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[00:00:00] I would also like to talk about why change is needed
[00:00:03] right now.
[00:00:05] In the 2026 disaster relief year, by October
[00:00:08] 26, 1.621 million
[00:00:11] According to the current regulations,
[00:00:12] farmers. The hectares of damage were reported, mainly due to drought. This data alone
[00:00:16] indicates how serious the situation is and that immediate action
[00:00:19] is needed, as farmers need help
[00:00:22] now. The estimated need for disaster relief
[00:00:26] funds exceeds HUF 100 billion,
[00:00:29] and... I am aware that with such numbers, one must be precise,
[00:00:32] so I will do so. Currently, approximately
[00:00:36] HUF 24 billion may be available for compensating the 2026
[00:00:39] damages. This can be supplemented by the crisis
[00:00:42] support available for 2026 and 2027,
[00:00:46] the combined amount of which for the two years is 99.6 million
[00:00:50] euros, or approximately
[00:00:53] We cannot accept that the HUF 36 billion. And I will not pretend that this covers the entire damage,
[00:00:57] but it is precisely this difference that shows that the system needs to be strengthened,
[00:01:00] and that we cannot postpone strengthening.
[00:01:04] In Hungary, an agricultural risk management system
[00:01:07] is in operation that provides a sufficient basis for mitigating
[00:01:09] damages. The disaster relief system,
[00:01:12] insurance premium support, and crisis insurance
[00:01:16] together serve the purpose of enabling farmers to maintain
[00:01:20] production and preserve their competitiveness
[00:01:23] despite natural disasters. Therefore, the foundations do not need
[00:01:27] to be dismantled. However, the current extraordinary year has clearly shown
[00:01:31] the limitations of the current regulations. The first
[00:01:34] limitation is timing. According to current regulations, disaster
[00:01:37] relief payments are paid in March of the year
[00:01:40] following the damage event. Just think about what
[00:01:44] this means for a farmer whose corn burned out in the summer.
[00:01:47] He now has to pay his loans,
[00:01:50] rents, feed, and the costs of autumn
[00:01:53] sowing. The help would only arrive
[00:01:56] half a year later. With such extensive damage, producers cannot wait
[00:02:00] half a year.
[00:02:03] Those who do not get funds in the autumn will either take
[00:02:06] out expensive loans, or postpone their investments, or sow
[00:02:10] less. These are all decisions that jeopardize
[00:02:13] the production of the next year.
[00:02:16] Thus, help arriving late cannot
[00:02:19] only not mitigate
[00:02:22] the damage, but also partly carries it over
[00:02:25] to the next year. The second limitation is that
[00:02:30] advances could only be received in a narrow range
[00:02:33] after spring frost and hail damage occurring until
[00:02:37] July 15, 2026. Drought victims, who make up
[00:02:40] the largest group of victims this year,
[00:02:43] have been excluded from this so far.
[00:02:46] The third limitation is that the system fundamentally
[00:02:50] compensates retrospectively. For prevention, that is,
[00:02:53] for farmers to be able to prepare
[00:02:56] for risks, there was no separate designated support
[00:02:59] title. The fourth limitation is the high
[00:03:03] 30% income reduction threshold for crisis insurance,
[00:03:07] which made this tool not attractive enough for many
[00:03:10] farmers. Dear fellow Members, the proposal
[00:03:14] addresses all four limitations.
[00:03:17] The most important element of the proposal in the first round
[00:03:21] is the legal introduction of a general advance payment
[00:03:24] for all types of damage. The amendment makes it possible
[00:03:28] for all members of the risk community who submit a claim
[00:03:31] for disaster relief to automatically
[00:03:34] be eligible for the advance payment as well. No separate application
[00:03:38] needs to be submitted, and it does not matter whether the producer suffered drought,
[00:03:41] frost, hail, or other natural
[00:03:45] into the damage. This is also a question of fairness,
[00:03:47] Damage prevention support can as it would be difficult to explain to a farmer in the Great Plain whose
[00:03:50] harvest was destroyed by drought, why his neighbor who suffered hail damage
[00:03:54] received an advance payment and he did not. Nature does not
[00:03:57] differentiate between damages, therefore help should not
[00:04:01] differentiate either. With the general advance payment, we want to eliminate
[00:04:05] this injustice. According to our estimate, approximately 7000
[00:04:09] producers can benefit from the
[00:04:11] measure. With the introduction of the general advance payment, the
[00:04:15] responsiveness of the agricultural disaster relief system significantly
[00:04:19] improves, because fast and effective financial assistance becomes
[00:04:23] available to all members.
