What Łukasz spoke about.

12 Sep

2022

PL Speech

Surveillance and predator spyware systems in Greece (debate)

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This time I will answer in my native Polish. The point is, we have to check in every country whether a given authority is abusing the tools it has at its disposal. And we have this example in Poland, we have it in Hungary, we have it in other countries where Pegasus or Predator are used. And in this case, we also want to see what the situation in Greece is like. That's why there's all this discuss…

12 Sep

2022

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Surveillance and predator spyware systems in Greece (debate)

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It’s not that it strikes me, it is always about protecting the European values here in the chamber, also in the whole European Union. And when the propaganda in Poland is saying that they are attacking Poland or Hungary, it is not true. We are always protecting here in the European Parliament the European values. That’s our role here in the European Parliament.…

12 Sep

2022

PL Speech

Surveillance and predator spyware systems in Greece (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Illegal surveillance and persecution of independent judges are symptoms of the same disease, the disease of lawlessness, the disease caused by the virus of populism, which has infected different countries. First he poisoned Hungary, then Poland. It even hit the United States. This virus does not choose. It attacks in different places,…

6 Jul

2022

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The relations of the Russian government and diplomatic network with parties of extremist, populist, anti-European and certain other European political parties in the context of the war (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Troll farms on the Internet, completely subordinated to power public media, regional ones, taken over by a fuel company, surveillance of the opposition by Pegasus software, false propaganda of an economic miracle and describing the European Union as a rotten West. The denial of European values and the separation of powers. Is this just Putin's Russia? No, I don't. PiS i…

6 Jul

2022

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The Three Seas Initiative: challenges and opportunities (topical debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. I would like to appeal to you MEPs from Kaczyński and Ziobra from this place: Stop destroying the European Union. Take care of your work, not beating foam and building an alternative reality. Instead of building a community of 450 million Europeans, you are dealing with nonsense. Budapest was supposed to be in Warsaw, but Orban played you like children in the fog. It wa…

8 Jun

2022

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

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First of all, if you don't want an abortion, don't do it. As you know, I'm from Seattle. I have 22 kilometers to the Czech part of Silesia. How will you explain to the Silesian frelkom, Polish citizens, this paradox and these limits of absurdity?…

8 Jun

2022

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

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Madame Prime Minister! Just look at this: Whether in Houston or Warsaw, men whose faith deprives them of reason want to decide the fate of women. Today, they are raising their hands on women's rights in the United States. In my country, in Poland, thousands of women are afraid. Every second Polish woman does not want to be a mother, because Polish women were intimidated by restrictive law. They ar…

7 Jun

2022

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The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. PiS is like a sapper who plantes bombs, then disarms them and expects praise. Like an arsonist who sets his own house on fire, then extinguishes it, and now expects compensation. ‘Solidarity Poland’ – like an attacker who renounced an attack in exchange for money. Ziobro – like a thief caught red-handed, but innocent, because he stole less than he intended. And Kaczyńsk…

7 Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

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Dear Member, One tonne of eco-pea has increased from PLN 700 to PLN 3 000, and people need 7 or even 9 tonnes to heat their home in one season to keep radiators warm. Because the fact that you are blocking the energy transition, we know well here and we also know that Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has given up huge money for the Just Transition Fund, which we in the ITRE committee negotiated. …

19 May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. We have already defeated many nationalisms in the European Union. Not all, but many. One of the things that we are still dealing with and that we have to overcome is energy nationalism. Shared responsibility for EU citizens and their energy security is as important as the single market. The Energy Union must finally become a reality. And it is happening before ou…

18 May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

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But, Mr MEP, this debate is about the rule of law, not about spending EU funds, so please do not turn your cat around. That's in answer to the first question. As far as the second question is concerned, as I said, this debate is about the rule of law, about the fact that the Disciplinary Chamber should finally be abolished and then the money will simply go to Polish citizens. That's the truth.…

18 May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Law and Justice MEPs: how is it that, on the one hand, every week you go on a pilgrimage to Brussels after the "ojro", and on the other hand, you are ganz egal, will Polish citizens get European funds? What's it like? Are you doing this out of stupidity or out of calculation? You have been chosen to take care of citizens' rights, to protest when someone tampers with the…

