Speeches

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, What do regions bordering hybrid warfare Russia and Belarus, as well as war-torn Ukraine, expect? They expect safety. That is why the decision of the head of the European Commission not to support the construction of physical dams on the border with Russia or Belarus is astonishing. My country, Poland, built a dam on the border with Belarus with great financial effort in 2022. Similar dams have been erected by Lithuania and Latvia, and construction is underway in Finland. Ursula von der Leyen refused European aid in this regard. She said at the time: We are of the opinion that there will be no funds for barbed wire or walls. Madam President, it is time to put an end to this unreasonable approach. These measures are necessary for border regions that have suffered losses as a result of militarisation or the restrictions that have arisen as a result of the crisis. Tourist traffic has stopped, infrastructure needs to be rebuilt. The migration crisis in Belarus started four years ago and the war in Ukraine three years ago. I would like to ask the Commissioner today whether he does not consider it indecent to remain deaf to the appeals for help that have been sent by governments and local governments from border regions? Is this what European solidarity is all about?

Mr President, thank you very much. For many years, you have been blind to what Russia has been doing. Not only that, the largest state of the European Union, Germany, was building the infrastructure that gave Putin the opportunity to raise huge funds, allowing him today to wage an aggressive war against Ukraine and use fuel blackmail against the countries of Eastern Europe. Of course, we are talking about the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the Baltic Sea. Today, instead of a voice in Germany about the construction of Nord Stream, I would like to hear a voice about new sanctions against Russia and those who support Russia. The US imposed new sanctions on Russian oil companies, as well as on more than 100 oil tankers, a few days ago. The cost of transporting Russian oil through the shadow fleet immediately increased 3 times. It is only through this new, tough sanctions that we are able to counteract Russia's aggression. I urge everyone to opt for new, far-reaching sanctions on the empire, which today threatens not only Ukraine, but the whole of Europe and the world. We are once again dealing with an empire of evil. Putin's Russia must go bankrupt and it is the task of the entire civilized world to bring about this. Otherwise, in a few years we will be forced to learn the Russian language.

Putin threatens European democracy, I agree. But European democracy has its own internal threats. Let's talk about that too. Let us not be blind to what is happening. Until now, the Commissioner for the Rule of Law, Reynders, has criticised those who were not in his political trend. He attacked countries that were ruled by conservative governments. When governments changed, he closed his eyes and saw nothing. I wanted to ask you, do you realize that to launder dirty money, you have to have a lot more money than you earned? Do you have any idea where Commissioner Reynders got that money from? Who paid him for it? Where did they come from? This answer is crucial to say that democracy is not under threat. Let's know where Reynders got the money from. Who paid him? Can you imagine that this money did not come from corruption? (The speaker did not agree to the question signalled by the blue card raised by Grzegorz Braun)

Madam President, thank you very much. The integrity of elections in Europe is under threat, but the main source of threat is not disinformation coming from social media, but the activity of the European Commission interfering in the internal affairs of the Member States, including through disinformation. The most vivid example of this is the work of Commissioner Reynders, who is accused of money laundering today. Remember the Reynders reports attacking Poland? Do you remember how Reynders attacked the use of the Pegasus system by European services? He feared for his impunity. He was recently in Poland and praised Tusk's government for allegedly restoring the rule of law. Reynders did not see the unlawfully seized media, the unlawful purge of the prosecutor's office, the non-recognition of judgments of the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court or the violation of the prerogatives of the president. The activity of the Reynders Committee, also in the case of the RRP, was an unlawful influence on politics in Poland. Today, in Poland, the National Electoral Commission, which obeys the government, is withdrawing funding from the largest opposition party. He does it contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court, with the hands of, among others, Ryszard Kalisz, appointed to the PKW by Tusk's coalition. He represented companies from the Russian-Belarusian sanctions list and accused of spying for Russia before the courts, also here in the European Parliament. These are threats to democracy. Don't be blind, open your eyes.

Madam, I myself am a father and I have children. And I know perfectly well what is best for my children because I love them, and I know that most, the vast majority of parents work for the good of their children. In contrast to various strange educators promoting various types of ideologies, which are harmful and are the cause of many later tragedies and suicides.

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, In Poland, people with different sexual orientations are not discriminated against. Poles are a tolerant society. In the Polish Constitution there is a widely respected provision on the legal protection of private, family and personal life. But in Poland, parents also have the right to raise their children in accordance with their own convictions, upbringing and teaching in accordance with their views. This right is being violated in Poland today. Instead of an optional upbringing to family life, the Tusk government introduces a new subject, obligatory from the fourth grade of primary school, which assumes, among other things, the affirmation of autosexual activities and LGBT orientation. Let everyone decide about his private life, but you can not deprive parents of the right to raise children in accordance with their values. Depriving parents of their right to decide – that is discrimination. Imposing sexualisation on children against their parents – that is discrimination. That is why, in Poland, the public is protesting against these projects today. The comfort of the minority cannot dominate the rights of the majority. Let's protect the children.