[00:04:26] Many people ask, and perhaps many of you also
[00:04:30] ask, if farmers will definitely receive it this
[00:04:33] year, and I would like to give an honest answer to this, because farmers
[00:04:36] do not expect promises, but predictability.
[00:04:40] Our goal is that yes, the advance payment will be
[00:04:43] made in December 2026. After the
[00:04:46] application deadline of November 30,
[00:04:49] three conditions must be met
[00:04:52] simultaneously for this. Domestic budgetary funds must be
[00:04:56] available. The National Assembly must adopt this
[00:04:59] law, an amendment, and the implementing decree must be
[00:05:03] published. At this point, therefore, it also
[00:05:07] depends on you, dear fellow
[00:05:10] payments. The essence Members, when farmers will receive their money. "In
[00:05:12] the regular procedure, payment would be made next March,
[00:05:16] the proposal makes it possible for the advance payment to arrive
[00:05:19] already in December. We believe that he who helps quickly helps
[00:05:22] twice. Therefore, I ask you to clearly
[00:05:25] distinguish these three questions in the debate. The first is the legal
[00:05:29] possibility, this is what the National Assembly will now decide. The second is the
[00:05:33] budgetary coverage, this must be provided by the government,
[00:05:36] and the third is the actual payment. This is done by the Treasury
[00:05:40] based on the implementing decree. If we confuse these three,
[00:05:43] then farmers will be disappointed. If, however,
[00:05:46] we treat them separately, then farmers will know exactly when and what
[00:05:49] to expect.
[00:05:51] The Hungarian State Treasury applies proportionate
[00:05:54] payments based on the preliminary data available.
[00:05:58] According to legal regulations, the advance payment must be provided
[00:06:02] to all eligible persons in the same percentage, meaning that no one
[00:06:05] can be in a more advantageous or disadvantageous position. One thing
[00:06:09] must also be clearly stated here. The December advance payment
[00:06:13] is not the same as the final disaster relief payment.
[00:06:16] The final amount will be determined in a later procedure, and the amount
[00:06:19] of this advance payment must be included in it. This advance
[00:06:23] payment is therefore not extra money, but an early
[00:06:27] payment of a part of the due assistance.
[00:06:30] It will help farmers in the tightest period, in the most
[00:06:33] difficult months. The question may rightly arise
[00:06:37] what happens if someone received more advance payment than
[00:06:40] they will eventually be entitled to.
[00:06:43] "The difference must naturally be settled. The proposal
[00:06:46] defines this as disaster relief contribution,
[00:06:49] and repayment is interest-free. Therefore, the farmer
[00:06:52] is not burdened with interest, penalties, or additional
[00:06:55] costs. This serves both accurate accounting and the protection
[00:06:59] of farmers. The question may also
[00:07:01] arise whether it constitutes double financing if several types of
[00:07:05] support are available simultaneously, and the answer
[00:07:08] to this is clearly no. The different tools serve
[00:07:12] different purposes. Disaster relief payments compensate for natural
[00:07:15] disasters, supplementary crisis support is available
[00:07:19] under a separate application title, and damage prevention
[00:07:22] support aims at preventing damages.
[00:07:25] The law prescribes separate accounting for certain
[00:07:29] sources. Advance payments must be taken into account when determining
[00:07:32] the final payment, precisely to avoid
[00:07:36] overcompensation. For the same reason, the proposal explicitly
[00:07:39] stipulates that the disaster relief payment for
[00:07:43] 2026 and 2027, supplementary crisis,
[00:07:46] payment supplementary crisis support is not part of the disaster relief
[00:07:50] payment. It can be requested independently or together
[00:07:53] with it, according to the call for applications, therefore
[00:07:56] the funds must be handled separately according
[00:07:59] to their legal title. I would like to inform farmers that the call for
[00:08:02] applications is already available on cap.gov.hu
[00:08:06] and the application for disaster relief payment also qualifies
[00:08:10] as an application for support according to the call, so
[00:08:14] one application, two helps, and less
[00:08:16] administration.
