What Ryszard spoke about.

12 Sep

2023

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Ukrainian grain exports after Russia’s exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen! A friend from Germany, already absent, called for solidarity and spoke here about Poland. We do not need to call for solidarity with Ukraine, because our country has given the most help, receiving the largest number of refugees, sending transports of food and medicine and being a military hub all the time. Rather…

12 Sep

2023

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EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen! I do not think that this agreement is a betrayal of European values, as Mrs In't Veld, who is leaving the room, says, I think that this agreement is necessary. It is even necessary. I can only express my surprise that it happens so late. My country has long said that everything must be done to support people, countries in Africa and Asia, fr…

13 Jul

2023

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10th anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Religion or Belief (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I think we need to speak frankly and openly. In this Parliament – I remember – a few years back, when we rightly started the debate and then the resolution in the context of the Uyghurs, the Muslim minority, my Conservative political group proposed that Christians who were persecuted should also be addressed in the same country. The major…

11 Jul

2023

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2022 (joint debate - European Investment Bank)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. It can be said that this is a metaphor for the functioning of our Union, because in this debate the youngest Commissioner in the European Commission meets a very experienced, long-time President of the European Investment Bank. Exactly, experience and youth give a good effect. Ladies and gentlemen, I can say,…

14 Jun

2023

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Humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, This is the moment when I'm happy and I'm very worried. I am worried because, of course, I see some of our powerlessness in the face of this drama, this tragedy that is taking place in Sudan. And I say this as a man who is going to his 22nd African country next week with a European Parliament mission. I think I know this co…

1 Jun

2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation - Election integrity and resilience build-up towards European elections 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. An important debate on an important issue. Unfortunately, this is an example of hypocrisy. I am very pleased, as coordinator of my ECR political group in this committee, that we are taking on very important challenges. You can do well in the European Parliament. You can, Mr Glucksmann, in the French Parliament – rightly, rightly. Why can't it be…

10 May

2023

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Myanmar, notably the dissolution of democratic political parties

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. In fact, the fingers of both hands are not enough to count the debates on Myanmar, or Burma, in this Parliament in recent years. Because it's a never ending story, it's a never ending story, because we talk about the same thing all the time. And we act a little bit, in fact, like a choir in a Chinese opera, which sings for three acts:…

10 May

2023

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Belarus: the inhumane treatment and hospitalisation of prominent opposition leader Viktar Babaryka

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. The two speakers before me come from Lithuania, a country which, like Poland, is neighbouring Belarus. I think we know what the situation is. It's bad. I agree with my colleagues that there was no consensus among the European Union on strong sanctions against Minsk. This encourages the Lukashenka regime. This rarely happens in politic…

10 May

2023

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Media freedom and freedom of expression in Algeria, the case of journalist Ihsane El-Kadi

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I am very pleased that Algeria is working closely with the European Union, Europe and its Member States on energy issues. And this has improved a lot, you know, after Russia's aggression against Ukraine. This is a country linked to Europe, for example, by the fact that it has been a French colony for a very long time, that tens of mil…

9 May

2023

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2022 Report on Kosovo (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I will start by thanking the Commissioner, who is a professional and is doing a really good job when it comes to this EU perspective, not only for Kosovo, but above all for the other countries of the Western Balkans, because probably other countries will enter the Union much faster next year. I do not want to talk here about the mistakes of …

9 May

2023

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Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Representatives of the European Commission! To sum up this debate, I would like to say that, first of all, quite simply, there are a number of issues that should not be included at all in the discharge report and the report, of course with regard to the European Commission. It is about the conditionality mechanism, because it is very political in nature I think that in …

9 May

2023

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Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. A year and a half ago, the Council of the European Union approved a regulation establishing nine joint undertakings under Horizon Europe. This makes sense because the Union, together with the Member States, with the private sector, is to carry out research and innovation in the framework of these European partnerships. The horizontal scope i…

