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8

Jul

2025

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State of play of implementation of the European Media Freedom Act in the Member States (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I listened to the debate and what the right side was saying. And basically, their screams and calls that they do not like this act testify only to the fact that it is good that this act was created at all. But Commissioner, in a recent report by Liberté, we read that a very large number of countries, including my country, Poland, have not…

7

May

2025

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EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. I am very sorry that I cannot address Mrs Ursula von der Leyen face to face. During your speech, you said several important issues about military and economic support, about moving away from Russian energy sources. All of this is crucial. But you forgot two important things. That there will be no just peace without the Russians being held accountable for their crimes ag…

6

May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. You can't pretend you can't see or hear something. Nor can we pretend to take shortcuts in the accession process. Erdoğan's Turkey will never enter Europe, because it is not normal for people who protest in the streets to be arrested. It's not normal for journalists to be arrested for telling the truth. It is not normal to arrest local go…

1

Apr

2025

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Crackdown on democracy in Türkiye and the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The truth is that the situation that is now in Turkey is a gruesome one. Before our eyes, the most basic foundations of democracy are falling. The arrest of opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu is the apogee of Erdogan's illegal attacks on his political opponents. Recently, Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who came to Turkey to report on anti-gov…

31

Mar

2025

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European Cultural Compass as a driving force for economic competitiveness and resilience (debate)

Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. I really appreciate the fact that we are starting to work on this strategy. It is crucial and important because we live in crucial and special times. As the Commissioner has just said, the cultural sector in the times we have now needs really very big challenges, and I hope that there will therefore be very ambitious legislation that will help in the fr…

11

Mar

2025

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Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. It is difficult to refer today to the roadmap that was presented after the testimonies of women from Ukraine and Belarus. The world is really changing before our eyes. Right next to us, Putin is bombing Ukraine. Children are kidnapped, women are raped, civilians are murdered. Rape accompanies all wars. In Rwanda, soldiers were told that T…

22

Jan

2025

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency (debate)

Mr. Prime Minister! The Polish Presidency is a historic opportunity. American, but also European politics is increasingly populist, right-wing and unfortunately all too often, let's put it plainly, simply fascist. In Poland, we defeated PiS because during the black times of their rule we were consistent in our views, we were consistent when it comes to the rule of law, human rights or the vision o…

19

Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I think that many times today in this Chamber it will be said that the UN Commission on the Status of Women in the United Nations Security Council. The Status of Women is the world's most important commission on women's rights. But I'll add even more. It is especially important in the times we live in now. Many things have not been realiz…

17

Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I've been listening to this debate for several hours now and my hands really fall when I listen here to what the right side is saying. And I'm surprised that in the 21st century we still have to explain to our colleagues what freedom of speech means. Young people are listening to our debate. Freedom of speech, of course, yes, but freedom of speech cannot be used …

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. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The report of the UN Commission on the situation of women in Poland is devastating and it is not necessary to go into too much detail of this report to understand this conclusion, because it is very simple. Human rights are violated in Poland and this is simply the conclusion. This report says that in Poland, whether now or before the jud…

9

Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. It might seem that in today's political debate we will not find any common topic to talk about, but it turns out that the housing crisis affects all countries and we can talk about it. But when I listen to this debate, unfortunately I have to say that the right side still needs to be taught that housing is a right, not a commodity. In my country, Poland, as many …

7

Oct

2024

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Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. For eight years, you have been able to observe how the government in Poland destroyed the independence of the media and journalists, how the government led Poland to become the leader of the so-called Islamic State. The SLAPPs mentioned by the President: about 200 such situations against the editorial office and against journalists. Public television, which sh…

7

Oct

2024

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Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism (debate)

Honourable Members, It is with great astonishment that I listen to what you say, but also for the sake of explanation to all the people who are here in the room – you belonged to the party that ruled for 9 years and that has just taken over the media. She did exactly what you are now trying to pin on the government that is currently in power. It was you who stood shoulder to shoulder with those wh…

7

Oct

2024

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Need to fight the systemic problem of gender-based violence in Europe (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, Across Europe, we are seeing how gender-based violence is rooted in systems that should de facto protect citizens. And this phenomenon cannot be ignored by us or by any institutions. We talk a lot here about the fact that there is not enough to do all the time. We have to talk about this all the time. Ladies and Gentlemen, we, as a group of …

18

Sep

2024

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The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”

Mr President, thank you very much. Friends and colleagues! Yesterday I listened with interest to the debate in the Human Rights Commission and it was once again when we listened to the horrific stories of women from Afghanistan. I come from Poland, from a country, from Central Europe, where we also fight for women's rights, but in a completely different dimension. But I'm talking about this becaus…