What Ryszard Antoni spoke about.

21

Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

Mr President, the report is living proof of how dangerous the EU has become. One is reminded of a well-known story about Dr Frankenstein, who wanted to create a perfect being and instead created a monster. What the report proposes is the grabbing of all essential competences of the Member States, thereby reducing the national institutions to ornamental functions. Should the reform come into effect…

13

Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, is the EU in better shape today than, shall we say, 20 years ago? The answer is an emphatic ‘no’. To paraphrase Shakespeare’s Hamlet, something is rotten in the State of the Union. There is more than ever instability, conflict, tension and uncertainty. Let me quote a recent issue of The Economist: ‘Inflation remains hot [...] officials are increasingly worrie…

31

May

2023

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Order of business

This is amazing! I mean, this is political hooliganism! (Mixed reactions) So Poland has also been a place that Russian infiltration was present. And just let me give you a few examples. There was an attempt to tie us to the Russian gas supply for several decades to come. We had the Polish ambassadors being coached by Russia’s Foreign Minister, Mr Lavrov. I know some of your colleagues have been re…

31

May

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, let me begin by saying that investigation is a standard parliamentary practice – oh yes, it is – and the commission that has been set up meets all democratic standards. Whoever says otherwise lies; whoever says otherwise lies. (Interjections from the floor) Madam President, could you please discipline the colleagues? The Soviet – sorry, the Russian interference... (Interjections f…

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May

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz (debate)

Madam President, Mr Chancellor, ladies and gentlemen, to understand the role of Germany, one needs to start with the basic question: what sort of political system is the European Union? And I submit it is a combination of an oligarchy and a tyranny of the majority. The Parliament functions, of course, as the tyranny of the majority and the Commission is a typically oligarchic institution, unelecte…

12

Dec

2022

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Statement by the President

Madam President, well, there is not much to be said. A lot of facts have already come out, and I’m sure more will come out in the future. Perhaps some of them quite surprising in a most unpleasant sort of way. But you are right, of course, Madam President, that a European institution – the European Parliament – was targeted by the bad guys. They probably consider the Parliament to be a place with …

22

Nov

2022

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Formal sitting – Ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament

Madam President, Prime Ministers, two minutes of truth, of bitter truth. The bitter truth is that the European Parliament has done a lot of damage in Europe. It has been sending a false message that it represents the European demos. There isn’t, and there won’t be any European demos. The Parliament has infected Europe with shameless partisanship and the infection became so contagious that it sprea…

7

Jul

2022

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Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I would like to raise a point of order in accordance with Rule 195 and Rule 10. Yesterday, during the debate on Russian relations with European parties, Ms Evin Incir from the S&D Group accused my Swedish colleagues in the ECR of having direct connections with and financing from the Kremlin. This is a defamatory accusation. Furthermore, it came from a member of the Social Democrat…

7

Jun

2022

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The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, Arranging absurd debates, and there have been many, seems to this Parliament. This level of absurdity surpasses even the lowest standards of rationality. The current debate is not only absurd, but I would say it is wicked. I would like to address Members from outside Poland who support this debate. Ladies and gentlemen, you don't know anythi…

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Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

Madam President, for anyone who has eyes to see, it must become clear that Putin’s war will continue and that the EU’s reaction has not brought the expected results. Despite the narcissistic, self—indulgent and self—congratulatory rhetoric of the European leaders, the sanctions have too many loopholes and some of the Western European governments are beginning to have second thoughts. They modify t…

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Mar

2022

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Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, the war has created an entirely new situation, and we have to do everything we can to win this war because it’s our war, the war of all European nations. Once Putin decided to go ahead with the invasion, it became clear he’s determined to subdue Ukraine and will not hesitate to resort to extreme measures. It was he who once said, let me remind you, that the collapse of the Soviet …

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Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, when in 2008, the Russian Army invaded Georgia, Poland’s President, Lech Kaczyński, gathered political leaders from Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Tbilisi and at the public meeting, he said these memorable words, ‘Today it is Georgia. Tomorrow Ukraine, then the Baltic States. And in the future, maybe Poland.’ Well, unfortunately, these words are not only memorable, but …

23

Nov

2021

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Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Prime Minister of my country Mateusz Morawiecki was supposed to come here. Unfortunately, he was not allowed to do so, but he asked me to convey the content he wanted to express. I do so all the more willingly because they reflect the views of my group, of many millions of my compatriots, as well as of the people of Europe. At the moment, several thousand Polish …

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Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

Mr President, Madam President of the European Commission, Prime Minister. Prime Minister, from what you have heard so far, you might have already guessed that you find yourself in a most peculiar place. The European Parliament is the institution that, firstly, has been governed by the same political coalition from time immemorial. This is rather unusual in any nation state, with predictably unfort…