Debate contributions by Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

I would therefore like to ask you if you consider it appropriate to seal the external borders of the European Union in order to stem the tide of illegal immigration? Do you also wonder whether the European Commission has financed NGOs that have taken in illegal immigrants? Because I know that when assessing the implementation of the budget by the European Commission, you took note of a report saying that NGOs were financed by the Commission in a non-transparent and vague way.

Madam President, I'm sorry. I would like to ask you if you share the view that the migration pact is the legalisation of illegal criminal activities related to the smuggling of people into the European Union and further evidence that the competences of the Member States are being appropriated here by the EU institutions, and that illegal migration is de facto a Trojan horse that is being introduced into the European Union in order to disrupt our security and deepen the economic crisis?

I would like to ask you if you do not think that the left stigmatizes right-wing women, pointing out that it is men with conservative views who are the main perpetrators of violence? That this is a form of violence, especially against women on the left and women on the right? And the second case of surrogacy. What is your opinion on surrogacy? Do you think surrogacy is a violation of children's rights?

Thank you very much for talking about the violence against women that affects all of us online. This is indeed a very important problem and I thank you for raising it. But I would also like to ask you what your position is with regard to surrogacy. Do you share the view that women living in difficult social conditions are doing just that. Nevertheless, it is an act that de facto boils down to exploiting their body, and they become de facto incubators, giving up their child, and it is a modern form of exploitation.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, One form of exploitation of women is surrogacy. It is a system based on separation, loss and profit. It is an industry that trades women's bodies and children's lives, a modern form of slavery dressed in the language of altruism and solidarity. Surogation is an industry, it is violence, and it is an exploitation incompatible with human rights. We can no longer pretend that we do not see human trafficking flourishing right next to us in Georgia, in Ukraine, on the Internet. Europe must adopt a common position. Man is not a commodity. A woman is not an incubator, and a child should never be the subject of a transaction. I am amazed at the position of the left. Just a moment ago, a gentleman on the left said that the surrogate was happy because she gave up a child, a child she carried under her heart. This can only be said by a guy who does not understand women and has no idea what motherhood is. Surogation is the economic exploitation of poor women who make this dramatic decision in order to make a profit. There's no agreement to that.

Madam President, I'm sorry. A year ago, the Commission promised a reset of the Green Deal. You promised dialogue with the farmers. Unfortunately, these were empty promises, and the situation of farmers today is dramatic. The Polish countryside is on the verge of catastrophe. Farmers give away crops for free so that they do not rot in the field, and cry because they love Polish land, because they want to produce safe, high-quality food. They are crying, Commissioner, because they will not have the money to repay the loans. In this dramatic situation, the European Commission is proposing an agreement with the Mercosur countries and Ukraine. If this happens, you will be the gravediggers of European agriculture. You will destroy not only short supply chains, but above all food security. That is why today from this place I call all Polish patriots to the march of the protest in Warsaw on Saturday. Let us meet, protest against the Green Deal, against the Mercosur agreement and against illegal immigration, because all these issues are destroying the European Union.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Europe is at a crossroads today. Our societies are ageing at a rate they never knew before. Fewer and fewer children, more and more older people, and pension and care systems are simply not keeping up. By mid-century, one in three EU citizens will be over 65. If we want true intergenerational justice, we must support families and create conditions for the professional activity of seniors. We need generation-friendly jobs, the development of intergenerational work teams and, above all, the fight against age discrimination. We notice it in all areas of our lives, not only when applying for a job, but also when applying for modern training. Discrimination against older people also means not seeing their problems, disregarding their needs, believing that the needs of older people are less important than the needs of young people. We urgently need a dignified senior policy.

Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to raise taboos in this debate. Biological athletes have to compete with people who have undergone a gender change, although the physiological advantage in strength and body structure is obvious. It destroys the meaning of the female category. It kills women's sports. So how can we talk about equal opportunities and fair competition when, according to a UN report from 2024, more than 600 female athletes have lost 890 medals in 29 different sports due to competition with transmen only in recent years? I missed this point in the report. I therefore want to make it clear that I support the call of the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, who calls on states to stop allowing men who identify as women to compete with women and girls. Sport is a competition that must be based on equal and equal principles. Let LGBT ideology not destroy women's sport.

