EU Parliament, Strasbourg, P9 CRE-PROV (2021)07-07(3-081-0000).
Herr President. Esteemed colleagues.
Hungary is once again the target of an EU campaign against
its sovereignty. The pretext this time: The Hungarian child protection act.
Many of you in the last days were so occupied with waving the rainbow flag that
you evidently found no time to really for once look into the Hungarian law. If
you did that, you would see: It in no way discriminates against homosexuals. It
is certainly not homophobic. And no, it is not hateful, but it does apply to
the sexual abuse of children. Thus please finally cease spreading mischief
about this law.
I would wish from the EU, yet also from many national
governments, such a determination for the protection of our children as is
manifested by the government in Budapest. If the EU Commission speaks of principles
and treaties, then is subsidiarity the commanding principle of treaties. And it
is thereby clear: It does not pertain to the EU and its institutions to involve
themselves in the decisions democratically arrived at in member states. The
Hungarian parliament has issued this act legally and democratically. The EU
needs to accept that, whether it suits them or not.
Hungary, Poland, the treaty violation proceedings against
Germany – it is not at all to be overlooked: In the EU, centralists become ever
more intrusive. Ever more openly, they grasp for a centralization of power. And
precisely this striving for power is an unacceptable assault on the Europe of
Adenauer, Schuman and de Gaulle, on a Europe of Väterlander. Human rights in Hungary and Poland are surely not in
danger, democracy in Europe as well, if the EU does not again go around the
decisions of the parliaments and respects the courts in the sovereign member
states.
Frau von der Leyen needs let it be said: Not some Hungarian
law is a disgrace, but her power-hungry interference in our sovereign nations.
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