What Bartłomiej spoke about.

19

May

2026

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Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, I had another speech prepared, but to tell the truth, under the influence of the voices of Mr Jaki, Bielan and Dworczyk representing PiS, I had to change them. They performed here not as Polish citizens, but as part of the American MAGA movement. This mental subordination was all too apparent, and it was embarrassing, for which I apologise to the c…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I warn against a situation in which the necessary institutional changes in the European Union will result in one victim of these changes, namely unanimity. Europe faces many external challenges. We have wars at our borders, destabilization in global terms, but we cannot close our eyes to the internal crisis. There is no country today that is completely free from …

29

Apr

2026

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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Russia returns to the international stage through the Venice Biennale. The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale is not a free art, it is Putin's circus designed to soften the positions of European countries. The biennale closed the Russian pavilion two years ago and now reopens it. The terrible paradox of this situation is that thousands of Ukrainians have been murde…

21

Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Listening to the speeches of the left in this room, I have the impression that you are not talking about solving the problem of illegal migration, but, on the contrary, about intensifying the dispute within Europe. During their work on the list of safe countries of origin, left-wing MEPs in the European Parliament opposed the designation of Morocco and Western Sa…

17

Dec

2025

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Cases of pro-Russian espionage in the European Parliament (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Nathan Gill was sentenced by the British state before a British court on the basis of information from the British services. He was sentenced because Britain is a country. If we want to make the European Parliament resilient against Russia’s attempts at espionage, corruption and other disinformation activities, we need to rely on nation states. The EU is not a state. Sh…

15

Dec

2025

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Murder of Mehdi Kessaci - urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking (debate)

Mr President, I will only speak Polish. Mr President, thank you very much. We focus only on supply. Instead, in order to close the violent rivers of drugs and related violence, we need to turn our attention to demand. Anyone who buys a small dose of drugs contributes to the aggravation of the phenomenon that terrorizes our societies and becomes the beginning of the chain of death. Our response mus…

8

Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, For years, Russia has been conducting actions against the West that do not resemble a traditional war, using sabotage, disinformation, provocation instead of tanks and bombs. While we are wondering if Putin will ever strike at EU countries, he is already doing it – only in a different way. Hybrid warfare is about pushing the boundaries of what we c…

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. I would like to thank you very much for your solidarity with Poland and for what the Commission has also expressed today. These are very important moments. For the first time in NATO's history, a member state was attacked on its air territory by Russia. I want to say that Poles are not intimidated. In the face of this crisis, we are united. You have all heard about the …

11

Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. The effectiveness of the system proposed by the Commission on return depends strictly on the degree of control over persons subject to return orders. They have the right to appeal, but during this time they must remain under electronic or physical supervision. Without this, the whole system loses its meaning, and the effort put into its two most important elements, i.e.…

10

Feb

2025

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Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

Once again I speak in this Chamber about organised crime, which is the biggest threat on the streets of European cities. We fear a customs war with the US, but a more dangerous crisis is the activity of ethnic gangs in Europe. There is a close link between the current migration policy and the emergence of organised crime. Commissioner, we can no longer close our eyes to this fact. We cannot afford…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Madam President, I'm sorry. To the right of the room: Stop pretending you're talking about freedom of speech. You are the Trump and Musk party in the European Union. Yesterday you clapped ovally on Trump and you are not bothered that this President of the United States announced a trade war destroying the economy of the European Union. Today, you defend American online platforms and don't mind tha…

17

Dec

2024

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Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Today, in the European Parliament, we presented the Sakharov Prize, known as the ‘conscience of Russia’. Today's Russia is not a Sakharov country, but its persecutors from the KGB. Today's Russia has no conscience. Today we are discussing the historical manipulations they are committing. But it does not matter whether the Russians refer to Moscow as the third …

28

Nov

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

Madam President, thank you very much. Under Rule 202 of the Rules of Procedure, this concerns amendment 10 tabled by the ESN Group, which is inconsistent with the content of the resolution voted today on strengthening the European Union's unwavering support to Ukraine in the face of Russia's war of aggression. The authors of this amendment are members of the Polish far-right Confederacy party, an …

27

Nov

2024

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Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities and hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, It does not matter whether Internet and energy communication cables or gas pipelines are broken by the anchors of Russian ships or by civilian ships under the Chinese flag. The important thing is that we cannot give in to this pressure. Acting under the threshold of full-scale war is the same act of aggression as an armed conflict. Today,…

27

Nov

2024

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Stepping up the fight against and the prevention of the recruitment of minors for criminal acts (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. You cannot close your eyes to reality – this is the motto. A dozen years ago, the world public was shocked by information about child soldiers in Africa. We read with horror reports of a growing wave of abuse of children as cruel soldiers. These acts are classified as war crimes under international law. And now, here in the European Parliament, we are discussing …

23

Oct

2024

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Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Before the Pact mechanisms start to work, we urgently need to limit the influx of these refugees, who are part of hybrid aggression. The current procedures put the European Union in a situation of helplessness. The use of asylum status is part of the aggression of Moscow and Minsk. We often do not know the actual data of irregular border crossings and asylum s…

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Oct

2024

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Prevention of drug-related crimes, their effect on European citizens and the need for an effective European response (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. No serious criminal group operates without drug trafficking, both locally and transcontinentally. New and disturbing phenomena are emerging. There is a risk that synthetic opioids will begin to fill the void of traditional opioids. This creates a completely new situation. The method of production is new, i.e. the possibility of cheap and mass production of syn…

7

Oct

2024

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The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The Polish authorities learned about the closure of the German borders on the eve of the introduction of the control. From the German media. This alone shows the risks for the Schengen area. It was just a display of arrogance. The current German government does not want to strengthen external borders, but strengthens internal borders. But this is just a manifesta…

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Sep

2024

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Organised crime, a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and European citizens (topical debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, The question is this: It won't come, but when will it? This is a question about the presence of synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, in Europe. We are in danger of a wave that could flood our continent. The warnings come from both the US and Canada, where a catastrophe involving synthetic opioids has already occurred and where entire city di…