[00:08:19] Allow me to summarize this process from the farmer's
[00:08:22] perspective as well. The first step is for the producer to submit
[00:08:26] their application for disaster relief payment by November 30,
[00:08:29] thereby automatically becoming eligible for the advance
[00:08:32] payment, and their application also qualifies as an application
[00:08:35] for supplementary crisis support. The second step is that the
[00:08:39] Treasury, based on the preliminary data available,
[00:08:43] determines the same proportion for everyone, and if the conditions
[00:08:46] are met, pays out the advance payment in December.
[00:08:50] The third step is the later procedure, in which the final
[00:08:53] disaster relief payment is determined, and the advance
[00:08:57] payment already paid is deducted from it. And if someone accidentally
[00:09:00] receives less in the end than they received as an advance,
[00:09:04] then they must settle the difference interest-free.
[00:09:07] Farmers therefore do not have to learn new procedures,
[00:09:10] do not have to fill out new forms, but help can arrive months earlier
[00:09:14] in their accounts.
[00:09:16] Dear House, now I would like
[00:09:20] to talk about one of the most sensitive points of the proposal,
[00:09:23] the increase in producer contributions. I do not want
[00:09:26] to hide or sugarcoat this, because farmers can accurately calculate
[00:09:30] how much they will pay. The bill's paragraph
[00:09:34] 10, some of its currently HUF 5,400
[00:09:37] items to HUF 10,800, and its HUF 1,800 items to
[00:09:41] HUF 3,600. That is, it
[00:09:44] doubles the affected amounts. The
[00:09:47] concrete farmer's burden depends
[00:09:50] on the affected cultivation branch and the classification
[00:09:54] according to the law.
[00:09:57] Here too, the question may arise why we are increasing
[00:10:00] farmers' payment obligations precisely when they are suffering
[00:10:04] damages. The answer to this, however, is that the disaster
[00:10:08] relief system is based on shared risk-taking,
[00:10:11] and stands on three pillars: producer payments, national
[00:10:14] supplements, and EU funds. National and
[00:10:18] EU funds are linked to producer
[00:10:22] of this system is that if producers pay
[00:10:26] more contributions, then more domestic funds, and
[00:10:30] perhaps more importantly, more EU funds can be drawn
[00:10:33] down and used to help
[00:10:37] goal is therefore not to simply increase payments, but
[00:10:40] to ensure that even in the event of major damages, there are sufficient
[00:10:44] funds for compensation. The solvency of the
[00:10:46] disaster relief fund can only improve this way. The numbers
[00:10:50] mentioned earlier show why this is necessary, if the
[00:10:53] damage claim exceeds HUF 100 billion,
[00:10:56] and the available resources are only a fraction
[00:10:59] of that, then the system clearly needs to be strengthened,
[00:11:02] otherwise, in the next drought year, we will be
[00:11:06] in the same situation. Let me remind you what risk community
[00:11:09] means: it means that farmers
[00:11:13] bear the risks of nature not individually, but collectively.
[00:11:17] Whoever was luckier this year and avoided hail or drought,
[00:11:20] may himself be a victim next year, and then he can count on the contributions
[00:11:23] of others. This is the essence of the solidarity
[00:11:26] system. However, with climate change, the
[00:11:29] risks have become much greater, so the jointly
[00:11:33] created reserve must also be larger. A fund
[00:11:36] that can only handle smaller damages will fail farmers
[00:11:39] precisely when they need it most.
[00:11:42] The question may also
[00:11:44] arise whether the state should not bear the additional costs
[00:11:48] instead of farmers. Here I would like to make it clear that the state
[00:11:51] is not withdrawing from burden-sharing, but is undertaking it with
[00:11:55] the same amount. The system is already jointly
[00:11:59] financed. In the event of a 100% increase in producer contributions,
[00:12:03] the state must provide the same amount of domestic budgetary funds,
[00:12:06] and at the same time, the strategic plan resource that can be
[00:12:09] drawn down also increases proportionally. Every
[00:12:13] forint that a farmer pays is accompanied by domestic and EU
[00:12:16] funds. So this is not shifting the burden, but
[00:12:19] sharing the burden, and a favorable construction
[00:12:22] for farmers. Dear fellow Members, disaster
[00:12:26] relief fundamentally serves the ex post compensation
[00:12:30] of already occurred damages.
[00:12:33] However, if we only intervene after the damages, then we will
[00:12:37] always be one step behind the weather. Therefore, in the
[00:12:40] future, we want to place much greater emphasis on damage prevention.
[00:12:44] The proposal creates a new support title for promoting
[00:12:48] the prevention of agricultural damage events.
