Activities of Viktória FERENC
Plenary speeches (4)
The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)
Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate)
World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)
UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (debate)
Institutional motions (2)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation
Written explanations (1)
Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia
Örményország és Azerbajdzsán a közelmúltban megerősítette, hogy kétoldalú tárgyalásaikon számos előrelépés történt a kulcsfontosságú kérdések tisztázásában, így a két ország közel áll a régóta várt békeszerződés megkötéséhez, több évtizedes konfliktus után végre tartós béke lehet a Dél-Kaukázusban.Éppen ezért kontraproduktívnak és célszerűtlennek tartjuk, hogy a béke megszületésének küszöbén olyan határozat szülessen, amely egyoldalú nyelvezetével további feszültséget generálhat a két ország között. Az Európai Parlamentnek a kompromisszumkeresést kellene elősegítenie, nem pedig újabb akadályt gördíteni a békefolyamat elé.Magyarország több alkalommal is elítélte a keresztény örmény lakosságot ért jogsértéseket és a keresztény kulturális örökség pusztítását, ezen álláspontunkat továbbra is fenntartjuk. Ezért a Hungary Helps program keretében nagy összegű adományt juttattunk az örmény Vöröskeresztnek, karabahi gyermekek számára biztosítottunk nyári táboroztatást, valamint számos örmény származású egyetemi hallgató részesült kormányzati ösztöndíjban.A határozat azonban súlyos kijelentéseket tesz az Azerbajdzsánból érkező földgázzal kapcsolatosan, holott az energiabeszerzés diverzifikációja szempontjából kulcsfontosságú a dél-kaukázusi régióban kitermelt földgáz és különösen a megújuló energia importja az EU számára. Új energiaforrások és energiaszállítási útvonalak biztosítása nélkül Európa - és ezzel Magyarország - energiaellátásának biztonsága kerül veszélybe.Tekintettel arra, hogy a határozat összességében kontraproduktív szellemiséget tükröz a békefolyamat szempontjából, valamint szűklátókörű, az energiabiztonságunkat veszélyeztető megközelítést alkalmaz, a Fidesz-KDNP képviselők a szöveget nem támogatták.
Amendments (14)
Amendment 46 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to highly ambitious targets to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990, despite contributing less than 7% to global emissions, while largest emitters have not yet demonstrated enough ambition;
Amendment 121 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the COP28 call on the Parties to the UNFCCC to contribute to the global effort of tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030 and recalls the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, recognizing the key role of nuclear energy in reaching net zero;
Amendment 149 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all Parties that have not yet done so to scale up their climate targets and accompanying policies and raise the ambition of their NDCs to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C;
Amendment 229 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets that fossil energyExpresses concern that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidies sing the EU remained stable between 2010 and 2020, at around EUR 50 billion per year, and evuse of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent increased to EUR 123 billion in 2022; recalls that the 8th Environmental Action Programme requires the Commission and the Member States to ‘set a deadline for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies consistent with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C’ 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies which do not address energy poverty or just transition as soon as possible;
Amendment 235 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 350 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990rough the full implementation of the EU’s current climate legislation could overachieve its 2030 55 % emission reduction target, while also recognises the challenges arising from the implementation;
Amendment 513 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on all Parties also to include specific methane reduction targetasures to reduce methane emissions in their NDCs;
Amendment 543 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Acknowledges the significant potential for global GHG emissions reductions in the agricultural sectore sector; while recognises the role of agriculture in maintaining food security;
Amendment 574 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Highlights the fact that the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism willis expected to provide an effective mechanism to price emissions from products imported to the EU and to address carbon leakage while supporting the adoption of carbon pricing worldwide;
Amendment 604 #
Amendment 608 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
Amendment 172 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns the increasing trend of violations and abuses of human rights and democratic principles and values across the world, such as arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, clampdowns on civil society and political opponents, excessive use of violence by public authorities, censorship and threats to independent media, political attacks againstnd pressure on international institutions, as well as organisations representing national minorities and their leaders, and increasing use of unlawful methods of war in grave breach of international humanitarian law and human rights law, among others; deplores the weakening of the protection of democratic institutions and processes, and the shrinking space for civil societies around the world;
Amendment 447 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education, including the right to education in the mother tongue, and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;
Amendment 557 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Rights and protection of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities Emphasizes the importance of protecting national, ethnic and linguistic minorities as a fundamental aspect of human rights and democratic governance; deplores that many countries, despite their international obligations and commitments to protect minorities, are pursuing policies of forced assimilation of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities by disregarding their fundamental rights; emphasises that minorities should not become a target or instrument of any military tension or conflict; recalls the obligations of states based on international treaties and agreements to protect the rights of these minorities within their respective territories; calls on the governments of the EU’s partner countries to respect the rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, including their cultures, languages, religions, traditions and histories in order to preserve diversity and linguistic and cultural identity; calls on the governments of EU partner countries to adopt and enforce comprehensive policies and legal frameworks that guarantee the rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities; this must include, inter alia, guaranteed access to mother-tongue education at all levels of education, and the right to use minority languages in both public and private spheres; additionally, governments must ensure the participation of minority representatives in political processes at all levels, so minority voices are fully considered in decision-making, and protect these communities from discrimination and hate speech; calls for the EU and its Member States to enhance diplomatic efforts and collaboration with partner countries in promoting the rights of minorities and provide active support for these partner countries to this end; calls on the Commission to support the protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons belonging to minorities worldwide, including within the human rights and democracy thematic programmes of NDICI – Global Europe;