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Pablo González aka Pavel Rubcow is a Russian GRU spy who, under the legend of a Spanish journalist, has been spying on European elites, the Russian opposition, including Alexander Navalny. He was detained in Poland in February 2022. In August this year, spy González was exchanged for citizens of Western countries imprisoned in Russia. He was personally greeted by Vladimir Putin at the airport. Why am I talking about this? The Commission considered González’s detention in its July 2023 report to be a violation of human rights and media freedom. The Polish government was attacked by the Commission for detaining Putin's spy. That's why I'm asking: Will you apologise to Poland for this nonsense? What is the value of Commission reports that replicate Putin's propaganda? When Commissioner Reynders was in Poland in January this year, González was in custody in Radom. Does the Commission know that Mariusz Kamiński, present here in the room, was on hunger strike in the same detention facility at the same time, several targets next door? It was his services that arrested González. Mariusz Kamiński was unlawfully imprisoned by the government of Donald Tusk against the Supreme Court. He was a political prisoner. Why does the Commission include the case of the spy González in its reports and now omit the case of Kamiński or Wąsik?

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, The migration crisis in Europe began with the famous Herzlich Wilkomen German Chancellor Angela Merkel in January 2015, when hundreds of thousands of migrants began their march on Germany. Yes, the Germans invited migrants to Europe, and when too many arrived, they said: stop. We have invited guests, but there are too many of them. We can't handle it. Our neighbors need to help us. They must take in irregular migrants and ensure their livelihood. And they invented the migration pact. They figured that Germany's mistakes had to be paid for by its neighbors. When the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border began in 2021, the Polish state began to defend its borders hard, although illegal migrants did not go to Poland. They were going to Germany. When we were building the barrier at the border, we heard from the German President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen that the European Union would not finance barbed wire at the borders. Today, Germany is closing its borders. This is another fatal mistake. Europe's external borders must be firmly defended, not the Union's greatest achievement, which is the Schengen area, destroyed. And irregular migrants must be relocated resolutely and massively to their countries of origin.

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, There is no doubt that any facilitation of the entry of citizens of the Russian Federation into the European Union should be strongly opposed. We do not support these solutions either at the level of the Member States or at the level of the European Commission. That is why we also do not agree that the European Commission will introduce any facilitations for the Russians. This is how the proposed provisions of the Visa Code, which abolish the requirement to present military booklets for Russians applying for a Schengen visa, should be treated. Military books in Russia are extremely important documents. Based on them, our services can identify whether the applicant has no service in Putin's army in his file. I don't think any of us want the European Union to host the murderers from Bucha or Irpin or the veterans of the Wagner group responsible for the murders in Mali or Syria. Do you see no monstrous contradiction in the fact that the European Parliament is criticising Hungarians for visa policy, and at the same time the European Commission is preparing visa facilitations for Russians, including murderers of civilians? I am amazed by these solutions, both from Hungary and from the European Commission. And I appeal: Get out of them. We must not treat the Russians, Russia and Putin in a lenient way. Unfortunately, Putin’s Russia, with the support of the majority of Russian society, has unleashed a bloody war against Ukraine, the largest war in Europe since 1945. Russia is deliberately destabilising the external borders of the European Union, and is waging a hybrid war with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland on a daily basis. It sends tens of thousands of illegal migrants to Europe, carries out daily cyberattacks on European countries, commits numerous acts of sabotage. Therefore, it is necessary not to soften, but to tighten the sanctions policy of the European Union towards Russia in every dimension, including visas. Putin's Russia must be subjected to absolute isolation. Maybe then the Russians will understand that it is necessary to end Putin and power politics. And one more reflection. We must realize that there are many people in this room who have allowed Putin to attack Ukraine. These are the ones who provided Putin with a financial drip. These are the ones who allowed Putin to pursue a policy of energy blackmail. It's those who pretended not to see Putin's Russia building its aggressive superpower with fossil fuel money. These are those who, contrary to the interests of the whole of Europe, pushed for the construction of Nord Stream. I say this mainly to the Members of Parliament from Germany and their political friends. Sprinkle your heads with ashes. The blood of those who are dying and murdered in Ukraine also weighs on your consciences.

Mr President, thank you very much. At the end of March, a Catholic priest, Father Michał Olszewski, who dealt with the help of excluded and needy people, was detained and arrested in Poland. The prosecutor does not accuse him of embezzlement, corruption or theft. The priest's only fault is that the foundation he ran successfully applied for government grants from the former government. With the funds raised, the foundation has built a help center for people who really need this help. The priest is only a victim of Donald Tusk's political revenge. Father Michał Olszewski has been in custody for almost half a year. For 60 hours he was denied a meal, denied personal hygiene and even dignified satisfaction of physiological needs. All this takes place in Poland, in the heart of Europe, in the European Union. And this is while here in Strasbourg we are debating human rights. Did you know that under the detention center where Father Michael is staying, people gather every day to ask for Father Michael? I ask for your solidarity with Father Michael. We must stand up for him, we must remember him, and we must demand his release because he is a political prisoner.