What Arkadiusz spoke about.

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. Friends and colleagues! I represent the Law and Justice party, which during that term was very brutally attacked by mainstream parties in the European Parliament for eight years. Many politicians of this party supported the photos with Commissioner Didier Reynders, who, as we know, has problems with the law today. Poland at that time was very often unfairly attacked, absolutely unfair, dishonest. Today, when the government of Donald Tusk has been in power for a year, there is an unprecedented violation of the Constitution, violation of the law. The prosecutor's office was illegally seized. Dozens of political investigations are being conducted against opposition politicians. They're being thrown into jail. The immunity of the Council of Europe, for example, is violated. And today, unfortunately, we do not see any reaction from the European Union here. Commissioner, I very much ask you, also as a Member of Parliament, an experienced lawyer, not to apply double standards. Take a look at what Tusk's government in Poland is doing today, one year after the change of power.

Mr Szczerba, your speeches here in the European Parliament are a disgrace to our country. Because you have been proclaiming for 8 years that you are defending the rule of law. Your colleague was Commissioner Reynders, with whom you were shaking hands. Over the past year, however, your government has unlawfully taken over public television, where you unlawfully hired your pseudo-journalists. You have unlawfully taken over the prosecution. You don't recognize Supreme Court rulings. You do not accept the judgments of the Constitutional Court. You don't recognize judges. This is the government of Donald Tusk in Poland today. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a dictatorship under the guise of liberal democracy. And unfortunately, all this is happening with the full approval of the European Union...

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, Disinformation and falsification of history by Russia is one of the key tools used by the Kremlin for decades, in justifying its criminal aggression against Ukraine, but also in conducting an imperial and aggressive policy towards all its neighbours. All Russia's neighbors are familiar with this propaganda, disinformation, but also with Russia's imperial policy. My country, Poland, knows it too. The Kremlin cynically reverses the role of victim and aggressor, presenting its brutal war as a mission of liberation. It is a dangerous manipulation that is supposed to sow division and chaos in Europe, but also in the world. Poland is well aware of these mechanisms. For decades since World War II, she has been a victim of the falsification of history, symbolized by the Katyn massacre, the murder of 22,000 Polish officers, which the Soviet Union tried to pass on to others. Unfortunately, there is also a worrying historical revisionism in Europe today. The crimes of World War II are presented and blurred by impersonal terms such as, for example, the Nazis instead of the actual perpetrators, that is, Germany. We still hear shameful statements about Polish concentration camps, despite the fact that it was the Germans who created these camps on Polish lands, factories of death, where millions of Poles, Jews and citizens of other nationalities died. These lies strike not only at the truth, but also at the dignity of the victims. Therefore, Poland prepared a historical report on war losses and sent a diplomatic note to the German government, demanding justice and historical truth in this matter. It is an expression of concern for historical memory and the fight for justice. Today, the Kremlin uses the same methods that we have always known. By falsifying history, he tries to justify the aggression against Ukraine, to divert attention from his own crimes. It is an attempt to use history as a propaganda weapon that destabilizes the present. History shows that falsifying the past leads to an escalation of violence. As Poles who have been fighting for historical truth for years, we know how dangerous these manipulations are. Therefore, silence on Russian propaganda will have tragic consequences. Defending the truth is our duty to the victims of the past and future generations.

Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. Madam President, thank you very much. American society has given a mandate to President Donald Trump to be America's new leader. Our aim as the European Parliament should be equally clear: Developing and strengthening relations with the United States. As a member of parliament a few days ago, I returned from a delegation that took place in Fort Worth, Texas, an exchange of experiences and views between American and European parliamentarians. And all delegations agree: the development and cooperation of the Americas with the European Union is necessary. This serves our security, but also our economic development. I would like to stress that all political groups, all political parties took part in the delegation, but above all they represented the countries of Central Europe. It is a pity that there were no parliamentarians from Germany and France in this delegation. I want to make it clear that for Central Europe, for Poland, cooperation with America is crucial for security and economic development.

