Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)
On the Polish border there is a hybrid attack from the Belarusian side supported by the Russian authorities. This planned provocative action is really about blackmail – using vulnerable people for political purposes. The aim is, of course, to destabilise Poland and the European Union as a whole and to divide our society. I condemn the Lukashenka regime's export of innocent people exposed to danger
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Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus (debate)
The situation in Belarus has been increasingly worsening. We all remember the rigged elections and the subsequent demonstrations that took place in 2020. Since then, the world has been profoundly impacted by the deterioration of human rights in the region, ranging from forced exiles, deliberate repression of religious freedom, political opposition and overall of Belarusian citizens and the creepin
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The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma and its implications on civil society (debate)
Madam President, thank you very much. Elections in Russia are a fiction. This is another performance directed by the Kremlin aimed at the façade legalization of Putin's dictatorship and the war in Ukraine. Excluding dissidents like the ‘Jabłoko’ party from the elections is proof that Putin does not want any debate. Journalists and civil activists are being repressed and Kremlin critics are being i
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Urgent need for EU support to Ukraine against Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Putin is not looking for peace. It is waging a brutal war against Ukraine and deliberately destabilising the security of the whole of Europe. Today we cannot show weakness. Russia must bear the real costs of its aggression: political, economic and military. Terrorist Moscow understands only strength and deterrence. Kiev's support is our security. However, we cann
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Hybrid attacks against the EU Member States (joint debate)
I am very saddened that Putin is happy about President Zelensky's decision, but in the vicinity of President Zelensky, I would look for Kremlin agents who told him to glorify the murderers of the UPA, calling one of the units of the Ukrainian army just the UPA. It was obvious that this would outrage public opinion, not only in Poland. Let me remind you that the cult of the UPA, the cult of the cri
Mr President, thank you very much. There is no place in the European Union for worshippers of murderers under the sign of the UPA. We cannot remain silent when the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is glorified - a criminal organization that is responsible for the brutal murders of over 100,000 Poles and all non-Ukrainian minorities in Volhynia and then Eastern Lesser Poland. We cannot allow Stefan Bandera
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Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran
Mr President, the barbaric Iranian regime is exploiting regional conflict as a cover to terrorise its own people. Thousands of protesters, dissidents and political prisoners have faced arbitrary detention, torture and execution. Families are denied the bodies of the executed, while internet blackouts conceal the regime's crimes. Christians are labelled as Mossad mercenaries and, together with othe
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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)
I'd be happy to answer that question. I will start with the fact that, unlike you, I had the misfortune of living for 15 years under communist rule, I know what crimes this ideology commits. Yes, we have thousands of employees de facto Slaves from Cuba all over the world. And that's a very big problem. They also work in the European Union, as do slave workers from North Korea. And I am glad that y
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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)
Madam President, Madam High Representative, the Cuban regime currently holds almost 1 300 political prisoners, including minors. Among those incarcerated, almost half suffer from serious medical conditions. They are accused by the Cuban regime of sedition, simply for expressing dissent. A living example of such targeted imprisonment is José Daniel Ferrer, who recently visited Brussels to testify a
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Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. The competition in Europe, too, in this room for who is more insulting to the United States and its democratically elected president, is very strong. But in this harmful competition, Prime Minister Donald Tusk undoubtedly wins across Europe. Let me remind you that Tusk, without any evidence, accused President Trump of treason. Yeah, he accused him of working with hostil
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Sudan’s abandoned humanitarian crisis: three years of conflict (debate)
Mr President, April marked three years since the start of the conflict in Sudan, described by the UN as the greatest humanitarian and displacement crisis of the modern world. In Sudan, genocide, forced displacement, and crimes against children, including sexual crimes, are ongoing. The country's economy has collapsed. Basic goods are unavailable and malnutrition remains widespread. Nearly 14 milli
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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. Any attempt to normalize relations with Russia is not only a naivety that the Law and Justice government has always warned against, but a denial of security policy. Meanwhile, Western politicians are still looking for loopholes in the sanctions system. Normalization through culture is the easiest way to return to Angela Merkel's disastrous Nord Stream policy. Any invita
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Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine
Madam President, I welcome that many in Europe have finally decided to take defence seriously. It is encouraging that some now recognise what many of us have said for years: the main threat to Europe comes from the east, from Russia. However, strengthening European defence readiness cannot mean isolationism. European security is built on the transatlantic alliance. NATO remains the cornerstone of
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Four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. The war in Ukraine now lasts not four but twelve years, twice as long as World War II. It began in 2014 with the illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia’s occupation of Donbass, in clear violation of international law. Recent years have exposed the Kremlin's bloody imperial tendencies, which Polish President Lech Kaczyński warned against as early as 2008, when Russia at
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Urgent need to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan and to achieve a sustainable peace (debate)
Mr President, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024 ended five decades of Ba'athist authoritarianism, long sustained by Russian military, financial and political support. Moscow's intervention prolonged the war, enabled mass atrocities and destabilised the region far beyond Syria's border. Yet Assad's collapse has not brought stability. Power vacuums are being filled by fragmented
Mr President, Madam High Representative, I am speaking today as a shadow rapporteur on the report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy. While the report addresses many pivotal issues, it also exposes a core weakness: the European Union still lacks a truly common foreign and security strategy. What is our common strategy regarding Russia's war of aggression against Ukrain
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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Madam High Representative! The situation in Iran is not only a matter of human rights, but also of international security, including the security of my country - Poland. The Ayatollah regime has been Putin's strategic ally for years. Iranian drones, missile technology support the Russian war machine, threatening our borders. These actions directly affect the inte
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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)
Mr President, we are witnessing Georgia's rapid authoritarian turn, driven by the Georgian Dream party's representative legislation against civil society and media. We deeply regret that the ruling party has turned away from the path of genuine European integration and NATO membership, while increasing the country's vulnerability to external influence, above all, from the Kremlin. Let me be clear:
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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)
Mr President, by continuing imports of Russian oil, Europe is financing Russia's war against Ukraine. How can we claim solidarity with Kyiv when billions of euros still flow to Moscow every month? It is shameful! We are three years into Russia's full-scale invasion and, in 2024, 85 % of the EU's Russian LNG imports went to France, Belgium and Spain. Every shipment, every payment strengthens the Ru
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The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)
Mr President, today we must remind ourselves why Europe stood with Ukraine from the first day of Russia's brutal aggression. It was to defend our shared values: sovereignty, freedom and the international order that guarantees peace for all nations, not only the powerful ones. Today, the Kremlin hopes that fatigue division and the illusion of stability will paralyse us. We cannot allow that. A frag
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Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, since our last debate on the frozen Russian assets, Moscow has fired thousands more rockets and drones at Ukraine, with incidents affecting European airspace and critical infrastructure. Each one of them is a reminder that this is not a distant war, but a direct challenge to European security. Today, as we debate stepping up support for Ukraine's reconstruction and d