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Mr President, firstly I would like to thank the Council for its clear statement and also the Commission. Some of us will certainly be of the opinion that the Commission could play a more active role in evaluating the situation. However, I do not want to call that into question here. I am grateful to you for what you have said, Mr Barroso.
Mr Orbán, this is not the first debate that we have held. You should not be surprised that we are discussing Hungary or, rather not Hungary, but what your government is doing. There have been complaints about some new laws, but these are important laws. They concern the independence of the data protection authority, the judiciary and the national central bank. This may even relate to the independence of the legal system as a whole. I am not intending simply to criticise the individual measures, but rather the spirit that lies behind them. You say that this is a reorganisation on the basis of European values. However, European values include democracy and changes of government. You want to prevent that from happening. You even want to continue exercising power in Hungary after a change of government. We are criticising the spirit that you represent.
Mr Daul, I am deeply disappointed by your statement. You said nothing about the spirit behind these moves. After all, Mr Orbán is the Vice-President of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). You should finally take the initiative. You are in a better position even than the Commission to tell Mr Orbán what is right and what is wrong with his policy. It is time that you did this.
What makes me particularly sad, Mr Orbán, is that, like me, you know many people who fought against National Socialism. They were imprisoned. Then they fought against communism. Now they are affected by your measures and they are saying: Why did we fight for freedom only to find that it is being taken away from us bit by bit? Mr Orbán, you must talk to these people. Listen to the people in Hungary if you do not want to listen to the Members of this Parliament.
Secondly, in this Chamber, ladies and gentlemen, President Buzek spoke about the great achievements of Václav Havel. Take Václav Havel as your example. He always fought against communism and in support of freedom.
Mr Orbán and the representatives of the Hungarian Government, I would like to thank you once again, also in my role as rapporteur for Croatia, for helping Croatia to join the European Union. However, you know as well as I do that Croatia with an Orbán government would not have been able to join the EU because it would not have met the criteria. You should at least make sure now, Mr Orbán, that Hungary fulfils the criteria."@en1
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