[00:12:52] Its source is central budgetary and EU support,
[00:12:55] which must be recorded separately. The specific
[00:12:58] eligible activities, as well as the detailed conditions for application
[00:13:02] and payment, will be determined by ministerial decree.
[00:13:05] Separate accounting is not an administrative detail.
[00:13:09] This guarantees that the funds intended for prevention truly
[00:13:12] serve prevention, and do not merge into disaster relief, or other
[00:13:16] funds for other purposes.
[00:13:19] It will be transparent, verifiable, and accountable how we spend
[00:13:23] the money. The two tools are not
[00:13:25] competitors, but complements to each other. The goal is
[00:13:29] that farmers not only receive help after damage,
[00:13:32] but can also apply for support to mitigate risks.
[00:13:36] I think this is also the logic of a wise farmer. It is better
[00:13:40] to spend one forint on prevention today than ten on damage
[00:13:42] mitigation tomorrow.
[00:13:44] Damage prevention, however, cannot stand alone. One of the biggest
[00:13:48] challenges of the decade ahead will be adaptation to
[00:13:52] climate change. Hungary can only
[00:13:55] maintain the competitiveness of its agriculture, the
[00:13:58] security of its food production, and the strength
[00:14:01] of its rural communities if water management,
[00:14:04] drought management, and risk management measures
[00:14:07] work as a complex system, reinforcing each other.
[00:14:12] be an important building block of this system.
[00:14:16] One of the most important tasks of agricultural policy
[00:14:19] is to increase resilience and ensure the long-term
[00:14:22] profitability of agriculture. This
[00:14:25] is also served by the renewal of crisis insurance. The
[00:14:29] proposal reduces the eligibility threshold; instead of the current
[00:14:32] income reduction of at least 30%, an income reduction
[00:14:35] exceeding 20% can also form the basis
[00:14:39] for compensation. The system remains
[00:14:41] voluntary and operates with a three-year
[00:14:45] membership. The rate of compensation is 69.9% of the suffered
[00:14:49] income reduction. And what does this mean
[00:14:52] in practice? It means that a farmer whose
[00:14:55] income, for example, dropped by a quarter, could not receive a single forint of compensation
[00:14:59] from crisis insurance, because it did not reach the 30%
[00:15:03] threshold. In the future, he will also be eligible. This
[00:15:06] can be particularly important for those who are not
[00:15:09] affected by a single major catastrophe, but by several smaller,
[00:15:12] successive damages, and whose incomes are gradually, but
[00:15:16] noticeably decreasing. Based on the current membership of the
[00:15:20] system, approximately 200-250 farmers are directly affected.
[00:15:24] This number is still a modest number, but we want to change
[00:15:28] precisely that. Our goal is that even in the case
[00:15:31] of smaller income reductions, compensation should be
[00:15:34] available, and this should increase farmers' willingness
[00:15:37] to join. Producers need to know that
[00:15:41] in times of extraordinary damage events, they can
[00:15:43] count on tools that help their work, its
[00:15:46] continuation, and the survival of their farms. Dear
[00:15:50] National Assembly, I want to be honest with you. A law amendment
[00:15:54] alone cannot eliminate or prevent weather
[00:15:57] risks. Drought will not retreat
[00:16:01] before a paragraph. A good law, however, can decide
[00:16:04] whether farmers are left alone with the damage, or can count on
[00:16:07] the community. I also know that this proposal is not the last
[00:16:11] step. Adapting to climate change is a long
[00:16:15] process, in which water management and
[00:16:17] drought management also play a key role alongside
[00:16:20] risk management. However, the amendment submitted now
[00:16:23] can bring a noticeable change immediately
[00:16:26] in this disaster relief year. Therefore,
[00:16:29] I ask that we view this proposal not from a party
[00:16:33] political perspective, but from the farmers' interest. Drought does not ask anyone
[00:16:36] which party they voted for. The proposal strengthens several elements
[00:16:40] of the risk management system, provides faster financial
[00:16:43] assistance, because the advance payment can arrive already in December
[00:16:46] instead of the March payment, creates greater financing
[00:16:50] opportunities, because shared risk-taking mobilizes more
[00:16:53] domestic and EU resources, and provides resources for
[00:16:56] prevention, and offers broader crisis insurance protection
[00:17:00] with a lower entry threshold. Dear
[00:17:02] fellow Members, finally, let me repeat the sentence with which
[00:17:06] I began, because this is the essence of the proposal: we cannot prevent
[00:17:09] damages, but we cannot leave farmers waiting for help
[00:17:12] for months. In view of all this, I ask the esteemed
[00:17:15] National Assembly to support and adopt the bill,
[00:17:18] so that help can truly reach Hungarian farmers
[00:17:22] in time. Thank you for your kind
[00:17:24] attention.
