What Robert spoke about.

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PL Written Statement

The proposed Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the external border with Belarus based on article 78(3) TFEU (continuation of debate)

The issue of instrumentalisation of refugees at the EU's eastern border is a problem that we have not been able to solve for many months. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia need EU support, but the proposal for emergency measures discussed today could have very inhumane consequences. Under European law, refugees can lodge applications for international protection with the guards they encounter. However,…

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Nov

2025

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EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic (debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, the Russian invasion of Ukraine had an unintended consequence: it turned the Arctic region, which for decades has served as an area for peaceful cooperation, into yet another area of geopolitical competition. The European Parliament recognises this shift by making several important recommendations on how to increase Europe's security. We need to invest in our c…

22

Oct

2025

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Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. These words must be resounding from the European Parliament today: Lukashenko is a dictator, usurper, Putin's footstool, and his place is not in Minsk, but in The Hague before the International Criminal Court. The second thing is extremely important: We have been, are and will always be on the side of the Belarusian people. The Belarusian people, who 5 years ago excepti…

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Oct

2025

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Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate)

Madam President, the message from this House must be clear: Russia will pay for the destruction of Ukraine. Law experts have confirmed that the confiscation of the frozen assets from Russia would be legal. But the reparations loan proposed by the Commission is the second best option. Either way, one thing must be clear: those who violate international law, commit war crimes and destroy civilian in…

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Sep

2025

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Situation in Colombia after the wave of recent terrorist attacks (debate)

Mr President, High Representative, when the Colombian peace agreement was signed in 2016, it brought an end to half a century of terrible violence and destruction. It was a remarkable achievement. The situation ahead of the upcoming presidential elections is already very tense and polarised. What this House should do is to offer our condolences to the families of murdered Senator Miguel Uribe Turb…

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Jul

2025

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Outcome of the Conference on the Financing for Development in Seville (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, thank you very much, colleagues, for voting today my and Mr Farantouris' report on SDGs. We go with a strong mandate finally to the UN meeting in New York. But with five years remaining to implement the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is on track to achieve only 17 % of the targets. We are falling short of trillions of dollars, euros, whatev…

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Jul

2025

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Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (A10-0125/2025 - Robert Biedroń, Nikolas Farantouris) (vote)

Madam President, dear colleagues, the Sustainable Development Goals is the only plan for the future of humanity, the future of our planet. It's the biggest project humanity has ever undertaken. Agreed by 193 countries, there is no Plan B. The European Union has to show its leadership on the global stage, and openly and vocally recommit to the SDGs. I would therefore urge all of you to vote in favo…

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Jul

2025

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Situation in Belarus, in particular the release of political prisoners (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Ales Bialiatski, Maryia Kalesnikowa, Ihar Łosik, Viktor Babaryka, Andrzej Poczobut: These are just a few of the names on the list of more than 1,150 political prisoners that Lukashenko's brutal regime continues to illegally hold, locked up in inhumane conditions. A few kilometers from the border with the European Union, the Lukashenka regime still maintains Europe's las…

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Apr

2025

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Safeguarding the access to democratic media, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I wanted to say, first of all, listening to this debate, that I would not be here today if it were not for Radio Free Europe. I remember from my mother's story that when I was in the early '80s. Radio Free Europe was one of the few media we could listen to in Poland, free media, my mother learned about the nascent Solidarity movement – th…

13

Feb

2025

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Cross-border recognition of civil status documents of same-sex couples and their children within the territory of the EU (debate)

I would like to thank the Honourable Member for taking such an emotional approach to this matter and here he is telling us how to change it. Please join us. I think that here it is worthwhile that we all, beyond divisions, protect every citizen and every citizen. As far as EU law is concerned, it is worth noting that the European Court of Justice has ruled on this matter. The absence of such regul…

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Feb

2025

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Cross-border recognition of civil status documents of same-sex couples and their children within the territory of the EU (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Valentine's Day tomorrow, February 14th. Unfortunately, not everyone in this Equality Union will be able to celebrate this holiday. We still have better and worse citizens in the European Union. We still have families in the European Union that do not have equal rights. We still have 2 million children in the European Union who are not protected. The European …

