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Mr Gergely ARATÓ (Hungary, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
DK Democratic Coalition

Hungarian National Assembly
HU - 1357 - Budapest
Hungary

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2024 , 2023 , 2022

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 10/10/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 10/10/2022 Representative - Hungary

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 10/10/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 23/01/2023 to 31/12/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Koloman BRENNER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 10/10/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Zsolt NÉMETH (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 25/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

03/10/2024 | 16:49:22 Thank you, Mister Chair. First of all, I would like to make it clear that I deeply disagree with what my fellow MP Mr László TOROCZKAI said, and I am convinced that it does not reflect the opinion of the majority of the Hungarian people either. But, if this unfortunate speech has already been made, it is just the right time to talk about the responsibility of the politicians. Because words do have consequences. In every case, we find that if minority groups are stigmatised for political... 02/10/2024 | 19:00:39 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honorable Assembly, First of all, I would like to thank the authors of the report, Mr Németh and Mr Nikoloski, for this balanced and well-founded report. You may think that I differ from Mr Németh on many domestic and foreign policy issues, but in this case I have to admit that the report presents the various opposing points of view in an unbiased way. We all know that the history, especially the war and genocide, still casts a shadow on the... 01/10/2024 | 10:48:30 Thank you. Dear Assembly, First of all, I would like to thank Mr Stefan SCHENNACH for this excellent report. I consider it particularly important that the report explores the problems in a complex and in-depth manner and proposes solutions in a balanced and down-to-earth manner. There is no doubt that the entire system of information and production is undergoing a rapid transformation. Information is created differently and reaches us differently than it was and did 30 or even 5 years ago. We... 27/06/2024 | 10:51:43 Dear Assembly, It is always difficult to find the moment when a democracy begins to fade and disappear. What is the point when political fighting, the legitimate interests of individual political groups, turns into restrictions on political competition and free expression of opinion. Regrettably, we have seen in Hungary and elsewhere the consequences of the slide towards an authoritarian system, and how steps limiting democracy accumulate in such a way that the process becomes always... 26/06/2024 | 12:02:59 The events of the past period fundamentally question the common order of Europe and the values that underpin it, which emerged after the horrors of the Second World War and the blood-paved victory of the allies. It has been proven once again that oppression breeds war. Lasting peace can only be based on the full enforcement of human rights and freedom. It is precisely this realisation that the European Council [Council of Europe] has stood for for 75 years. Yet, the shadows of the 20th...

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