Speeches

Mr President, thank you very much. The Commissioner is absent! Friends and colleagues! Today, words are often said: war, war – that is indeed the case. Rightly indicated are the fields where this fight takes place: pandemic, situation at the Polish-Belarusian border. There are even announcements of sanctions. It is a pity that they fall out of the mouths of those who do not want to block the construction of Nord Stream 2, such as the President of the EPP, among others. But we forget one more fight, one more war. The war that the European Commission is waging against Europeans. This is, ladies and gentlemen, allowing the ETS, the European carbon pricing system, to drain the pockets of citizens. Yes, there are provisions in the directive that allow not only to appoint appropriate services, but also to conduct an investigation. We cannot be held hostage by speculation and theft. The Fit for 55 package is just a variation on this ETS, and I call on the European Commission to end the war against Europeans.

Madam President, I'm sorry. The following weeks and months are a great test for two great world projects: for what the European Union is and what NATO is. Is it a force, a player in the global market, in international politics, or is it a collection – I don't want to say clusters – of various interests that are being played out by the blackmailer? The aggression against Ukraine is also an aggression on the Polish-Belarusian border, it is Putin's joint projects to complete the construction of Nord Stream 2 and to be powered by billions of euros to conduct his imperialist policy, as well as Putin's policy, which is to lead to the destabilisation of the European Union and NATO. Unity, strength, consequences, not individual interests. This gives us a chance to say no.

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I think that today we have a tangible effect of what happened in Glasgow, of our political declarations – the ETS, the European carbon purchase system, has increased by a few euros. This, of course, is very pleasing to the Commissioner, because the Commissioner believes that the ETS should grow, regardless of energy prices and citizens' costs. But what is also related to this is that we have not convinced the world to function in the same system. Therefore, when it comes to the Fit for 55 package, it needs to be seriously reviewed, these taxes, orders and penalties need to be seriously analysed and, above all, the CBAM document needs to be reviewed, because we did not see any country's willingness to participate in the discussion, and at the same time we did not hear the answers to the questions of how many European Union companies have exported their production to China and India. At the same time, an important thing happened – it was calculated who was responsible for carbon emissions and carbon accumulation since 1850. And of course it is China, it is the United States, the attention – Germany is in the top ten – which does not want to discuss the fact that they have the greatest responsibility now, also financially, and they say to the whole world ‘you answer the same, you have to pay the same’. This does not bode well for these statements. It bodes badly for what we have ambitions to do ourselves. One good thing happened, namely, there was a discussion about capturers, canisters. If we want to remove carbon dioxide, we will not succeed otherwise than through modern technologies. It just can't be a parallel, expensive system, a system built alongside the ETS.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! There are a lot of valuable ideas and solutions in the report, but unfortunately there are a few that raise serious doubts and that would have to be said. Firstly, there is a lack of accurate analyses and solutions, and above all, information on how much companies in the European Union have already done to achieve various types of results. This is worth noting, because such work has been carried out for many years. Secondly, however, the proposal for a legal act with binding objectives raises doubts. Why is that? Because such solutions already exist. After all, we are working together on the Fit for 55 package. Actually, we started this work, and in several documents, methane solutions are already in place. There is really no need for bureaucracy. Thirdly, there are no sources of funding. We cannot introduce further acts that are just an idea without sources of funding. And finally, without global solutions, we really will not be able to achieve this. I do not know if you know, but the construction of Nord Stream 2, which is mainly supported by two groups - S&D and EPP, has been checked by, among others, the Copernicus satellite and we systematically have huge methane leaks there. We are responsible for this, because we, the European Union, participate in the construction of Nord Stream 2.

Mr President, thank you very much. At the climate summit, the European Union, Europe must be not only and not so much a leader, but above all it must be credible, because only then can it convince to its reasons, to its ambitions. It can be credible for two reasons. Firstly, when she says that she has Europeans behind her, that she has citizens behind her, that she has told her citizens that they will pay many times more for energy, for heat, for gas, for water, for the price of a plane ticket, for a car, for housing. If we get that consent, then we will be credible, and the Fit for 55 package tells the citizen, the European, only that you pay, we will not help you at all, and there is little evidence of how much this will translate into emissions, how much it will translate into environmental protection. Secondly, we will be credible if we look for all possible methods: Those who are, and those who are yet to come. Therefore, I do not understand why the position of the Commission, the European Union and the European Parliament does not include provisions on sinks and artificial capturers. These are new technologies that really capture the carbon dioxide emitted, which is in line with the IPCC report. If we can support this with arguments at the climate summit, if we can prove it, then we will be credible, then we will really be the leader.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! Today, Europeans expect two things from the European Commission, the European Union: border security and energy security. I therefore hope that the European Council will send the following messages: Firstly, it will show that Poland properly protects the European border and will support it every day and at every step. And secondly, that it will decide to revise the ETS so that energy prices do not soar (it is the fault of the carbon price, which has almost quadrupled in the last two years), to revise the Fit for 55 package (because it is badly written, badly calculated, it will cause prices, which today are so high, to increase many times), as well as to block Nord Stream 2. This is blocked by two groups: S&D and EPP. They work with Putin.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! This is a disaster: before our eyes, the energy policy of the European Union, the climate policy of the European Union is falling! What do we have to say to Europeans who are worried about the fact that the price of energy, gas, water, garbage has increased many times, the price of living has increased many times? All we have to say to them is that it is good that there is an ETS, good that there is a speculative market, and not only that it affects the cost of living of citizens, but we also want to add the aviation market, the maritime market, cars, buildings. Yes, let the Commission really emphasise how important this is, and let it rejoice to lose all credibility. At the same time, he is happy and does nothing with Gazprom and Nord Stream 2. On several occasions, two political groups, S&D and EPP, rejected the possibility of adopting a resolution that would force the Commission to stop Nord Stream 2.

