In September, devastating floods hit Central and Eastern Europe and Portugal was devastated by fires. The victims, including my compatriots from the south of Poland, still urgently need basic material assistance. Cohesion policy funds support EU Member States in the event of natural disasters, but this scale of losses is not enough. Immediate and flexible management of these measures is crucial. T
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Lifting of EU sanctions on the import of Russian sable fur (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, How is it possible that European fur farming is being closed down in the name of ethics, and at the same time, under the dictation of lobbyists, sanctions on luxury leathers from Russia are being quietly lifted? How can we both care about animal welfare and turn a blind eye to the billions flowing into a criminal Russia? Is European solidari
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Cutting costs and unnecessary reporting obligations now – concrete next steps to deliver swift relief for EUʼs entrepreneurs (topical debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. In Poland, it was once joked that communism solved problems that it created itself. The Union has apparently taken this joke as an instruction to act. Green Deal, successive directives, reports. Who enacted them? People in this room. €150 billion annually in administrative burdens in the Union. You promise great savings in the omnibus regulations, but three quart
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Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition (debate)
Madam President, thank you very much. When my country, Poland, entered the European Union, the French were frightened by a Polish plumber. Today, many would like to use his services. Europe understands how much it is worth. It is time to draw conclusions. Vocational education is no worse. Today is the way to the future. The Polish government of Law and Justice focused on a dual model, combining sc
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UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Europe is ageing. By 2100, its population could be reduced by 53 million. If anyone wonders if that's a lot, I'll answer. It's like wiping Spain off the map. That's millions of stories, families and experiences. A person does not lose his identity just because he ends his professional career. Seniors are knowledge, memory, experience, relationships. This is a gra
Mr President, thank you very much. Today we are meeting on a very media issue – the housing market. The problem is that the European Commission has no direct competence in this matter. Nonetheless, solutions are being proposed that will apply throughout the Union. The Commission proposes indicators, housing prices, income, demand, supply. The problem is that it does not take into account the local
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Protecting people’s health against toxic substances (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Imagine a truck. He's coming at night. Instead of going to a legal installation, it goes to a post-industrial area. The cargo disappears underground. A few hours of work and the problem disappears from the eyes. But it doesn't disappear from the ground. It doesn't disappear from the water. It does not disappear from the lives of people who live nearby, who eat th
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An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, What do Polish patients see and feel today? Here is a list of pathologies in a nutshell: a doctor in training, who earns around EUR 400 000 per year, and on-call duty where he has not been; pregnant women who are several dozen kilometers to the nearest delivery; patients waiting long hours for urgent receptions, but also a VIP lounge in some
Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, I must say that these theses, these absurdities, which are repeatedly expressed by the European Commission, and also in this Chamber, are unfortunately an ideology. Above all, we should make sure that Europe becomes truly competitive, put forward such solutions and prepare concrete solutions so that we are competitive, so that people can live well. In fa
Mr President, thank you very much. How many more times will we hear the lofty slogans about the Green Deal, while EU rules punish what really is green? Raw wool – a natural and renewable, fully biodegradable raw material – continues to be considered waste. It's absurd, isn't it? Sheep farmers pay for the storage and disposal of wool. What's the point? After all, this material can insulate houses,
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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. It was supposed to be a simplification for companies. What do we have? Federalist tendencies. Under the slogans of competitiveness and facilitation, one of their most important prerogatives – tax policy – is being taken away from countries. What's the point? To appropriate tax revenues, make them the Union's own resources, make the Commission independent of Member State
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International Day of Play: promoting children’s right to play (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Dear Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Commission promises to lift 15 million people out of poverty and end homelessness by 2030. Does anyone in this room believe that? In four years? With a smaller budget than before? The European Social Fund is about €142 billion. Under the new financial framework, social resources amount to around 100 billion. A bigger E
Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, The DMA aims to protect the free market – the right idea, poor execution. Instead of fighting monopolies, we more often see the fight against the disliked American administration and gagging of politically incorrect platforms. The act is today a baseball bat for Donald Trump and American tech giants. This action has a specific name: hypocrisy. We a
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Deposit protection and early intervention measures (joint debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. Can there be good regulation? Turns out it is. Especially when there is a man at the center. A customer of a small bank, often in a small city. In Poland, it is a cooperative bank in which the customer is known by name and surname, and not only by account number. CMDI is a good piece of work. It is particularly pleased that the adopted solutions are friendly t
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Ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to the general public (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Addiction rarely begins dramatically. They usually start innocently – from curiosity, from one party, from hand-to-hand balloon. This is how the story of many young people with nitrous oxide begins. The belief that it's just fun. That nothing bad can happen. And then it turns into a brutal reality – damage to the nervous system, problems with wa
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Savings and Investments Union: time to accelerate the process to deepen market integration (debate)
European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 (joint debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. When I talk to people in my country, they say: We are for Europe, but for a Europe that respects the sovereignty, identity and self-determination of peoples. People are asking why Brussels bureaucrats should decide for them. And they're right. The European Semester was supposed to be something sensible, a tool for economic coordination, supervision of public finances, a
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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start with a picture that many young Europeans know today: A couple of young people in their 30s, both working, both wanting to start a family. They have plans, strength, dreams. There is only one thing missing: your own home. This is the real face of the housing crisis in Europe today. A year ago, we set up a special committee because milli
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Time to address economic inequalities in the EU and worldwide (debate)