21
Jan
2025
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Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, The issue we are discussing here today is fundamental because Russia is an immanent threat to security and peace in Europe. Vladimir Putin clearly and categorically stated that he wants to restore the power of the Soviet Union and Russia within the widest possible borders. This means that it intends to conquer not only Ukraine, but also other countries, the Baltic states. It threatens Finland. It threatens Poland. We know from Russia's military doctrine that they intend to treat all tools of politics as tools of war, including the Baltic Sea basin will be used in every possible way to implement Russian geopolitical thought. And we, as Europe, should stand together, in solidarity and firmly against Russian politics. We, as Poles, in particular the late Professor Lech Kaczyński, have been talking about this for a very long time, but we have been neglected in this Chamber and in other European institutions. We hope that the time for reflection has come and that Europe will stand together against Russian imperialism.