What Łukasz spoke about.

15

Feb

2023

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One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The year of Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a year of great tragedy and even greater sadness. Millions of people have fled their country and thousands have been killed, brutally killed, like a 14-year-old with his dog murdered while walking in Bakhmuta two weeks ago. The photo was sent to me by a photographer from Silesia, who documents the crimes of the Russians …

14

Feb

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Thank you for a very good debate. The Istanbul Convention is also a choice of civilization. Governments blocking decisions in the Council must answer the question, where is it closer to them? Whether to the murderers from Turkey, who recently denounced the convention, or to Ukraine, which is being shelled, it has signed this anti-violence…

14

Feb

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Mr. Secretary of State! One in three women in the EU has experienced sexual or physical violence. One in three. Sixty-two million European women! Violence happens in homes, in taxis and on the streets. Violence happens offline and online. Violence happens, but our role is to make laws that ensure security. The Istanbul Convention does just that.…

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Feb

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, thank you very much. It is up to us how we build our common European home. Will it be strong and rules-based, or weak and robbed of value? Yes, the Union is a home, and our role is to strengthen that home. That's why we were chosen: that it may be protected from enemies, that it may protect the weakest, and that its inhabitants may live in harmony and abundance. However, in this hous…

17

Jan

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - Food price inflation in Europe

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Let the facts and figures speak. Poland today and Poland eight years ago. Bread from 3.30 to almost 6 zlotys. The government will feed itself. For bread butter from 3.60 to over 7 zlotys. That's what they've funded for the last eight years. Such an eldorado with sunflower oil at 13 zlotys per liter was arranged by the citizens of Pola…

17

Jan

2023

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Prime Minister, I'm sorry. I am delighted that the Kingdom of Sweden will lead the European Union for the next six months. I am happy because I know that Sweden has the courage, it has the courage to act, it has the courage to face challenges. You're joining NATO. The Union needs courageous leadership in these difficult times and consensus in building a European sec…

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Jan

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, thank you very much. January 45 – The Soviet offensive continues, ultimately leading to liberation from Nazism. At the same time, enslavement and murders in Silesia continue, carried out by Russian soldiers and the new Polish power. One totalitarianism has been replaced by another. The first victims of the Upper Silesian Tragedy were women. It's the Silesians. On January 27, the Red …

15

Dec

2022

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Major interpellations (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Putin has been attacking the European Union energetically for years. Turns off the gas taps. He's blackmailing us with energy supplies. Therefore, no more business as usual with Russia. The black dream for the Kremlin is an energy independent Europe, a Europe based on renewable energy sources, a self-sufficient Europe that does not need a cubic …

15

Dec

2022

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The 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Two years ago, during the debate on Minority Safepack, for the first time in the history of Parliament, I used the Silesian language and proved that Silesian is a separate language and not a dialect of the Polish language. However, the history of our Silesian struggle has many levels. The recognition of the Ślonski maiden as a regional language …

13

Dec

2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. There are no sacred cows in the European Parliament. The vice-president is arrested. What is the Union's response? First of all, full cooperation with the services. Second, the immediate suspension of all powers. Thirdly, the deprivation of the function of Vice-President. Fourth, the plenary debate and resolution. The EU reacted in full force of law, because ther…

23

Nov

2022

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. A few days ago, Polish MP Katarzyna Kotula gave her testimony. She told her story, the story of the predator who was supposed to hurt her. He gave courage to the other victims. We, as men in politics, must also have the courage – the courage to speak out against those who abuse women, against those who defame them. But we must also have the cour…

23

Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. A week ago, Russian criminals carried out the largest missile attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the aggression, an attack on critical infrastructure. The goal of the Kremlin terrorist is clear: break the spirit of the brave men defending their land, break the spirit of their families. Soon many Ukrainians will face a choice: Going …

22

Nov

2022

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In the heart of the European Union in the 21st century, President Kaczyński, the ruler of writing minds, calls Polish women drunkards and says that instead of giving birth to children, they give in the neck. Honourable Members of the European Parliament, this is a lie, this is despicable disinformation. Polish women are ambitious, they are carin…

