What Małgorzata spoke about.

17

Dec

2024

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Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Thousands of Georgians have been taking to the streets for weeks in opposition to the policies of the Georgian Dream, a pro-Russian party that is pushing the country into Russia's embrace. Arrests, violence and the freezing of relations with the EU are the government's response against Georgian society. The Georgian demonstrations are held under the slogan ‘Wake …

28

Nov

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

Madam President, thank you very much. On the basis of Rule 202, could you please explain why there will be no resolution on political prisoners in Belarus at this session? The number of political prisoners in Belarus is growing every day and can reach ten thousand. Among them is Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, one of the most persecuted opposition activists, who was brutally arrested in January 2021 in …

28

Nov

2024

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Foreign interference and espionage by third country actors in European universities (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. European universities are infiltrated by foreign services. It is on them that the fight for young minds is being fought, which are being forced into harmful left-wing ideologies, spreading disinformation, and influencing important decisions is being built. The fight for access to knowledge, scientific research and modern solutions is ongoing. Russia, Belarus and …

13

Nov

2024

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Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. History teaches us that dictators can gain power through democratic elections. However, if they stand by it at all costs, they become a threat not only to their own people, but also to the international community. In 2012, Bidzina Ivanishvili gained democratic legitimacy and President Saakashvili peacefully handed over power. However, since 2016, and especially a…

23

Oct

2024

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Findings of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Poland's abortion law (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. In Poland, the right to abortion is granted to women in a situation of danger to life or health and in the case of pregnancy resulting from a prohibited act. A lot of lies have been told here on this issue. I would also like to remind you that the last attempt to liberalize this law, already under the rule of Donald Tusk, has failed. And this best shows the attit…

22

Oct

2024

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Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia (debate)

The Nagorno-Karabakh war has caused a massive humanitarian crisis, particularly affecting children. Three years ago, as Deputy Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, I invited to Poland children from the Karabakh region, orphans, half-orphans, whose families lost their homes and livelihoods as a result of warfare. These children still need support to develop normally. Azerbaijan regained c…

22

Oct

2024

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Protection of European journalists reporting on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. I do not need to convince you about the important and dangerous work done by journalists covering the course of Russia's war against Ukraine. They serve the truth and for the truth comes to bear a high price, sometimes the highest. I would like to pay special tribute to Victoria Roshchina, a 28-year-old Ukrainian journalist. Kidnapped and held by the Russians in one of …

21

Oct

2024

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Signature of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 81)

Madam President, thank you very much. This is a formal request under Rule 202 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament. 19 October marked the 40th anniversary of the kidnapping and martyrdom of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, patron of Solidarity, a movement that brought freedom to Poland and Europe. Here are his words: "Solidarity is the unity of hearts, minds and hands rooted in id…

8

Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I have been supporting a democratic Georgia on its path to the European Union for years. I admired the development after the Rose Revolution and the reforms that brought the country closer to European standards. After Bidzina Ivanishvili took power, I watched with pain the gradual collapse of the country and its subordination to Moscow's policy. One of Ivanishvil…

8

Oct

2024

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Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. As Moldova approaches key presidential elections and a decisive referendum on integration into the European Union, we are facing a critical moment. We must act decisively to protect this democratic process from external interference, from Russia, whose relentless attempts to destabilise Moldova threaten its sovereignty. Moldova's courageous progress towards Europ…

18

Sep

2024

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The case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba

There is poverty in every country affected by the Soviet Union and Vladimir Putin. In every country affected by Vladimir Putin, there are prisons, starving children and human rights violations. Not Americans – Russia is the evil we must fight, the evil we must confront. And that's the truth.…

18

Sep

2024

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The case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba

Ladies and Gentlemen, I express my deep concern about the human rights situation in Cuba, in particular the fate of José Daniel Ferrer, leader of the Cuban Patriotic Union. Arrested on 11 July 2021, he is still in prison in scandalous conditions, without access to medical care, cut off from contact with the world. However, Cuba is not only about prisons and violations, the suppression of civil lib…

18

Sep

2024

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The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus

Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are obliged to express our firm condemnation of the brutal actions of the Lukashenka regime. From here in the European Parliament, I address all political prisoners and their families in their language, in Belarusian: (Speaks in a language that is not an official language). Particularly appalling is the case of Andrzej Poczobut, a man of steadfast character whose lif…

18

Sep

2024

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Organised crime, a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and European citizens (topical debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, Western Europe is struggling with increasing crime, which is the responsibility of immigrants, or rather those who invited them to Europe. Groups of young, unemployed, aggressive men are an increasingly common sight on European streets. And what does that mean? Each of you knows perfectly well, because as an MEP you get warnings, where in…

17

Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Dear Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, The situation in Venezuela reminds us of Belarus. Belarus, where the usurper Lukashenka, ignoring the will of the voters, forcibly maintained power, suppressed social opposition and forced Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, the real winner of the elections, to emigrate. At that time, Europe did not recognize this act of violence and enslavement. And rightly so. Th…

17

Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you for this. Negotiations. Diplomacy. Conversations. We hear it all the time. Who do you want to talk to? With Putin? With a murderer? It was this attitude that led to the war. The Minsk Accords. Do you remember who was sitting at the table at the Minsk agreements? Terrorists from Donetsk and Luhansk were invited. And now you want to invite Vladimir Putin, the …