In English

The passport operation of the so-called Ładoś Group described by Mordecai Paldiel was characterised by daring, flexibility and a number of paradoxes.

Polish diplomats made a daring attempt to save thousands of Jews. As a result, at least several hundred people were saved from death.

The collapse of Soviet communism was a process that began in Poland, with the Solidarnosc movement eventually overcoming an oppressive and inhumane order. A powerful motivation in that drive was the desire to reconnect with international institutions and with Europe.

The massive human domination of the planet now increasingly reveals its unintentional side-effects, revealing the progressive and optimistic visions of modernity as short-sighted, insensitive and ultimately destructive.

Not only awards, but also participation in the Chopin Competition is a serious step in the career of many musicians.

Joining the EU was the result of exercising sovereignty, not restricting it. If Poland must comply with the judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is only because it has previously made a sovereign decision to do so – writes Prof. Jacek CZAPUTOWICZ

Love for individual and collective freedom is part of the Polish DNA. It has helped us survive the most difficult moments in our history.

I am standing here before you today in the Parliament, to set out our position on a number of issues which I believe are fundamental for the future of the European Union. Not just for the future of Poland, but for the future of the Union as a whole.

‘If there was a referendum over the Vistula River today regarding membership in the Community, the advocates thereof would win with vast majority.  But if Brussels were to stop financial transfers to Warsaw, these proportions could change. European decision-makers are aware of this,’ says Professor Andrew TETTENBORN.

There is a popular saying in modern Polish: “to defend something like independence.” It means taking a clear and determined stance for some idea or value. Where does the expression come from?

The current state of relations between Brussels and governments in Central Europe is unsustainable.

“Chopin encapsulates everything we were denied: colourful noblemen’s robes, gilded sashes, sombre czamarka coats, four-cornered caps, the rattling of noble’s sabres, the glint of peasant’s scythes, the moaning coming from a wounded chest, the rebellion of a shackled spirit, cemetery crosses, roadside village churches, the prayers of worried hearts, the pain of enslavement, the cursing of tyrants and the happy song of victory,” said Ignacy Jan Paderewski in 1910 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin’s birth, giving a pithy description of the meaning Chopin’s music had for the enslaved and partitioned Polish nation as well as its extraordinary immersion in Polish culture.

As the world is slowly recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is entering an era of uncertainty. Faced with new threats and challenges, we need a fresh perspective on geopolitical realities. It is the strength of national economies that will ultimately ensure citizens’ security.

There are two poles of fast economic growth in the European Union – Ireland in the West and the twelve countries of the Three Seas Initiative whose economies have grown by 2.8% per annum since they joined the EU. International investors are yet to use the full potential of that rapid pace of development in the region.

Poland has seen strong economic growth over the past decades, with income levels converging towards richer European countries. However, as in the rest of the world, the COVID-19 crisis had a significant impact on the Polish economy, ending a growth streak going back to 1992.

The current rapid economic development is possible thanks to the great industriousness of Poles, who – with their diligence, resourcefulness and ability to adapt to changing conditions – contribute every day to building the economic success of enterprises and, as a result, of the whole economy. Poles work hard – they are one of the hardest working nations in the world – but it brings tangible results. Since 2004, when Poland joined the European Union, the country’s GDP has risen by 90 per cent. Under the current government coalition our domestic product has grown by more than one fifth. This is really impressive growth, which has been achieved in difficult competitive conditions.

Over the last 30 years, the Warsaw Stock Exchange has witnessed and participated in the process of rebuilding the capital market in the centre of Europe. Its opening session in 1991 in the former headquarters of the communist party symbolised the rejection of communism in favour of the capitalist economy.

Legal arguments presented by the European Commission put at stake the very sovereignty of the peoples of Europe. ​It is up to the peoples of sovereign nation-states to determine which laws apply on their territory. I fully support the Polish people and their government in asserting the autonomy of their legal order.

Flying in thousands of migrants from the Middle East to Minsk and trying to smuggle them from Belarus across EU’s eastern border is nothing more than yet another hybrid operation orchestrated by Russia, this time to put European solidarity to the test. Lithuania and Poland are standing up to this test with the support of other EU member states.

AUKUS is the newest of the awkward acronyms that litter the geo-political landscape of the Indo-Pacific mega-region. Sounding like an agitated seabird, this security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has drawn extensive commentary since its announcement on 15 September.