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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I feel I need to express how I feel, which is both dismayed and concerned. I have been a member of this Parliament for several years, and I challenge anyone to find a precedent to a debate such as this, where two opposing factions are railing against a country. I think that this could constitute a dangerous precedent. I say this to you, Mr President, as yesterday you made a fine speech in which you guaranteed Parliament’s independence and purpose. We are committing an outrage against a country’s sovereignty, because the process of European integration is a delicate, judicial and institutional issue in which sovereignty has to merge with a supranational element, and this sovereignty achieved for freedom – and we have all recognised the achievement of Mr Orbán and his country in winning this deserved place in Europe – has not, as Mr Szájer rightly said, allowed us to listen to each other. There have been invectives against a country relating to generic and sketchy issues, and to information from the media, some of which, to tell the truth, I did not know about. Mr Orbán has said that there is a constitution, and transitional and provisional laws that will lead to a result which will be difficult but is the one naturally hoped for, because the past, the battles and lack of freedom the country has suffered have put a lot of pressure on civil society, the political forces, democracy, the government and the parliament. Therefore I believe that we must do justice to this and take into account the fact that, as has been said, the Commission must guarantee the Treaties. The Commission therefore …"@en1
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