[00:17:28] Thank you very much, Madam Secretary of State. Esteemed National Assembly, we will now proceed
[00:17:32] with keynote speeches, in 15-minute
[00:17:35] timeframes. I give the floor to Zsolt Ráki, the keynote speaker
[00:17:39] of the Tisza parliamentary group, in a 15-minute timeframe.
[00:17:42] Please. Esteemed Mr. Speaker, esteemed
[00:17:45] Madam Secretary of State, esteemed fellow Members.
[00:17:49] Representing the Tisza faction, as the keynote speaker on Agricultural
[00:17:53] matters, I will speak in
[00:17:55] the debate on Bill T934.
[00:17:58] But not only as a representative, but
[00:18:02] also as a practicing farmer, and together with my fellow
[00:18:05] farmers, as a repeated victim of drought
[00:18:09] damage, I also address you.
[00:18:11] For 31 years, I have been involved as an owner and manager
[00:18:15] in crop production, animal husbandry, and
[00:18:19] milk production in Gyula. Every
[00:18:21] single day, we produce a staple food
[00:18:25] for 5,000 people, of which
[00:18:28] we consume the most. Our
[00:18:31] narrower homeland, the Southern Great Plain, is one of
[00:18:33] the fastest warming regions not only in Hungary,
[00:18:37] but also in Europe, and even the world
[00:18:40] (+2.5 degrees Celsius) in 30
[00:18:43] years. Among other things, I also spoke about this
[00:18:46] at the last parliamentary assembly of the Council
[00:18:49] of Europe in Strasbourg, as Europe is also
[00:18:53] dealing with climate catastrophe. We feel the change
[00:18:56] on our skin. In the Gyula region, from January
[00:19:00] to the end of September this year, not even 200
[00:19:03] mm of precipitation fell. Five of the last six
[00:19:07] years were drought years. "This is no longer just a bad
[00:19:10] year, this is not normal, this is a sustained
[00:19:14] change to which the entire Hungarian agriculture must adapt.
[00:19:18] We have not had such a year, but it is expected that there will be even more difficult
[00:19:21] ones. Let's think about the daily
[00:19:25] drama of farmers. In Békés
[00:19:27] County, which was previously the granary of the country,
[00:19:30] and where a corn yield of 9 tons per hectare
[00:19:34] was not uncommon, this year it was on average 1,
[00:19:40] This is barely one-sixth of the previous production,
[00:19:44] and in many fields, not even that much was produced. Farmers
[00:19:47] were forced to disc the entire crop. From
[00:19:50] a once stable export product, we are now
[00:19:54] dependent on imports. Pastures burned out
[00:19:57] already in June, and the damage affected
[00:20:00] all plant cultures.
[00:20:04] Farmers have to make painful decisions every
[00:20:08] day: whether to slaughter part of their high-quality
[00:20:11] livestock so that they can feed the
[00:20:14] rest?
[00:20:17] And these are not just words, but numbers and fates
[00:20:20] as well. In Hungary, between March
[00:20:24] and September, in seven months,
[00:20:27] 16 production-controlled dairy farms ceased
[00:20:31] their operations.
[00:20:34] I'll pause here for a moment. 16.
[00:20:36] This is 4.6% of the current 348
[00:20:40] farms in the last seven
[00:20:43] months.
[00:20:46] The question also arises, how will they finance their
[00:20:50] tillage and sowing?
[00:20:53] Noticeable savings are already visible in import prices, for example
[00:20:56] for seeds, we are not using the same seeds, but this will
[00:20:59] come back to haunt us in 2027, as we know,
[00:21:03] as you sow, so shall you reap.
[00:21:07] Yet, food supply, production, and trade
[00:21:10] are strategic and national security sovereignty issues
[00:21:14] as well. We cannot allow Hungary to become
[00:21:17] vulnerable to changes in other foreign
[00:21:20] markets, political
[00:21:23] games, such as trade wars, or
[00:21:27] possible border closures and restrictions. There
[00:21:31] were examples of this this year as well.
