Speeches

Mr President, thank you very much. It is no longer an energy union, it is an energy murder under the ideology of climateism. Climate policy, including the Green Deal, threatens Europe with catastrophe. Instead of building a competitive, healthy economy, we are taking our industry outside Europe and energy prices are breaking records. In Poland, energy prices, electricity prices have increased by around 150% and gas by 2-3 times over the last 5 years. It is no different in other countries. Regions such as Silesia, the heart of Polish industry, are facing the loss of their identity. The coal that was behind their wealth is now becoming their curse. It's sick, isn't it? We are closing mines and relying on the supply of critical raw materials from countries that are the largest coal consumers in the world, such as China, Australia and Turkey. Last year, global coal consumption was 8.5 billion tons. China used more than half, and Poland only 60 million. Why are you closing Polish mines and not Chinese ones? This is mainly where coal is mined. That is why we cannot be the victim of such a harmful, sick policy. Energy security, which is based on stable and indigenous sources, should be put on the table. We also need to develop nuclear energy and increase its share in the energy mix. And the energy transition itself should be gradual, not incremental, and based on rationalism and real economic needs. We say decisively that the economy should not be guided by the ideology of climateism. It is technology and green energy that should serve man, not man that should serve technology. The Energy Union cannot rely on dictatorship and on cost.

Madam President, thank you very much. Draghi's report gives a good diagnosis of the causes of the European Union's economic stagnation, including the main one: We are constrained by excessive regulation, which hinders development. History shows that the increase in wealth is the result of economic freedom, not the actions of bureaucrats. Wealth and development cannot be enacted by law. It is entrepreneurs who, responding to the needs of consumers, are innovative, build a better future and create wealth. In the 19th century, the vast majority of people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, 90% of humanity has come out of it. Every day, more than 100,000 people lift themselves out of poverty through freedom of action. They don't do it through grants, loans, central planning. Innovation and the free market are the source of growth. Our great enrichment resulted from the withdrawal of the state from the economy. States have allowed people to act, they have allowed themselves to be rich. If the European Union wants to compete with the US and Asia, it should support economic freedom, not increase regulation. The problem of the Green Deal and high energy prices was rightly highlighted. This increases the cost of living and limits freedom of action. However, the solution proposed by Mr Draghi in the form of the issuance of debt, which we and our descendants will pay in taxes, cannot be absolutely accepted. Besides, a large budget does not create innovation. The state does not make money on the free market, but on compulsory taxes. It is the enemy of competition and therefore the enemy of innovation. Therefore, the European Union should not deal with innovation, but should allow people to act and increase economic freedom. I hope that you will finally wake up and Europe will once again become a leader, inspiring the world to reject central planning.