Mr President, thank you very much. Merkel's migration crisis is destroying Europe's identity. It leads to the Islamization of Europe. We see the effects today in Western Europe: rapes, robberies, thefts, gang wars. Illegal migration is also part of the hybrid war that Putin and Lukashenko are waging with the EU. We see this especially on the Polish-Belarusian border, where left-wing activists, supporting illegal migrants, have de facto become useful idiots of Putin. There are no coincidences. These are planned and coordinated actions. Today we are dealing with a direct attack on Poland. Putin knows that Europe is powerless because the Commission is headed by von der Leyen, who was Germany's worst defence minister. So what should be done? Forced deportations must be introduced immediately, the Union's external borders sealed and the immigration pact thrown into the trash. Finally, I will say openly: Get your hands off Poland! Poland will not pay for the migration mistakes of Berlin and Brussels.

Madam President, I'm sorry. I voted in favour of a regulation simplifying and strengthening the CBAM mechanism. I think this is a step in the right direction. The simplifications proposed are a response to real problems related to the implementation of the CBAM. The CBAM aims to protect EU industry with restrictive climate policies by imposing tariffs on imports of goods such as: steel, cement, aluminium, hydrogen or fertilisers from third countries. Unfortunately, the original rules turned out to be too complicated. They even included micro-enterprises importing small quantities of goods. Therefore, I consider the proposal to exclude from the system so-called occasional importers, i.e. those who import less than 50 tonnes per year into the Union, to be a reasonable and proportionate solution, reducing bureaucratic burdens for SMEs and not distorting EU competition. However, the CBAM mechanism still needs to be fine-tuned. Key challenges are to ensure the reliability of data on the decarbonisation of products from third countries and to prevent circumvention. Moreover, CBAM cannot be the only answer to industry's problems. Complementary actions are needed, including a return to free allowances and further support for companies affected by high energy costs.

Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Friends and colleagues! Citizenship is not a commodity. Citizenship of the European Union is not a commodity. The CJEU's ruling against Malta closes the era in which an EU passport could be purchased for six hundred thousand euros, the purchase of real estate and a symbolic fee. It's not just moral abuse. It's a real threat. Gold passport programs opened the door to money laundering, tax avoidance and corruption. They were used by sanctioned Russian oligarchs and mafia members from around the world. They bought themselves a prosperous and safe life in Europe. It is good that the Court has responded to the calls of the European Parliament, because a secure Europe is a Europe that protects its borders and values. And now it is time for the European Commission to investigate who has benefited from these programmes and what risks they pose. And finally, let's eliminate golden visas once and for all.

Madam President, dear colleagues, Mr Commissioner, the upcoming first EU-United Kingdom summit after Brexit is an opportunity to open a new chapter in rebuilding our relationship. The most important issue to be addressed is, above all, cooperation in the field of defence. European defence policy is not possible without the United Kingdom. In the face of global threats, we need a joint response to hybrid challenges, cybersecurity and the protection of our borders. Our key topics include a mobility programme for young people, trade issues, as well as the fight against illegal immigration. One of the most troubling consequences of Brexit for young people was the UK's withdrawal from the Erasmus+ programme. I therefore welcome plans for new solutions regarding youth mobility. Brexit has changed the formal framework of our relationship, but it has not broken the bonds between us. We must do everything we can to make everyday life easier – we cannot allow political or bureaucratic obstacles to make it harder. We need cooperation based on trust and concrete solutions, cooperation with a response to take needs of people on both sides of the English Channel.

Madam President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. The steel industry is the backbone of the economy. The European Commission's Steel and Metals Plan does not sufficiently address the high energy prices for energy-intensive industries that are a consequence of the EU's harmful ideological climate policy. Without an immediate suspension of the ETS, the Commission's announcements of an inexpensive and secure energy supply are empty slogans. I repeat: the suspension of the ETS is necessary. Without this, the industry will not survive and Europe will lose a key sector so important for building European defence. It is high time you understood this. What will you build tanks from, build the defense industry, when the steel industry will collapse?

I would like to ask you about this - because you are a supporter of climate policy, zero-emissions - how do you view the situation related to the fact that people are increasingly unable to afford heating bills? How do you see that the tightening of climate policy, i.e. the imposition of ETS2 on transport and construction, will translate into increased poverty in the European Union? After all, the Lord knows perfectly well that the whole world does nothing to make our climate assumptions and we are not able to protect the whole world.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, According to Article 18 of the Polish Constitution, marriage is a union between a man and a woman, which means that same-sex marriage and same-sex parenthood are not recognised and surrogacy is illegal in most Member States. Meanwhile, the European Commission, like a communist executive, imposes a rainbow ideology. He is once again looking for a way to push for more privileges for same-sex couples, this time cynically exploiting the welfare of children. But let's not be fooled. Reciprocal recognition of parenthood is not about defending children's rights, it's about pushing a rainbow ideology. According to Polish law, the mother is the woman who gave birth to them, and the father is a man. In turn, surrogacy is nothing more than building a system in which the child becomes the subject of a transaction. Do we really want a Europe where a child is treated like a product to order? Brussels will not dictate to us what a family is. It's time to say firmly: Enough rainbow ideology... (The Chair took the floor)