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! There are legal immigrants on the Belarusian border who have been brought in, who have arrived and paid the money for it. They don't have the documents, they don't want to accept asylum. Humanitarian aid is on the Polish-Belarusian border. The Lukashenka regime does not allow humanitarian aid. Poland – with the help of 1,800 soldiers and the Border Guard, with the help of 180 kilometers of the wall – defends Poland and the European Union against another route of illegal immigration, illegal trafficking in human beings. We have to be together, we have to speak with one voice, we have to act harder, faster, to be effective and to speak the same way. One of the Polish MEPs used the wrong wording to use disinformation, Fake news. Let's see it as dangerous, but still a leap.

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! I think that December 2020 is a historic December, when the entire European Union agreed to zero-emissions by 2050 at the level of the European Union, including sinks, in a solidarity-based, responsible manner, showing the different ways to reach the target in individual countries of the European Union. Unfortunately, and I regret to say this – I hope that we will work on it and change it – the package forgets about these arrangements. Governments are counting, citizens are starting to take an interest in it, and they are also asking. They ask, first of all, about the increase in prices, the increase in the prices of everything. They will bear the greatest cost and they will bear the burden of the European Union's ambitions. Therefore, we must ensure that they are not the ones in energy poverty. The 50 million citizens of the European Union are already people living in energy poverty. The first estimates indicate that there will be at least twice as many. Therefore, we need to limit new taxes, injunctions, prohibitions, we just need to count money. Without people, we will not do it, they will turn their backs on us and no ambitions, no incentives will help. At the same time, I hope that we will work on the ETS and the one that we will revise, and the new one for buildings and cars. Because the ECJ, ladies and gentlemen, is, firstly, unfair, secondly, it has degenerated, it operates in a speculative market. Frans Timmermans, answering my question, expressed his joy that ETS prices are rising in this way, and they are directly reflected in energy prices. I would like to remind you that during the pandemic they tripled. At the same time, when we agreed and stipulated in the climate law that we would absorb, we almost eliminated artificial sinks, they are only mentioned in the recital in the climate law. Let us make sure, according to the IPCC report, where paragraphs D.1.4 and D.1.5 clearly mention the importance of artificial sinks, that they are included in the individual entries in order for companies to want to absorb. This seems to be the fastest, fairest way to achieve zero emissions.

Mr President, thank you very much. Let me start by thanking the rapporteur. Her high personal culture meant that we talked about very difficult matters very substantively. I want to point out these elements, where we have stayed in our positions, to what we cannot absolutely agree to. First, in many places the 8th overall plan is too detailed. It does not set directions, but deals with very specific solutions, such as the introduction of taxonomy provisions into this general plan. This is a separate document, let's leave it to function separately. In addition, it interferes with the Treaties, allows or orders the Commission to interfere with the budgets of the Member States, which we cannot agree to. At the same time, it is aggressive in many places. We talked about the fact that when citizens are with us, we will be able to achieve the right goals that your rapporteur spoke about here, but we cannot tell European citizens, Poles and Poles that by 2025 we are to close all energy-intensive plants and enterprises, because that is what we are saying, banning subsidies by 2025. In the end, what we care about: amendment to make everything clear and transparent. Hence the idea to see how much money we spent, how much more we need and whether this money was spent effectively.

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I think that the Commissioner's optimism is extinguished with every speech we make. We have a year and a half since the outbreak of the pandemic. We are poorly vaccinated, we are at risk of another wave of epidemics. We don't have the cure to cure our citizens. At the same time, I recall the chaos in the introduction of vaccines into individual Member States. The covid passport was supposed to be an added value, and further divides, further is unfair and further excludes, because we have a free vaccine, we do not have a free test, a free visit to the doctor and a test that will confirm that we are recovered. At the same time, how do citizens and guesthouse owners in Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary verify these applications? How is this monitored? How to prevent a large black market that is already applying for this green certificate?