What Andżelika Anna spoke about.

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PL Written Statement

Pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (debate)

Progress in the field of digitisation affects all spheres of our lives, including the economic sphere. Openness to creative invention has always been a characteristic feature of our civilisation – and at the same time, what has determined its development. We have been successful thanks to the unbiased adaptation of inventions and innovations. Developing digital technologies are revolutionising fin…

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Jun

2023

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Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Nearly €8 trillion, or 8% of the world's gross domestic product, is the value of financial wealth located in tax havens. In short, this is a loss of around €155 billion a year in global tax revenues. We often experience how wealthy people in high positions, and often even criminals, using modern techniques, systems and capabilities, creative…

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Apr

2023

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Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCa) - Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets (recast) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, We have been through the crisis and the collapse of the crypto-asset market and we see clearly what practices to prevent and what we had to pay particular attention to. The industry’s most notorious scandal – the collapse of the FTX exchange – was caused by investors’ long-standing misrepresentation of the actual value of their assets. Our MiCa …

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Jan

2023

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Mr. President, I'm sorry. More than €65 billion in 2021 was allocated by the European Investment Bank to investments in cities and regions, innovation and small business development, climate and environmental protection and infrastructure. In Poland, small and medium-sized companies received funding of nearly EUR 2 billion, and EUR 6.5 billion a…

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Nov

2022

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Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence, the COVID-19 pandemic have shown that the transformation of our economy and society towards a more digital one is our urgent goal. We urgently need to speed up the process of education and development of digital infrastructure in all countries of the European Union. That is why this …

14

Sep

2022

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Dear Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, Recent years of experience have shown that cohesion policy is a dynamic development of regions. To ensure this, it must be flexible and tailored to the specific needs of the regions of the Member States. In light of the current energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, the post-COVID situation and the huge economic recession, it is diff…

6

Jul

2022

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, In short, the activities of the European Investment Bank in 2021 deserve great recognition. Once again, the EIB has shown that it is an indispensable financial arm of the European Union, which is able to effectively support our economies also during the crisis. My country, Poland, greatly appreciates the relationship with the European Investment Ba…

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May

2022

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Competition policy – annual report 2021 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Free competition is the basis of the market. Without it, the European market will neither function nor develop. Participants in the European single market come from countries with very different potentials and a level playing field must therefore be ensured in particular. Now, after the pandemic, we need to ensure that public aid is phase…

24

Mar

2022

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Refugees in Europe: CARE (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The CARE programme is extremely important, urgent and necessary. We support CARE, but today's proposal is insufficient. Today, we need a package of changes that will have a real impact on the ability to quickly help people fleeing the war. Russia is waging a cruel war against a free Ukraine, against humanity. Defeating Russia's economy and helpi…

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Mar

2022

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European Withholding Tax framewor (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I am pleased that we have finally addressed the issue of withholding tax in the European Parliament. Let me remind you that already in 1989 the Commission proposed the first proposals to regulate the movement of capital between countries – the payment of dividends by public limited companies or royalties for the use of trademarks and …

9

Mar

2022

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Fair and simple taxation supporting the recovery strategy (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, The COVID-19 crisis, the consequences of which will be felt for a long time to come, but also the war in Ukraine, which has been going on for 14 days, foreshadows very serious economic difficulties for Europe. The imperfection of the current tax systems, the lack of solidarity between Member States or the need for a new "tax architecture" ar…

6

Oct

2021

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Reforming the EU policy on harmful tax practices (including the reform of the Code of Conduct Group) (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! The Code of Conduct was created to curb unfair tax practices in the Member States. The assumptions of this code remain valid, because unfortunately they are not effective enough. The group has been operating for over 20 years. During this time, economic and political realities have changed. New economic challen…

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Sep

2021

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Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Every year in the European Union, we lose around €140 billion in corporate income tax losses, which can be spent on health, disaster relief and education. The exchange of tax information, while respecting the competences of the Member States, has an invaluable impact on the fight against tax fraud. When we successfully defeat them, we see how huge sums of money are bein…

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Sep

2021

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Natural disasters during the summer 2021 - Impacts of natural disasters in Europe due to climate change (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The World Bank estimates the global cost of natural disasters at €440 billion per year . But it's hundreds of thousands of human dramas, because from floods and avalanches to heatwaves, natural disasters can destroy our entire communities. We must speak out about the shared responsibility of the European Union, but also of each country, r…

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Jul

2021

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Taking care of the environment for the benefit of future generations is our duty and our great responsibility, and we all agree with that. However, this 8th Environment Programme to 2030, which sets very ambitious targets on the right track, needs to be improved, clarified and complemented in many respects. Because in this form he will not fulfill his role. Biodi…