Madam President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. In the face of the war in Ukraine and Russian attempts to circumvent sanctions with a fleet of shadows, I appeal on behalf of myself, but also my country - Poland - for decisive action by the European Union in cooperation with NATO. Strengthening the monitoring mechanism of maritime routes and strengthening sanctions against those supporting the operation is crucial to effectively stop the financing of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. At this point, I would like to remind you that Poland has invested large budgetary resources in maritime infrastructure to reduce Russian influence in the Baltic Sea, so that Polish entities do not have to ask for the consent of the Russian Federation to be able to influence Polish territorial waters. We have done so despite the European Commission's reservations about this investment. The Law and Justice government, through the Vistula Spit, ensured Poland's sovereignty in the Baltic Sea. Even now, especially in the context of Finland's and Sweden's accession to NATO, international cooperation and EU solidarity are essential to effectively enforce sanctions and weaken the Russian war machine. Therefore, the European Union and NATO should take all possible measures in relation to the Baltic Sea areas belonging to the Member States of the European Union to enforce EU sanctions through maritime inspections and coordination of international action.

Madam President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. Friends and colleagues! Thank you for this debate, an important debate about growing intolerance in Europe. I would also like to draw attention to the intolerance towards Christians. In particular, I am appalled by the case of the arrested priest Michał Olszewski in Poland. After the change of power, the current liberal government, which illegally took over the prosecutor’s office, led to the arrest of Father Michał Olszewski, a priest who was building a help centre for victims of crime. According to the government of Tusk and the prosecutor's office, he did not have the right to do so, which is why he was arrested. Father Michał Olszewski has been in custody for eight months. Every now and then, new charges are brought against the priest. The priest has been stripped of his human dignity, of his priestly dignity, says his mother. He's being held in custody. Torture is applied to him. No food is made available to him. He's being held in handcuffs. Commissioner, I ask you to intervene in the case of Father Michał Olszewski, who has been unlawfully detained in Poland for eight months. That's what I'm asking of you.

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! The pact for the future on international peace and security speaks of the protection of civilians, the rule of law and peace, it speaks of action to promote human rights. He also talks about cooperation with the International Court of Justice, which, however, we must remember, does not resolve all cases related to the observance of human rights and the rule of law. I would like to stress that many countries responsible for war crimes are still hiding behind immunity from jurisdiction, and countries that have committed these crimes cannot be sued before criminal courts to this day. States, but also victims of armed conflicts, are often left without a legal forum where they can demand justice, where they can obtain compensation, where they can reconcile. Victims of war conflicts also do not have the right to a court, to a fair trial, something that should be granted to everyone, and above all to victims of armed conflicts. I therefore invite the Commissioner to examine the resolution of the Council of Europe adopted in June this year, initiated by the British lawyer Lord Keen, on the creation of a negotiating mechanism that allows states to discuss reconciliation and to find an appropriate solution to bring the conflict to a just conclusion. In conclusion: in particular, we must remember the victims of the Second World War, who have not yet received justice, as well as the victims of the ongoing modern armed conflicts, whose victims cry out for justice.

Mr President, thank you very much. Friends and colleagues! Today we clearly, resolutely want to condemn and condemn the Belarusian regime, which is co-responsible for the war in Ukraine. After all, we remember that it was from the territory of Belarus that Russian tanks entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The Belarusian regime not only supports the Russian aggression against Ukraine, but also conducts real, hostile actions against Poland, the Baltic States and the European Union. The Belarusian regime is organizing a mass influx of migrants who killed Polish officers on the Polish border, defending the Polish border, defending the European Union border. The Belarusian regime is also destroying Polish cultural and historical heritage. The Belarusian regime is destroying Polish cemeteries. Finally, the Belarusian regime is destroying inconvenient people for this regime. Andrzej Poczobut is sitting in a Lukashenko prison behind a Belarusian bar. Andrzej Poczobut fights for his life and never gave up. We will never give up in the fight for his release. Long live Andrzej Poczobut and free Belarus!

Madam President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. Friends and Colleagues.! Today is a special day for Poland and Poles. On September 17, 1939, 85 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Over 300,000 Poles, including my family, were deported to Siberia. They've been there forever. Hundreds of thousands of Poles were imprisoned, many were taken prisoner. There was also the Katyn massacre, where over 20,000 Polish officers were murdered. That is why Poland is so sensitive to what is happening in Ukraine, because we remember what the Soviet Union did and Putin is doing in Ukraine today. That is why we cannot allow Ukraine to be left alone, as Poland was left alone in 1939. We need to support Ukraine. That is why Poland has supported Ukraine from the very beginning in a military and humanitarian sense, we have welcomed millions of Ukrainian refugees. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, today, when we talk about peace talks, we must remember that Russia must give up the occupied territory of Ukraine, 20% of the occupied territory of Ukraine. War criminals must be punished. Putin must stand trial before an international court, and all those who committed the crime should be punished. And finally, ladies and gentlemen, Russia must pay war reparations to Ukraine.