What Krzysztof spoke about.

Madam President, thank you very much. Today, Europe has a chance to show that it defends not only the rule of law, but also its own sovereignty. Donald Trump imposes sanctions on judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court for wanting to account for the horrific crimes of Washington's allies. The sanctions have now been extended to the whole Court. He risks losing access to banks, p

Madam President, I'm sorry. Today we are discussing the state of the European Union. This is well illustrated by the situation a few weeks ago in Ceuta, Spain. 70,000 people stormed the border of tiny Ceuta. After 48 hours of service, the crisis was brought under control. Almost everyone in Ceuta returned to Morocco. But of course, the extremist right has decided to use this act of hybrid warfare.

Mr President, thank you very much. Nationalism is killing. Nationalism kills when soldiers carry out ethnic cleansing in the name of their ideology, ignoring the human rights on which modern Europe is built. Nationalism kills when many decades later cynical politicians use historical politics to play on the emotions of their constituents, thus shattering European unity against the deadly danger of

Madam President, I'm sorry. As a lawyer and former Polish Deputy Minister of Justice, I know one thing: The law should not only serve to punish crimes. The right is first and foremost a tool to protect our citizens, and justice is first and foremost restoring the voice of victims. The amendments to this Directive are not purely symbolic. Our Union is founded on the values of respect for human dign

Madam President, I'm sorry. Our greatest ally is no longer predictable, and his hasty decisions put our security at risk. The right wing wants to kneel before him and beg. We, we, must be responsible and build our own strength. We must be brave, not cowardly like the right, including the Polish one. We want a great, united Europe, not a continent broken into pieces. We demand a Greater Europe from

Madam Chair, Madam Commissioner, Madam Minister, first, let me express my gratitude for holding this debate about this important topic. But also let me express a bit of disappointment that this debate takes only a few minutes. I think that the issue deserves more time for everyone. But to the point, Esma Redžepova, a Macedonian Roma artist, said once: I strongly believe that once every voice is he

Mr President, thank you very much. The Commission's report leaves no illusions. The rule of law in the Union is still under threat, because the truth is – and we can see it in the example of my country, Poland: the rule of law can be destroyed very quickly, but it is much more difficult to rebuild. What is the experience of the co-ruling left in Poland? A similar process will be observed in Hungar

Mr President, predictability – in times when decisions are taken driven by inflated egos and emotions, it is predictability that we must strive for. With predictability comes the potential for stability, for peace and for security. These values are precisely what can be achieved with an alliance between two trustworthy partners: Canada and the European Union. So much unites us: respect for human r

Mr President, thank you very much. The implementation of the conditionality mechanism is today a test of the credibility of the European Union. It is not enough to have a good law, you just have to apply it consistently. Yes, European money is to be spent where European law is respected. If governments undermine judicial independence, the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union and

Mr President, thank you very much. Discrimination is a daily experience for many Europeans when they want to rent an apartment, take advantage of a specific service offered to the public, go to school or finally live openly and without fear. Yes, the European Union is also about equality and non-discrimination. But the truth is that this declared equality often ends at the door of the workplace. W

Madam President, honourable Commissioner, dear colleagues, I'm presenting this question on behalf of more than 40 entities from different sides of the political spectrum, from the left to the right. And I thank you, colleagues, for your engagement. Breeding animals solely for the production of fur is outdated and grossly unethical. Bans on both the production and sales are gaining traction interna

Madam President, I would like to ask Madam Zajączkowska-Hernik to repeat her speech because she was speaking Russian, so I didn't understand her speech. Is it possible to repeat her speech in Polish, or in an understandable language?

Madam President, I'm sorry. Yesterday morning, Europe awoke to a completely new reality. For the first time not only my compatriots, but also Spaniards, Greeks and Belgians saw that the war has entered a new stage, that it is already taking place on the territory of the European Union and NATO. We do not live in pre-war times. War, unfortunately, becomes our everyday experience. Russia attacked Po

Madam President, just days ago, over 250 000 people marched proudly through the streets of beautiful Budapest. I was one of them, and I'm very proud of it. People did their job. They stood up for dignity, equality and our shared European values. People showed us where our values are. That is what citizens expect from us. Acting and protecting all citizens against discrimination, all kinds of discr

Mr President, thank you very much. In a few days, thousands of Hungarians will pass through the streets of Budapest in the Equality March. I'll be there with them. We will walk with courage. We'll walk with dignity. We'll walk with pride. Orban tried to ban the Equality March, but the courage and commitment to democracy of Hungarian citizens and the determination of the mayor of Budapest made this

Mr President, thank you very much. Under the beautifully sounding slogan of protecting sovereignty, the rulers in Hungary are pushing for a law that in fact resembles the Russian law on foreign agents. This bill, the so-called Transparency of Public Life Act, is a cynical smokescreen. It is nothing more than a brutal attack on civil society, free media and independent organisations. According to t

Madam President, independent media, independent judiciary, civil society, immigrants, the LGBTQ community – who will be next on the list of Orbán's regime? Yet, one of the biggest opposition parties in Hungary, TISZA, does absolutely nothing about it. I call on Péter Magyar, the leader of TISZA – this is your time to stand up. This is your time to speak up. Are you the opposite of Orbán's tyranny,

Madam President, thank you very much. The principle of mutual recognition of documents between Member States. The principle of mutual trust. The principle of equality regardless of sexual orientation. The principle of free movement of persons. Principle of non-discrimination. These are the foundations of the functioning of the European Union. Today I will tell you about situations, real situations

Madam President, I'm sorry. A few months ago, in October, this is exactly where we opposed Russia's interference in Moldova's presidential election. A month later, in November, we condemned Eastern influence on Georgia's parliamentary elections. In December, during the presidential elections, we supported a member state of our Union, Romania, in the fight against disinformation on TikTok. And what

Dear Madam President, Two million eight hundred and ninety-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two – the voices of so many European citizens have been ignored by the European Commission over the last four years. Ending cage farming and building a fur-free Europe is what Europeans demand. It is in these two themes that the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) has been used – the only tool, apart f

Madam President, thank you very much. A few years ago I looked at the map of Poland with a broken heart. Through a policy of hatred conducted in the name of a perverted and sick right-wing ideology, 1/3 of the territory of my homeland has turned into so-called LGBT-free zones. Today I can proudly say here, in the heart of Europe, that just yesterday the democratic Polish government adopted a bill