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Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, the new Trump‑Musk administration is making things clear: this is a government by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs. Those disastrous decisions on climate, health and development aid will cause immense suffering for billions of people. But this is exactly the moment when the EU has the chance to step up on the global stage. Yes, it is our moral duty to defend our values, to act in …

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Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

23

Oct

2024

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Findings of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Poland's abortion law (debate)

I fully support your statement, but your colleague from Renew just proposed that there should be a referendum organised on abortion. I never found any referendum in our political culture, you come from Slovakia, I come from Poland. We never organised referendums on human rights, whether it's on abortion or death penalty. I fully agree with your group to put abortion in the Charter of Fundamental R…

8

Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Madam President, thank you very much. Kesaria Abramidze was one of the first women in Georgia to openly talk about her transsexuality. Her struggle for equality was a daily effort. She believed that step by step she could build a better tomorrow. Unfortunately, tomorrow never came. Her life ended tragically, just a day after the Georgian parliament passed a law h…

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Mar

2024

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Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The women's hell continues. The barbaric anti-abortion ban is in force in Poland, Malta. Women's rights are also being restricted in many countries. Of course, this initiative of the Renew Group is extremely important. I am only appealing here that colleagues from the same group in Poland hear your voice, because it is this group in Poland that blocks, among othe…

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Feb

2024

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Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Colleagues and colleagues! The European Union has set standards on a number of issues. We have one standard for e.g. license plates, we have one standard for pet rights, we have one standard for bananas or carrots, but to this day, unfortunately, we do not have one standard when it comes to LGBT+ people. It is absurd, it is a shame that in 2024, when we introduced stand…

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Feb

2024

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The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, colleagues, thank you very much. Next month a delegation of the FEMM Committee will go to New York to represent this Parliament at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women organised by the United Nations, called, in short, the CSU. This is the biggest inter-governmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. This year, th…

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Jan

2024

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Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (debate)

– Madam President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, hate speech and hate crimes are our shared European problems. It is clear that with the internet and social media hate does not stop at any borders. It becomes widespread. It becomes our European problem. This is why we call again on the Council to take the decision to add hate speech and hate crimes to the list of EU crimes. I am disappointed…

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Oct

2023

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Decent Housing for All (topical debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Living in law, not merchandise. Why is that? Because, among other things, 70% of Poles cannot afford credit. Over the last decade, average rents in the European Union have increased by 19% and house prices by as much as 47%. People must have a place to live without spending three-quarters of their wages. We take for granted the right to health protection, good education…

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Oct

2023

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Corrupt large-scale sale of Schengen visas (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The hypocrisy and cynicism of the PiS government reached its zenith. On the one hand, PiS pisses on poor people who are stuck on the Belarusian border, feeding politically on their misfortune. On the other hand, he sells visas to the left and right like lettuce in a stall under Polish consulates. Today we have to be clear: PiS created the visa mafia, which violat…

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May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

Let me first address my colleagues on the right, it seemed to me that adult men no longer believe in fairy tales, in monsters, and I am surprised that colleagues here in this room talk so much about gender ideology and the gender monster. I am astonished to accept this, especially since your sons are listening to you. And violence starts with words, and then unfortunately we have what we have. So …

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Apr

2023

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Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, first of all, congratulations Janusz for your work – excellent. I have been involved in the works of the budgetary procedure for a few years, and now I must say that from the position of the FEMM Committee, it resembles ‘Groundhog Day’. We repeatedly called for the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme to include separate gender-related budget lines, with no success. We cal…

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Mar

2023

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Women activism – human rights defenders related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Fundamentalists ruling Poland know that for Polish women freedom and the right to decide about their lives and health is like air. That's why they'll do anything to cut off the air. They attack, they push their knees, they harass. As a result of their actions, at least 6 women died: Iza, Anna, Justyna, Dominika, Agnieszka, Marta. But we know there could be more victims …

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Feb

2023

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The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, minister, dear colleagues, as you are aware, in March, a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, which I have an honour to chair, will attend the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women called CSW. This year’s CSW will focus on innovation and technological change and on education in the digita…