What Łukasz spoke about.

17

Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Dear colleagues, It's really very simple. If we do not want a war in which Polish, German or Spanish citizens will die, Russia must lose the war in Ukraine, and Ukraine must survive and go its way to Europeanization and ultimately to the European Union. Every cent spent on helping Ukraine is an investment not only in the future of this country, but also in the…

18

Jul

2024

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Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)

Madam President, I am very pleased that you have decided to run for the post of President of the European Commission for the second time. During this term, we will probably change the word "security" in all cases, and our most important task will be to ensure peace and secure heaven over the homes of Europeans. However, I would like to draw attention to other aspects of this term of office. I have…

23

Apr

2024

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Combating violence against women and domestic violence (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In a month's time, in the European elections, we will decide whether our world will be safe or full of divisions, dangers and anti-European narratives imposed by populists on behalf of the Kremlin. Because the EU is not just about grants and funds. The EU is about security, but also about protection from violence. One in three women in th…

11

Apr

2024

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Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Dear Slovaks, dear Slovaks! We in Poland know very well how difficult it is to repair what the national populists have destroyed. Every day we discover more irregularities and a massive waste of public money by the previous government. Our coalition government stubbornly makes daily attempts to restore the rule of law. We are all very concerned about what is happening i…

10

Apr

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, thank you very much. Thank you very much to all those for whom I have been able to be a Silesian voice here in the European Parliament for the past five years. Kazimierz Kutz once said: ‘I am from Silesia, that is, out of nowhere’. I disagree with him. I am from Silesia and I am proud of it, but completely without nationalism. During these five years, the issue of the Silesian langua…

14

Mar

2024

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Promised revision of the EU animal welfare legislation and the animal welfare-related European citizens’ initiatives (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. 38 million animals die every year in the European Union to become fur. This is exactly the size of the entire population of Poland. This problem is not new. The European Commission has known it for years, but for some reason it cannot alleviate the suffering of animals and propose concrete solutions to end the cruelty of the fur industry. At the beginning of this year, …

28

Feb

2024

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Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. If the citizens of Poland had not woken up on 15 October, we would now be hearing about more bricks pulled out of the wall of the rule of law. Before the elections in Poland, the rule of law was understood not as the rule of law, but as the right of the PiS government to decide according to its own interests. Democracy was understood not as the power of the peopl…

28

Feb

2024

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Strengthening European Defence in a volatile geopolitical landscape - Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023 (joint debate - European security and defence)

Madam President, I'm sorry. The EU is not just about grants and funds. The Union is a community of values based on a common defence policy. Putin spills the blood of innocent people in the east every day, and the victory of the isolationist in the United States is real. Europe, time is running out. It's time to get over it. It's time to prepare for the worst. It's time to break the voice of short-…

27

Feb

2024

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. This report, which we are discussing today, contains an important demand to mainstream the protection of minority rights. Most conflict-causing factors around the world are linked to inequality, exclusion and discrimination against minorities. We in Upper Silesia know very well what identity destruction is. For decades, the culture and language of hundreds of tho…

27

Feb

2024

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Multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 - Establishing the Ukraine Facility - Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (joint debate - multiannual financial framework revision)

Madam President, I'm sorry. If we do not immediately send weapons to Kiev, there will unfortunately be no instrument for the reconstruction of Ukraine, because it will no longer be there, there will be Russia at our borders. If Kiev falls, the time will come for Berlin, Bratislava or Vienna. Evil will not stop. Don't be under any illusions. They will do to you and to us what they did 80 years ago.…

7

Feb

2024

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Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. A hundred years ago, representatives of many national and ethnic minorities met on the streets of Poland: Jews, Silesians, Kashubians, Lemkos or people who said they were local, and although they had different ethnic backgrounds or believed in other gods, they built their country together. Their world was shattered by xenophobia, racism and hatred. The most terrible pri…

17

Jan

2024

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Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Surveillance of Pegasus and Predator is a nightmare of the rule of law, which did not miss the oldest democracy, Greece. There, too, the authorities shamefully penetrated the lives of their citizens. The committee of inquiry in the Greek Parliament concluded its work after only a month of work without any significant findings. This is a scandal. And we must be aware of …