[00:21:34] We know that enormous burdens weigh on farmers'
[00:21:37] shoulders. The drastically aging workforce, the
[00:21:40] difficulties of generational change, the threatening
[00:21:43] consequences of the Mercosur agreement, the bureaucratic
[00:21:47] tightening, efficiency, economies of scale
[00:21:51] problems, import pressure due to the strong
[00:21:54] forint, and the price-sensitive consumer
[00:21:57] market. These challenges individually also pose
[00:22:01] serious problems, and together they threaten
[00:22:04] the survival of many farms.
[00:22:07] The Minister also often said that farmers
[00:22:10] must adapt. We agree with this.
[00:22:14] Charles Darwin also said this back in the day, that rapid
[00:22:17] adaptability to a constantly
[00:22:20] changing environment is the sole guarantee
[00:22:23] of survival. We must prioritize water-retaining,
[00:22:27] humus-building, regenerative cultivation, drought-tolerant
[00:22:30] and early-maturing varieties, cover crops,
[00:22:33] and we must utilize every irrigation
[00:22:37] opportunity. We also clearly
[00:22:40] formulated this in the Tisza program.
[00:22:43] Farmers must consciously prepare for continuously
[00:22:47] changing circumstances, for example,
[00:22:50] we need to develop and apply completely different
[00:22:53] water retention strategies, but adaptation also has its
[00:22:57] limits, and it cannot be solely the responsibility
[00:23:00] of farmers. The state must also create
[00:23:04] the conditions for this. One of
[00:23:07] the most important tools for this is the modernization
[00:23:11] of the risk management and disaster relief system.
[00:23:14] The current system has been in effect for more than a
[00:23:17] decade. We need to create a system
[00:23:21] that provides a real safety net for farmers, where
[00:23:24] through the cooperation of the state, the European Union, and the producer
[00:23:28] community, we do not leave farmers to fend for themselves
[00:23:31] in times of trouble, but together create the food sovereignty
[00:23:34] of the country and the security of next
[00:23:38] year's farming.
[00:23:41] The record-breaking damage reports of 2026,
[00:23:44] affecting over 1.6 million hectares, and
[00:23:48] a 800 billion. The planned
[00:23:51] losses in forints clearly show that the existing
[00:23:54] frameworks must be strengthened. This is served by the
[00:23:58] bill, whose real goal is to provide faster
[00:24:02] and more effective help to affected
[00:24:05] farmers, and to serve
[00:24:08] and make risk management more predictable.
[00:24:12] What are these? As the Secretary of State also said, there are four
[00:24:16] elements: one, an immediate liquidity rescue.
[00:24:20] So, the advances should already be paid this
[00:24:23] year. Two, involvement of EU crisis resources, the inclusion of
[00:24:26] almost 100 million euros from the CAP strategic plan's supplementary
[00:24:29] crisis support
[00:24:32] framework
[00:24:35] system, which will significantly increase domestic
[00:24:38] resources. Three, stronger
[00:24:41] income protection, lowering the
[00:24:45] threshold from 30% to 20%,
[00:24:48] thus making compensation available to more
[00:24:51] farmers. Four, a shift towards
[00:24:54] prevention, the introduction of new non-withdrawable damage prevention
[00:24:58] support, which mitigates future
[00:25:01] risks.
[00:25:03] We must also clearly state that strengthening
[00:25:06] the system entails increasing
[00:25:09] producer contributions. As a farmer,
[00:25:13] I know exactly that this is another burden in a period
[00:25:16] when many are already struggling with serious liquidity problems.
[00:25:20] That is why it is especially important that
[00:25:23] farmers receive truly faster,
[00:25:27] more predictable, and fairer damage
[00:25:31] relief in return for their payments.
[00:25:34] The reinforced system must prove itself
[00:25:37] in practice that it is worth
[00:25:40] participating in. The system works well if
[00:25:44] it is transparent, predictable, and the support really reaches
[00:25:47] those who have suffered the greatest damages.
[00:25:50] However, I must draw your
[00:25:53] attention to an essential correction. There is a
[00:25:57] problem that
[00:25:59] we must absolutely discuss in connection with the bill,
[00:26:03] because it is not enough to pay out damage relief faster
[00:26:06] if the extent of the damage is not necessarily
[00:26:09] calculated correctly in the first place.
