21/06/2021 | 17:18:51 Excellency, thank you very much for your very interesting speech. There are many debates on the challenges faced by Europe. One of them is on the protection of national minorities. The importance of the effective protection of national minorities in Europe, as we have heard, is high on the agenda of the Hungarian presidency. As a concrete example, I would like to raise the situation of the national minorities in Ukraine. The European and Transatlantic institutions and Ukraine are seeking an... 20/04/2021 | 16:20:36 Thank you Mr Chairman, First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for this excellent report and I would like to thank the Secretary General for his remarks. In relation to ensure fair taxation of global corporate profits, Hungary as an OECD member country, is committed to supporting the Inclusive Framework on further elements of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project being implemented. Hungary has signed and recently ratified the Multilateral Convention to... 19/04/2021 | 18:19:00 Thank you, Chair, Dear Colleagues, The Hungarian delegation is always sensitive to any report dealing with the issue of national minorities since our nation has been living as a minority in seven countries during the last 100 years. We welcome the report of Ms Elvira KOVÁCS since the topic of national minorities in Europe is one of the key issues which should be kept on the agenda. I would like to congratulate Ms Elvira KOVÁCS for her excellent and important report. As a result of frequent... 27/01/2021 | 18:28:18 Dear colleagues, Hungary recognises the vital contribution of non-governmental organisations to the promotion of common values and goals. These organisations also play an important role not only in the democratic control of the government and shaping public opinion, but also in addressing certain social difficulties and fulfilling other community policy needs. The Constitution of Hungary ensures that everyone shall have the right to establish or join organisations. Hungary ensures these... 26/01/2021 | 12:07:14 Thank you, Mr President. Dear ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, All Member States have specific constitutional solutions that are rooted in their history and legal traditions. These differences should be protected given the fact that national identity is inherent in the fundamental political and constitutional structures of a Member State. The European legal system is based on shared human values, including the rule of law, but have different legal system in every state. However, in... 29/01/2020 | 10:33:30 First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for this excellent report which is on a very complicated issue, as we have heard from the previous speeches. The Group of the European People's Party, on behalf of whom I am speaking right now, is behind the report, which is an excellent legal argumentation on the aspects of the freedom of religion. The report has an excellent overview of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union... 09/04/2019 | 16:21:44 First, I would like to thank the rapporteur for her report. The values of democracy, the rule of law and citizens’ rights occupy a different role in the institutional frameworks of the Council of Europe and the European Union. In the case of the Council of Europe, those have been the most important values from the very beginning of the Organisation. The legal condition to “accept the principles of the rule of law and of the enjoyment by all persons within its jurisdiction of human rights and... 24/01/2019 | 19:45:38 The Hungarian delegation is always sensitive to any report dealing with the issue of national minorities. Our nation has been living as a minority in seven countries in the last 100 years. We fully support the rapporteur’s view in the sense that the rights of national minorities constitute an integral part of human rights and are necessary to preserve political stability and to promote the diversity of cultures in Europe. We welcome the report. It is particularly important to keep the... 23/01/2019 | 11:02:42 I congratulate the rapporteurs on their work. We consider the right to freedom of information and media freedom to be essential preconditions of the right to free elections. In Hungary, editorial independence is guaranteed, along with sufficient and stable funding, to ensure quality journalism that is deserving of the public’s trust. Public service media, as an independent source of accurate information and unbiased commentary, is by definition well-placed to counteract the phenomenon of...