Madam President, Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, Angela Merkel's German open-door policy and the lack of an effective return policy have taken a bloody toll. Knife attacks in Bavaria, Solingen or Arras, in which people were killed at the hands of people who were to be deported, are a telling example of this. We are in a deep migration crisis. According to Frontex, the number of irregular migrants exceeded one million two hundred thousand. In fact, it is unfortunately much larger. Today, deportations are fiction. According to Eurostat, only one in four deportation decisions are executed. We therefore urgently need effective solutions when it comes to return policy. So we need the immediate return of illegal migrants, because without that, we will not solve the security crisis. EU trade and visa cooperation with third countries must depend on their recognition of deportation decisions. We need to create return hubs outside the Union. And those who are illegally staying in the European Union should be expelled immediately.

It is clear from your statement that you care about the situation of car manufacturers. So I have a question: Do you want to trade the health security of Europeans for the profits of German car manufacturers? Do you want to trade the situation of running farms, which will lose competitiveness after the adoption of this law, for profits of German car manufacturers? Please answer this question clearly. And who counted the profits for Germany, for Poland, for European agriculture after the Mercosur agreement, because I don't see them.

I would like to ask how do you assess the Mercosur agreement in the context of the regulation adopted by us in the last term regarding the shortening of the supply chain from farm to fork? Do you know the calculations related to the implementation of this agreement and how they will translate into the situation of farmers in the European Union, Polish and German farmers, in all Member States? Will it not cause a domino effect, i.e. that farms will collapse en masse due to the fact that they will not be able to cope with price competition?

I would like to ask you because you referred to the American economy, you certainly know that energy costs in the European Union are three times higher than in the United States, and gas prices are five times higher. I do not know if you have also been informed that this week the largest steel producer in Europe has announced that it will move production outside the European Union, because the costs of the green policy are unbearable. Do you think, therefore, that the competitiveness compass will not in any way solve the problem of a decline in the competitiveness of production in the European Union? (President took the floor)

Mr President, thank you very much. The subject of this debate should be left-liberal majority cooperation as a threat to Europe's competitiveness. How can you not be ashamed to place responsibility for the consequences of the Green Deal on the right side of the political scene? We were the ones who warned about the consequences of the Green Deal. The EPP called itself a Green Deal party and compared the Green Deal to the Copernican revolution. You didn't care that companies from Europe move outside the European Union because they are not able to bear the costs of climate policy. What you didn't care about was that energy poverty, poverty is on the rise, you have been implementing and you want to continue to implement the Green Deal at all costs, and this is really the way to nowhere. As if that were not enough, you are adding to this an agreement with Mercosur, a migration pact. So you are preparing an even deeper destruction of the European Union. It's time to stop the Green Deal. This is a green madness that is destroying the competitiveness of European industry.

Madam President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I would like to thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, The European Union remains helpless against violent smuggling gangs, which are responsible for 90% of irregular migration, and human smuggling generates high profits and carries a low risk of detection. It is also a part of hybrid warfare. And this is the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border, where organized smuggling networks supported by the Lukashenka and Putin regimes are moving people. I wanted to address the Polish Presidency, but unfortunately there is no representative, because I wanted to remind you that it was Tusk's political environment that opposed the construction of the barrier at the border and attacked the defenders of the borders. And today, unfortunately, the illegally seized prosecutor's office in Poland, instead of fully focusing on the fight against people smugglers, is pursuing border defenders. The motto of the current Presidency is security. Unfortunately, Commissioner, you cannot count on the Polish Presidency, because the empty chair says a lot. She is not interested in this topic. As ECR, we are ready to work together.

Mr President, thank you very much. Farmers work hard, under constant stress. Natural disasters, bureaucratic burdens, a tangle of regulations in which even experts get lost. Loans they are unable to repay, fluctuations in agricultural markets, delays in grant payments, pressure from banks and the need for significant investments. It is not surprising that the suicide rate is high. Farmers cannot withstand the pressure. During the election campaign, you maimed farmers, announcing a correction of the Green Deal. Today, instead of alleviating the burden, you are announcing accelerating and exacerbating the ‘green madness’. And the nail in the coffin of European agriculture is the signing by von der Leyen of an agreement with Mercosur, in which the interests of farmers and the health security of citizens were traded for the profits of German car manufacturers. I therefore have one message for the Commission: Stop pretending to care about farmers, because it is your policy that brings them to the brink of mental endurance and it is through it that they take their own lives out of desperation. Courage, Commissioner! It's time to change that.