17

Jan

2024

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In Poland, the rule of law is being restored. Firstly, Prime Minister Tusk’s government has applied to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Effective protection of the financial interests of the Union means better protection of Polish taxpayers' money. Second, the depoliticisation of justice: Ziobry's protégés in the courts are susp…

17

Jan

2024

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

Madam President, I'm sorry. Do you know how much a hat costs? 500 zlotys, or 115 euros for one defamation. So many pseudo-commentators on TV PiS. Anti-European, pseudo-patriotic gibberish for money. Freedom of speech is not a right to hate. The independence of the media is not the right to be pissed. We in Poland have dealt with it very painfully. PiS has turned public media into a government tube…

16

Jan

2024

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Implementation of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme 2021-2027 – citizens' engagement and participation (A9-0392/2023 - Łukasz Kohut) (vote)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! After the elections in Poland on October 15, you often ask me: How did you guys do it? How did you defeat national populism using disgusting anti-European propaganda? How did you convince the system in which the separation of powers was broken? How did you cope with the power that used Pegasus cyber-weapons not only to fight democratic opposition…

14

Dec

2023

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Improving the strategic approach to the enforcement of EU Law (debate)

Recently, they have even created the ‘Ministry of Solitude’, a place where lonely people of all ages meet and spend time together. Such places and organizations should be all over Europe. Let us create such ministries of loneliness and systematically respond to this Europe-wide epidemic. Systematically, we also regulate the status of social stores throughout the Union. These can be good places to …

14

Dec

2023

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Improving the strategic approach to the enforcement of EU Law (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the European Parliament! Legislation should respond to societal needs and its effective enforcement should increase the sense of security and protect the interests of Europeans. The law should also be alive, and this means following the changes taking place in modern society, and responding to the challeng…

13

Dec

2023

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Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. For 8 years, PiS lied in the government media that only the rule of law in Poland is discussed in the European Parliament. And what does reality look like? We talked about Malta, about Greece, about Spain, and today the topic is the rule of law in Slovakia. Because here in Europe, it's all about rules. There is no room for double standards. Today we are talking about Pr…

12

Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

When it comes to the energy transition in Poland and the coal sector in Upper Silesia, there is a social contract on the table, i.e. such an agreement between the trade unions that negotiated 2049 with the Polish government for some mines. However, when it comes to coking coal, it is a bit different story, because, as I said, coconut coal is a strategic material and it is very necessary for the pr…

12

Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Without Silesian industry and new jobs in Upper Silesia, there will be no EU energy transition. Without coking coal, there will be no necessary steel for the production of windmills and the development of railways. Thanks to the hard work of 30,000 people, Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa extracts almost 14 million tonnes of coking coal per year. Our industry is strate…

11

Dec

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, I'm sorry. Three years ago, during the debate on ethnic and cultural diversity, I used for the first time in the history of the Silesian language, the Silesian godmother, here in the European Parliament. And then there are the tukej, because they still say in Warsaw that they don't have us, that they don't have the right to be a Silesian lady, that they don't have a Silesian natio…

23

Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Anti-violence law from Katowice to Lisbon. Together with Arba Kokalari, we have led through Parliament the adoption of the Istanbul Convention across the Union. Shoulder to shoulder the Social Democrat and the Christian Democrat. Over and above the divisions in the vote: coalition of women's rights, left, liberals, conservatives and greens. But we cannot rest on …

22

Nov

2023

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The lack of legislative follow-up by the Commission to the PEGA resolution (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The debate about Pegasus, and the whole PiS fell into the ground. There is no one here – neither Kempa nor Tarczyński, former members of the PEGA Committee. And they had so much to say. But I have good news for them. Firstly, a commission of inquiry to investigate the Pegasus affair will soon begin its work in the Polish Sejm. Secondly, it will be a normal parlia…

21

Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

Mr Krasnodębski, people like you have led to partitions in Poland. Blocking reforms, defending liberum veto, privatizing the public interest. Targowica of the 21st century. You make water out of people's brains. You are well aware that this reform entails the creation of an additional EU rapid reaction force. You know very well that it is about the Union financing the development of armaments. Why…

18

Oct

2023

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A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. We are living in very uncertain times – the war in Ukraine, climate change and growing populism around the world. We need to build a stronger and more integrated Union – a Union that can do it, and that has every predisposition to do so! But that doesn't mean losing your sovereignty or your identity. I myself am a representative of the Silesian ethnic minority, a minori…