the second time since 2001 the roting presidency of the council now I personally am doing this I'm here for the SEC second time presenting the program of the Hungarian presidency I've been a member of parliament for 34 years 1:00 and so I know that it is an honor for me that you are here listening to me speaking before parliamentary um members as a prime minister is always an honor and I have some measure of comparison because in 2011 when we held the presidency for the first time we were also in the midst of a crisis we have had the consequences of the financial crisis the repercussions of the Arab Spring and also the Fukushima disaster to contend with we promised a stronger Europe and we managed this we adopted the first European level Roma strategy and the danu strategy as well under our presidency we launched the European semester the coordination um 2:00 process and this was this is and this lives up to its name and under our presidency it was it was the last time that the European Union successfully concluded accession negotiations with the accession of Croatia and this all took place in 2011 it wasn't easy but the work we face today is much more difficult than the one than that we faced then it's more difficult because the situation in the European Union is far more serious than it was in 2011 and perhaps it's the most serious period in the history of the European Union what can we see today in Ukraine in Europe War is Raging there are serious conflicts which are devastating the Middle East and Africa and every conflict faces the risk of escalation 3:01 the migration crisis has not been a serious has not been it's never seen as SE seen levels not reached since 2015 and there are many threats and there is the risk of the shangan area falling apart and meanwhile Europe Europe is losing in terms of global competitiveness according to Mario dragi Europe is uh faces slow Agony and Mr mcran also said that Europe may die um with it because of the market situation honorable members we can see that we Face decisions which affect the fate of Europe president of course the presidency involves coordinating and organizing thing an administrative work and I can 4:02 tell you we have uh already had 485 meeting meetings 24 Council meetings eight formal and 12 informal Council meetings we've had uh 69 presidency events in Brussels 92 events in Hungary and at the Hungary events we saw more than 10,000 people attending I'd like to inform you that the legislative work of the council is um full steam ahead 52 legislative files are being worked worked on at various levels of the council the presidency is ready to start trialogue negotiations at any time with the European Parliament and currently 5:01 there are two files on which we are carrying out trialogues with you but there are 41 41 files which require that and we um hope that that can take place we know that the elections took place this year as well and we are currently in the midst of an Institutional transition but over the next few months we are prepared to cooperate with you on the 41 files requiring coordination the Hungarian presidency will work as an honest broker and will seek constructive cooperation with all institutions but and the however the hung the presidency will also defend the tasks for the council such as and this is in regard to the the in institutional agreement as 6:01 well honorable members president but the presidency is not just about Administration the Hungarian presidency also has political responsibility and this is why I have come to you here today in Strasburg so that I can present what the Hungarian presidency proposes to Europe in these times of Crisis the most important thing is that our Union needs to change and the presidency wants to be the Catalyst for this change the decisions need to be taken by member states and the EU institutions not the Hungarian presidency the Hungarian presidency will raise issues and problems and will make proposals for the peace uh Prosperity uh of Europe we want to raise the issue of competitive 7:03 and I share in almost most most regards Mr letter Mr dr's conclusions in the past two decades a economic growth in Europe has been significantly slower than in China and the United States the EU productivity is growing a slower Pace than our competitors and our share of global trade is going down EU businesses are paying two to three times more in Energy prices than in the United States and this is four to five times when it comes to natural gas and moving away from Russian energy has um endangered EU GDP growth and we've now needed 8:00 to focus on energy support and imports of and the building the infrastructure for liquified natural gas half of European businesses when it see as see Energy prices as the main obstacle to investment and when it comes to industries that have intensive use of energy which is important in Europe the production has gone down by 10 to 15% in those cases the Hungarian presidency proposals that we should not fall into the illusion that the green transition is in itself a a solution to this problem that's not the case and even if we we manag to achieve our goals for renewable energy so if our we achieve 9:00 our goals let's imagine that let's be positive according to all analyses by 2030 the the number of operational hours from fossil fuels will not go down so that's something that we need to really face basically the foundation of the European green agreement is to create new green jobs but the essence of this initiative could be called into question because if that's if decarbonization leads to the loss of jobs for example when it comes to the automotive industry the lack of one of the best examples of a lack of planning in the EU here climate policy is being applied with industrial policy so we we're 10:02 applying climate policy when there isn't any industrial policy however the EU has not incentivized the transformation of Supply chains therefore EU companies have lost significant market share and if if we look at and and if we move towards trade restrictions and there are such plans then I think that we will lose even more market share honorable members the European the production Gap productivity gap between the USA and the EU is mainly down to digital technology and I think that we are falling behind in that and that Gap is actually increasing our companies spend half as much in research and development proportional to GDP as companies in in 11:02 the United States and then if you add to that unfavorable demographic changes we've seen the figures migration does not compensate for the decline in the European population so this means that we for the first time in modern European history we are entering a period when our GDP increase will not support um the will not be able to support increase in Manpower and labor force Mr macron also mention this I think that the serious is serious and we need to act we at the 21st hour and we need to remain um remain 12:02 focused and it's much more difficult to create capacities than maintain them loss of skills is very difficult to replace I'm not going to say that there is a simple straightforward answer to this these are very serious challenges and serious problems however at the beginning of the institutional cycle I'd like to make it clear that member states are waiting for very Swift action from the EU institutions we a member states want to see a reduction in the administrative burden we want to see less regulation energy security a green industrial policy strengthening the single Market 13:00 uh Capital Market Union and we also want to see a broadening of trade policy rather than forming blocks we need to have more interconnectivity Madame President there are some success stories that we can build on the The Buttery sector in the EU that's developing is one of those successes and that's what Mr dragy highlighted public F funding of batteries in recent years has grown by 18% and this was key in strengthening Europe's position and now we are um the in third place in the world for this and this we've seen significant increase um Improvement in patents recorded