20 Apr

2023

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EU Action Plan against Trafficking in Cultural Goods (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask the President for the same temporal tolerance as Herzberger-Fofana's colleague. It is good that today we are talking about a key issue, which is culture. When the charismatic President of the European Commission Jacques Delors was asked what he would change after these two terms of office when he was Presid…

19 Apr

2023

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The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa

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Mr President, thank you very much. Representatives of the European Commission! Ladies and Gentlemen, Unfortunately, after this chaos-ridden withdrawal of Americans in September 2021, I warned that those who told us that these new authorities were different from the Taliban, that they were no longer so radical, that they were open to dialogue, that they were educated in Western universities, and th…

15 Mar

2023

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Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, It's the Cambodia debate again. A draconian verdict and the question is, what can we do? How do we protest? Before me were wise and noble deputies. I agree with what they said. I was wondering what to say, and maybe it was time, Mr President, to protest in a different way. I still have 30 seconds to speak and I would…

15 Mar

2023

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Tunisia: Recent attacks against freedom of expression and association and trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, I think you have to be careful with accusations of populism, because it is an inherent feature, unfortunately, of modern politics. It occurs on different continents, also in our country, and in principle regardless of who is in charge and who is in opposition. On the other hand, speaking about Tunisia once again, onc…

15 Mar

2023

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Iran: in particular the poisoning of hundreds of school girls

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Dear Colleagues, I think that this debate is very much needed if our words, important words beyond political divisions, turn into actions. There are a number of ideas here. I hear that it may be worth recalling Western ambassadors from Iran. Others speak of the need to send an international mission to check on what is happening in Iran – …

14 Mar

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, It was an important speech. I very much regret that so few, about 60 Members, so less than 10% of Parliament listened to this, because it is worth listening to the voice of Lithuania, the Baltic countries, from our region. I'm sorry, but that's the reality. I am glad that we are meeting again, because Mr. President came to…

13 Mar

2023

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Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021 (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Transparency is one of the main topics of the European Ombudsman's investigations. As Vice-Chair of the Committee on Petitions and coordinator of our ECR Group in the Committee on Budgetary Control, I would like to thank you very much for your work in this area. Transparency is the foundation of the trust of the citizens of the Member States in the…

15 Feb

2023

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The recent deterioration of the inhuman imprisonment conditions of Alexey Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Navalny is not the only one, but Navalny is few. All the more reason to appreciate his suffering, which was mentioned here today. I remember when we first hosted his daughter in our Parliament and a few months later his wife. They were with us physically, although in spirit and heart they were with their father and husband. Today we are talk…

15 Feb

2023

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The situation of human rights defenders in Eswatini, notably the murder of Thulani Maseko

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. I remember when I was a kid, collecting postage stamps. Some of the most beautiful stamps were Swaziland stamps. Stamps of a very exotic country and then I was associated with great exoticism, with travels. I remembered this country, which today bears a different name Eswatini. I did not think that after a few dozen years I would associate i…

14 Feb

2023

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Response to the situation in Tunisia (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, Tunisia is a country that must be given special attention in the European Parliament, in the Union, because for years the countries of the Maghreb, the countries of North Africa have been the target of significant subsidies. After all, it is a question of a certain partnership with these countries on the part of our European Union. And, of c…

13 Feb

2023

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Following up on measures requested by Parliament to strengthen the integrity of European institutions (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, It is very good that Mrs Loiseau spoke about Crimea here, because indeed this destination was reminded and it was very bad that some MEPs, hence the defence, were there, and I think that this matter should not be forgotten even in the flood of information about Qatar. I think it is important to remember that we have regulat…

2 Feb

2023

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to correct some fake news that appeared in this room. With all due respect to all parliamentarians, however, we cannot say that we want to send soldiers there. That's not true. We are discussing the sending of weapons. And that gun needs to be sent. But it would be good if some of our colleagu…

18 Jan

2023

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Poland remains at the forefront of the EU Member States in terms of the number of irregularities reported. As a country, we reported 1,020 cases in 2021, which we are discussing. This is the fourth place in the European Union. I cite this data to show the full effectiveness of the Polish system of implementation and control…