What Krzysztof spoke about.

23

Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Putin's aggression against Ukraine has serious and long-term consequences that go far beyond Ukraine itself and even Europe. One of them is the risk of a global food crisis. In this situation, we must have no illusions – our policies must not in any way jeopardise or limit food production, nor put an additional burden on farmers. Current and…

10

Mar

2022

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Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Nagorno-Karabakh is destroying cemeteries, churches and historical buildings, Armenian cultural and religious heritage – not only senseless acts of vandalism, but above all acts of violence. It's not about buildings, it's about people. After all, cultural heritage is a very important element of the identity of entire commun…

9

Mar

2022

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A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Citizens of the European Union should feel safe in their workplaces. Unfortunately, there are still many accidents in our workplaces. In 2018, there were more than three million of them. That is why it is so important to improve the functioning of the EU OSH regulatory framework and to focus even more on preventi…

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. There is no need to convince anyone of the importance of cohesion policy for Europe's regions and cities. However, the availability of these funds now seems even more important than usual. Cohesion policy can make a significant contribution to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which, like many crises, has exacerbated inequalities in the E…

25

Nov

2021

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Human rights violations by private military and security companies, particularly the Wagner Group

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, thank you very much. The Wagner Group is a military company that has been reported by UN experts to be committing serious human rights violations. In the Central African Republic, their activities are most often directed against human rights defenders, activists, journalists or minorities. Since its creation, the Wagner Group has been militarily involved i…

24

Nov

2021

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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, thank you very much. Globally, agile vaccination is one of our priorities in the fight against the pandemic. Only in this way can we effectively defeat COVID-19, which unfortunately mutates very quickly, and only in this way can we secure global supply chains by preventing uncontrolled closures of ports and factories. Increasing the level of vaccination in…

23

Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, thank you very much. The fact that today we are finalising the negotiations on the common agricultural policy, which are probably taking too long, is undoubtedly very good news for European farmers. They expected clear guidelines from us on how European agriculture will develop in the coming years. Undoubtedly, in many respects, the new Common Agricultural…

22

Nov

2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. I think everyone in this room is aware that the green transition and the achievement of Europe's climate targets are not possible without critical raw materials. Electric cars will not go without lithium in the batteries that drive them, windmills will not produce energy without generators that drive them, in which there is neod…

10

Nov

2021

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The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Oh, High Commissioner! Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased that this debate is taking place today in the European Parliament. I believe that the European Parliament reacted extremely quickly to the crisis at the external borders of the European Union, in the case of the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. But I would also like other European institutions…

7

Oct

2021

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Human rights situation in Myanmar, including the situation of religious and ethnic groups

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, On February 1, the military carried out a coup d'état in Myanmar. Since then, there have been mass protests in the country, the participants of which demand the restoration of civilian power. Peaceful protests, however, are aggressively suppressed by the military. The forces that should defend their citizens from agg…

6

Oct

2021

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The Council's lack of will to move the European cross-border mechanism forward (debate)

– Mr President, I would like to thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, In May 2018, as part of a package of four legislative proposals establishing a post-2020 cohesion policy framework, the European Commission published a draft regulation on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context. This Regulation provides for the establishment of a voluntary mechan…

6

Oct

2021

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, During this debate, we talk a lot about the rule of law, about respect for the law, about principles. And this is very important, because this is the foundation of the activities of every Member State and every EU institution. But have we wondered what this case looks like from the point of view of the beneficiaries of …

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Oct

2021

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EU Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations on next steps towards "Vision Zero" (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Every year in the European Union there are nearly one million road accidents, in which about 23,000 people lose their lives. Only in my country, Poland, nearly two and a half thousand people lost their lives on the roads last year. Despite significant improvements in recent years, the scale of this phenomenon is stil…

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Sep

2021

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The case of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor in UAE

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, This is not the first time that the European Parliament has considered the case of Ahmed Mansur, a human rights defender and activist who received the Martin Ennals Prize for Human Rights Defenders in 2015 for his many years of work. In 2017, Ahmed Mansur was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison. This judgment was l…

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Sep

2021

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Fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers - New forms of employment linked to digital development (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I have the impression that we are still discussing platform work as a kind of novelty, when in fact it has been with us for a long time and every tenth citizen of the European Union has already had such experience. It should also be expected that its popularity will only grow, as platforms offer many opportunities for business development an…

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Jul

2021

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Hong Kong, notably the case of Apple Daily

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, On June 30, a year passed since the adoption of the controversial National Security Law of the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong. Even then, in a resolution, the European Parliament pointed out that the new law violated the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, but also entailed the risk of restricting civil ri…

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Jul

2021

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Sustained price increase of raw and construction materials in Europe (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, The prices of building materials have been showing continuous upward trends for a long time. In the case of Poland, the prices of wood, especially OSB, polystyrene, aluminium or drywall, have increased particularly drastically. With regard to wood prices, we are talking about 40% increases, and the prices of some materials …

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Jul

2021

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A new ERA for Research and Innovation (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The proposal for a new European Research Area promises to continue and strengthen many of the activities undertaken so far, e.g. in the field of mobility of researchers, scientific cooperation and access to infrastructure. Despite the progress already made, European science still faces some challenges. One of the most important is the need to eliminate disparitie…

6

Jul

2021

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Situation in Tigray, Ethiopia (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The conflict in the Tigray region has had a brutal impact on the civilian population. According to reports by international human rights organisations, there have been mass murders of civilians, human rights violations, acts of violence against civilians, including rape. In addition, the conflict has led to the mass displacement of up…