[00:26:14] the reference yield is calculated from the yield data of
[00:26:17] the previous five years, the best and
[00:26:20] worst years are left out, and the average of
[00:26:23] the remaining three years is taken as the basis.
[00:26:27] However, where five of the last six years were
[00:26:31] drought years, this method no longer necessarily reflects
[00:26:34] the real production possibilities of the economy.
[00:26:38] Due to the continuously low yields, the value serving as the basis
[00:26:41] for the calculation is also decreasing. As a result,
[00:26:45] the damage appears smaller on paper, many farmers
[00:26:49] fall out of eligibility, or receive disproportionately
[00:26:52] little support.
[00:26:55] system considers the yield reduced due to continuous
[00:26:58] droughts as normal. In
[00:27:02] "drought-stricken regions, similar to the French
[00:27:05] model, we must examine the application
[00:27:09] of the eight-year reference
[00:27:11] period. If they accepted it,
[00:27:15] why wouldn't they accept it for us, as we have an even bigger problem
[00:27:18] than France.
[00:27:20] The correction of extremely dry years, and the introduction
[00:27:24] of regional or national reference yields.
[00:27:28] Supported by concrete numbers,
[00:27:30] in the Transdanubian counties with more favorable
[00:27:34] meteorological data, for example Zala, this year
[00:27:37] the average corn yield was 5.76 t/
[00:27:40] hectare, which is more than four times
[00:27:44] the average of 1.4 tons in Békés County. Thus,
[00:27:48] based on the currently valid compensation
[00:27:51] legislation, a farmer in an area producing three
[00:27:54] times more may be eligible
[00:27:57] for compensation, while some farmers in
[00:28:00] the Southern Great Plain are not eligible.
[00:28:04] "Due to the previously low reference yields,
[00:28:08] moreover, in the previous drought years, they did not have
[00:28:11] the opportunity to set aside for leaner times.
[00:28:15] It is no coincidence that Békés County ranks 19th
[00:28:18] among the 19 counties and Budapest in terms of
[00:28:21] GDP per capita, only preceding
[00:28:25] Nógrád-Medét. That is why
[00:28:28] I consider it important that the ministry, when
[00:28:31] developing the implementation
[00:28:32] rules, pays special attention
[00:28:37] to the situation of persistently drought-stricken
[00:28:39] regions. I know that getting this approved
[00:28:43] by the EU takes time, but if we don't
[00:28:47] start, it won't happen.
[00:28:51] The amendment of the law has other effects that,
[00:28:55] in my opinion, the honorable House must address.
[00:28:58] Firstly, it must be ensured that the additional state
[00:29:02] contribution associated with the producers' additional payments,
[00:29:05] which the Secretary of State also mentioned,
[00:29:09] receives adequate coverage in the 2027
[00:29:12] budget currently before the House.
[00:29:14] kapjon.
[00:29:17] Secondly, due to this year's extraordinary damages,
[00:29:21] I consider it justified to further strengthen
[00:29:23] the damage relief fund. We must examine whether the difference
[00:29:27] that the farming community may need, according to
[00:29:29] professional estimates, can be provided
[00:29:32] from the budget source available for handling
[00:29:35] extraordinary situations, the Havária
[00:29:39] Fund.
[00:29:42] Esteemed National Assembly. Hungarian agriculture, Hungarian
[00:29:45] farmers need quick help and predictable
[00:29:48] conditions. The current
[00:29:51] bill is an important step in this direction.
[00:29:55] Of course, it cannot be a cure-all. But we must not
[00:29:58] forget that in the Southern Great Plain, "drought is
[00:30:02] no longer an extraordinary event, but a recurring
[00:30:06] problem for years, and our damage relief system must
[00:30:09] adapt
[00:30:10] to this.
[00:30:13] Our goal is not only for farmers to survive the next
[00:30:17] drought year, but also for Hungarian agriculture to have a future
[00:30:20] in the long term. I ask
[00:30:23] my fellow representatives to support the adoption of the bill.
[00:30:26] Thank you for
[00:30:27] your attention.
[00:34:55] tell us? Now we all see names,
[00:34:58] we pay attention to individual destinies, but
[00:35:02] in reality, this is also about the functioning of power.
[00:35:05] Data is never the story, it is only a
[00:35:09] partial information, and from now on, it will be
[00:35:12] our task to investigate the full
[00:35:15] story. Agent files the price of silence
[00:35:19] part three today at 17:25
[00:35:23] on Duna.