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Nov

2022

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Assessment of Hungary's compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and state of play of the Hungarian RRP (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. How did you bring Poland, a country of 38 million people, into the role of a servant of four times the size of Hungary? How did that happen? Have you submitted an alliance with Orban and a license to violate the law over the interests of your own citizens? Aren't you just embarrassed? Because it's a shame and a disgrace to stand shoulder to shoulder with Orban. After al…

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Nov

2022

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. REPowerEU is a step in the right direction. In response to the difficulties and disruptions in the global energy market caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Commission presented a plan to become independent from Russian raw materials. REPowerEU is also a plan to save energy, produce green energy and diversify supply. It is backed by f…

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Oct

2022

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Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (debate)

Madam President, we are in solidarity with Ukraine not only with guns and tanks. Defence and territorial integrity is an absolute priority and we all know that. We all tasted war in our past, but Ukrainians are able to fight for their country that strong because they know who they are, what history they have, what language and culture they own. That’s why Putin, Mr Butter, started the war. He trea…

19

Oct

2022

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Fighting sexualised violence - The importance of the Istanbul Convention and a comprehensive proposal for a directive against gender-based violence (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. They kiss their hands, talk about morality, and then fight the law that protects women from violence. Right-wing populists are attacking a law that supports victims. They're attacking a law that protects families. They are attacking the Istanbul Convention, even here in Strasbourg, when there is such a fundamental issue as gender-based violence, PiS is voting against it…

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Oct

2022

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Whitewashing of the anti-European extreme right in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. Yes, we have a problem with the brown wave almost all over Europe. In Poland, for several years now, instead of the Independence Day on 11 November and a normal patriotic event, we have the holiday of sick nationalism – the Independence March. It is a great scandal that, with the approval of the authorities, this is how Polish i…

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Oct

2022

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Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Russia is a terrorist state. Putin is a war criminal. It's obvious, but you have to talk about it loud and clear, because history likes to forget. In 1945, the Red Army did not liberate in Silesian lands. He did the same thing as he did in Ukraine today. She destroyed, smoked, killed and raped. Half a million Silesians, Germans and Polish women …

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Oct

2022

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Impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on migration flows to the EU (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Six months ago, when hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Ukrainians were fleeing from Russian bullets, the inhabitants of Poland opened their hearts to them. At the same time, they opened their houses, opened their refrigerators and opened their closets. Long weeks, no matter what the cost. It was society, not the writing government, that dealt with this huge…

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Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In the beginning, good news from Poland: 79% of Polish citizens believe that the Polish government should agree to return to the rule of law and withdraw the deformity of the justice system and reach for money from the NRRP. 79%, dear Europe! Poland is not shit. Support for Poland's membership in the European Union still remains at the level…

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Oct

2022

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Commission proposal for measures under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in the case of Hungary (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Not a single euro for Viktor Orban. This sentence is a platter on the writing bulls who defend here fiercely the interests of Putin's friend from Budapest. PiS defends a man who openly acts in the interests of the Kremlin. PiS defends a man whose enemy is free Ukraine. What did Orban promise you that you were on his side? Maybe you're planning to run from the courts and…

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Oct

2022

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Situation of Roma people living in settlements in the EU (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Europe is a strong force of its multiculturalism. As you well know, I myself am a representative of the Silesian minority, a minority still not recognized by the Polish government. And our language, the Silesian language, the Silesian godmother, is not even recognized as a regional language. But I'm fighting for it and I'll never give up. Indeed…

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Sep

2022

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Ecological Disaster in the Oder River (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In the dying Oder, you can see in a lens a whole sick, poisoned state ruled for seven years by the United Right camp. There is a senseless centralization and taking away from local governments the competences they need to manage. You can see the employment of aunts, partners, husbands and other family members, because "now we" or "we deserve it"…

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Sep

2022

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Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (debate)

There is a Polish proverb: "whoever agrees with someone becomes one". You joined the Kremlin collaborator, Viktor Orbán, Putin's friend, the same one who is doing the booze with the Soviets today, as if nothing ever happened. So just answer me once and tell me the truth: Who is calling for the lifting of sanctions on Putin, Orbán or Scholz? Who does not allow the transport of weapons to Ukraine, O…