4 May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The Russian order is not only Putin and his demoralized state, it is a state of mind. It is a Soviet approach to standards, to the use of tools at the disposal of the state. The use of Pegasus anti-terrorist weapons against its own innocent citizens is at the heart of the Russian order. Law and Justice MPs, you have repeatedly mocked European values, trampled on …

3 May

2022

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EU preparedness against cyber-attacks following Russia invasion on Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. You want peace, prepare for war. Old, but so current. The European Union's defence policy must now be our priority. We were very lucky, the President of the United States is a democrat of flesh and blood and took on the difficult role of coordinator and leader in the times of the Russian attack on Ukraine. But it won't always be like …

6 Apr

2022

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The Schengen evaluation mechanism (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. I was born in 1982 and I remember well what long queues at the borders looked like. Travelling freely in Europe has been a dream for many generations – a dream that has come true. This was because we started to get along in Europe and think in terms of community. Let's be proud of it! Let us remember that cooperation brings benefits to all of us, and let us conti…

6 Apr

2022

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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

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Dear writers, do you see how the lack of the rule of law ends? Putin's agency, exactly as we have in Budapest. Over the years, your friend Orbán has appropriated his homeland just like you: institution by institution. He gagged the media – he broke the backs of some journalists, threw others on the pavement, took away the licences of the broadcasters, took over the local newspapers – just like you…

6 Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

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Madam President, Putin is a butcher. We saw this in Bucha. In Ukrainian (the speaker uses a non-official language); in Polish, Putin to rzeźnik; in German, Putin ist ein Metzger; in Spanish, Putin es un carnicero; in French, Poutine est un boucher; in Hungarian, for Mr Orbán, Putin egy hentes; in Swedish, Putin är en slaktare; in Silesian (the speaker uses a non-official language). I demand from t…

5 Apr

2022

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Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. On March 23, the girls in Afghanistan heard that they would not go to school. The dreams of these teenagers were destroyed by men whose faith took away their reason. The Taliban are ruining the lives and futures of children in the name of their fanatical delusions. The boundaries between state, religion and reality have been blurred. So it is wi…

4 Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, thank you very much. On 24 February, a lot has changed, but on 24 February, the problems with climate change and the need for a just energy transition are not over. UN experts in the IPCC report under review speak directly of the ‘red allergy’, of the fact that we are on the eve of a climate catastrophe. And believe me, people feel it and know it, but they…

24 Mar

2022

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Update from the Commission and Council on the state of play of the Energy Charter Treaty modernisation exercise (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Freedom is not cheap, freedom costs, and perhaps especially energy freedom, but peace is priceless. And when we have the war criminal Vladimir Putin against us, who sits like a toad on a gas pipe, we must be strong, decisive and speak with one voice. A united Europe was founded as an anti-war alliance, a community of coal and steel. H…

8 Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The war in Ukraine united the whole West and the whole European Union. I am very pleased that both the European Commission and the individual Member States are speaking with one voice. We have introduced very costly sanctions for Russia, which are already in place. It is very good that Nord Stream 2 has been suspended. We are waiting for the end of the pipeline. …

8 Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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Mrs. Hania from Rybnik together with the women's council collect gifts, organize accommodation for refugees with the local government and Mr. Mariusz. Agnieszka from Wodzisław took on the issue of meals. Nicholas and the volunteers of the Free Place Foundation from Katowice took care of meals at the very border. They cook soup for a thousand people every day. The transport of donations from German…

7 Mar

2022

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Shrinking space for civil society in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Putin, go to hell! You're a genocide. You destroyed peace in Europe. You are destroying the brotherly Ukrainian people. But you also took away Russia's future for decades. Three or four generations of Russians will carry the heavy burden of what Putin's army is currently doing in Ukraine. I argue that if civil society in Russia were strong and not systematically …

16 Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Hey, fellow writers, you can be really proud. It's your job. In response to your continuing violations of the law, the EU has created a rule of law mechanism. Thus, people who did not respect the agreements paradoxically contributed to raising the democratic standards of the Union. Oh, congratulations! Now, seriously. Look at the country you leave behind. A country with…

15 Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In the face of cancer, we are all equal, everyone, regardless of social status or nationality, can get cancer. That is why all our citizens deserve equal treatment. It cannot be the case that in one Member State cancer is effectively treated and in another it is practically a death sentence. It looks very bad in Poland, where the Polish governme…