as well and so this strategic intervention 14:00 has been successful and has shown results honorable members the aim of the Hungarian presidency is to adopt a new European competitiveness deal at the um informal meeting in Budapest on the 8th of November that's a new competitiveness deal I firmly believe that high high level commitment will give impetus and momentum to the change that is needed I suggest that we put this in the heart of our action plan for this institutional transition now after the compet after competitiveness I'd like to say a few words about the migration crisis for years now we've seen migration pressure in Europe it's significant burden especially for 15:03 member states with an external border of the EU we need to protect the external borders of the EU protecting the external borders of the EU serves the interest of the entire EU and therefore we should provide meaningful support to those countries and to that end it's not the first time that I'm here before you it's not the first time I'm saying this since uh 2015 Hungary and I myself have been having um Lively debates about migration I've seen many things I've seen in initiatives proposals packages lots of Hope and they've all been proved unsuccessful and there's one reason for that believe 16:00 me without outside hotspots we cannot protect Europeans from in in illegal migration if we allow somebody in they are not we can't cannot ever send them home the only solution the only solution is the outside hotpots we can only allow those into the territory of the EU who previously receive authorization to do so and that is the any other Solutions are quite frankly an illusion the European Asylum system is simply not working illegal migration is leading to anti-Semitism violence against women and an increase in homophobia 17:02 several member states several several of you are protesting against what I'm saying but I would like to say that the SP the facts speak for themselves in Europe illegal migration is increasing anti-Semitism VI violence against women and homophobia now you may not like it but that's these are the facts the result of the UN of this unsuccessful migration policy is clear many me member states would like to create an opt out member um honorable members illegal migration and uh fears for sec 18:02 security have led to border controls being rein reinstalled I think it's now time to deal with this at the highest political level and to see whether we can reestablish the proper functioning um with the political will to ensure the proper functioning of the shenen area the Hungarian presidency is making a proposal that is to create system of shenen summits we should uh organize shenen Summits on a regular basis so that the heads of government of the shenen countries can come together because this has happened already when we responded to the 2008 crisis an important part were the Summits of the Euro Zone countries this was a successful example of cooperation 19:03 and we we this led to an international convention being introduced in 2012 and now we Face a similar crisis so we need a similar political commitment shenen Summit and then we need to institutionalize that through an international agreement the Hungarian presidency is not just proposing Madame President that we strengthen the shenen area and extend the shenen area the Hungarian presidency is also proposing that by the end of the year Bulgaria and Romania should fully join the shenen area honorable members in addition to migration there are many other security challenges facing Europe and on the 7th of November two days after the American presidential 20:08 election election in Budapest there will be a meeting a summit meeting of the European political community and that would be a very appropriate forum for those discussions we need to face the fact when we talk about European security that now the Europe the union is not able to EST Lish it and maintain its own peace and security we need to strengthen European Defense and security policy and one of the best Paths of that for the Hungarian presidency is to strengthen the technological base and defense industry in Europe the Hungarian presidency um will focus on the EUR on European defense strategy but the CR the challenges are 21:00 multiac faceted because they deal with um they deal with many different competences and require International structures and we can re also recommend the example of Hungary because we spend 2.5% of our GDP on uh defense and defense development our the vast majority of our defense procurement comes from uh Europe and in all sectors of our defense uh defense industry we deal with Europe key players in Europe now if this can be done in Hungary then it can be done across the European Union Madame President another key topic for the European presiden Hungarian presidency is enlargement we need to have a merit-based balanced enlargement policy in Europe it needs to 22:00 stay that way it's the Hungarian presidency firmly believes that we need to accelerate the accession of Western Balkans this is a key issue for Europe integrating the Europe economically terms of security and also geopolitically is is advantageous for the European union we need to focus in particular on Serbia without Serbia joining the EU we cannot stabilize the Balkans as long as Serbia is not a member of the European Union the Balkans will remain an unstable region I can inform you ladies and gentlemen that several candidate countries uh meet the technical requirements but there aren't there isn't political consensus for the accession remember that for 20 20 years ago now the the EU 23:04 made a promise to the countries of the western Balkans with prospects for joining the European Union according to the Hungarian presidency it's time to comply with that promise what we have done is we are organizing a western Balan Summit we hope to see progress made at that Summit I'd now like to talk about agriculture in Europe we all know that the competitiveness of the farming sector in Europe is affected by climate conditions the skyrocketing costs and also imports from third countries and excessive regulation I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this is risking the livelihoods of uh Farmers food food production and food security is a strategic issue for all 24:02 countries and for the EU therefore the Hungarian presidency would like to give political orientation to the new European commission to have a farmer friendly and competitive um farming sector honorable members the Hungarian presidency has also launched a strategic debate um Beyond agriculture on but on cohesion policy as well I'm sure you know that one quarter of the eu's population live in regions where the development level does not reach the um 75% of the EU average therefore it's absolutely essential for Europe to reduce these discrepancies between regions in Europe cohesion policy is not charity and it's not donation it's one of the best forms of investment 25:01 policy in the EU to ensure that the and it's a prerequisite for balancing out the single Market the Hungarian presidency believes continuing this is key in maintaining the the potential of European competitiveness honorable members Madame President the Hungarian presidency is finding solutions to Common European problems which um are based on common sense but we're not just looking for Solutions we hungarians in the European Union are also seeking our dreams a a community of free states and a democracy of all democracies we are looking for 26:01 God-fearing and a Europe of different cultures we're not members of the European Union because this is how it is no we're part of the European Union because of what it can be what it can become and if we can see that Europe can be um can be improved then we will be fighting for that the Eur European the Hungarian presidency is interested in improving the European Union and we believe the success of our presidency will also mean success for the entire European Union let's make Europe great again thank you very much thank you e

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