What Ryszard spoke about.

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Representatives of the Commission! This is a very important and necessary report, which is a continuation of the work of the European Parliament from the previous legislature. This report argues that the work of our committee is essential, because in fact other committees in the European Parliament will not replace it. I believe that this report is a signal that …

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Feb

2022

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Political crisis in Burkina Faso

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! I was in Burkina Faso. I remember my conversations with Europeans who lived there for years. I asked about the relationship between the Christian majority and the Muslim minority. I heard the answer ‘everything is fine’. A week after I left, there was the first attack by Islamic terrorists. I think that this coup d'état, …

17

Feb

2022

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The recent human rights developments in the Philippines

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Elections in the Philippines in three months. The same Filipinos who have decided that their president is Duterte will decide who will rule their country. It is not us, it is not the European Union, we will decide this. I think that what is happening in the Philippines needs our attention, because it is a country…

14

Feb

2022

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Oh, Mrs. Spokesperson! Mr President of the Commission, I think this is the time when we should talk about the most important things and the problems that the spokesperson faces in his work. I have the impression that one of the problems that the Ombudsman should address is the issue of the democratic deficit, the issue of the lack of transparency of the decision-making …

19

Jan

2022

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Situation in Kazakhstan

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Congratulations to the President on his election. We are from neighboring countries, as a neighbor I keep my fingers crossed for the neighbor. I will not start my speech with politics, because we are all human beings. I think that condolences and condolences should flow from this room to the families of those who died in Kazakhstan. In my…

16

Dec

2021

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Continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of human rights organisation Memorial

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am one of those – and there are not so many of us in this room – who remember the award of the Sakharov Prize to Memorial twelve years ago. We remember the visit of Mrs. Alexeyeva, Mr. Kovalev, this different face of Russia, as well as their sometimes bitter words to the West. I think, however, that what is happening …

14

Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. We can still give a thousand speeches that will rightly criticize Mr. Putin, but let's think about our reaction not so much verbal (it is needed), but political. Well, I think we should learn from the past, from what happened at the NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008, when the lack of Western unity and the blockage of the road map for Georgia …

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Nov

2021

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Mr President of the Court! It's like in the American film "A year at the same time". We meet here every year, we always get a solid report. Mr. President, thank you for that. I draw attention to the stabilisation over the last few years of the estimated error in payments from the Union budget at a rather low level of 2,7 %. It was the same last …

21

Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I am disappointed by the results of the summit in Slovenia, the EU-Western Balkans summit, because these countries deserve to be given a road map for their future accession to the European Union. I remember our visits, and Mr. David McAllister also remembers them. A few years ago, we told the representatives of these countries that their accession would take plac…

7

Oct

2021

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The state law relating to abortion in Texas, USA

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the European Parliament! We have just had a debate on the situation in Rwanda. And in this case, in the case of the hero who saved thousands of people, we were united. On the protection of life, on abortion, this Parliament, and probably every Parliament in the world, including the Texas State Congress, is…

7

Oct

2021

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The case of Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a very sad story, the story of a hero who, during the genocide, in the time of contempt, at a time when people thought primarily about saving their own lives, saved the lives of other people. He saved hundreds, more than a thousand of them. A feature film on the subject was made. And now he's in prison himself.…

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Oct

2021

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The situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, In one of his novels, Ernest Hemingway quoted a 16th-century English poet as his motto, who wrote, ‘Don’t ask to whom the bell rings: It beats you.’ What is happening in Belarus is part of a broader geopolitical plan. Russia is behind this. We have to be aware of that. I thank all those Members who have stood before me and will probably stan…

8

Jul

2021

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The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti

Commissioner, I'm sorry. Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am co-author of this resolution. It describes the facts. Our demands are also described in the motion for a resolution, or better said, demands. And I think my previous speakers have said a lot. However, I would like to say that the situation in which the death penalty operates is not just happening somewhere far a…

8

Jul

2021

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The case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran

Madam President, I'm sorry. Less than three weeks ago, a new president was elected, which, let me remind you, is called the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ebrahim Raisi was co-responsible for what happened 33 years ago – the massacre of 3 000 political prisoners. Today he is the head of state. I think we should also talk about it loudly, because it shows the wider context. I am glad that here we are un…

8

Jul

2021

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Labour rights in Bangladesh (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I was in Bangladesh. We may not be very aware of this, but it is a country with a population of several million more than Russia. It is a great country that has a very difficult economic situation. And that's probably the reason for what we're talking about right now. The tragedy of eight years ago shows how much this country has to do. It is good that the Europe…