Radosław Sikorski’s activity is transparent, both his income and the way he votes in the European Parliament, Borys Budka, the head of the KO club, stressed on Thursday. Criticism of Sikorski, he says, can stem from jealousy about his international position. Tomasz Siemoniak, in turn, assured that Sikorski is not a problem for the PO, but a “huge asset”.
Sensational news about Sikorski
The Dutch newspaper “NRC” wrote that KO MEP Radosław Sikorski receives 100,000 from the UAE. dollars a year for advising on the Sir Bani Yas conference.
The conference was founded by the Emirates a little over 10 years ago as a way to conduct international diplomacy with +soft power+
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The head of the KO club Borys Budka, who was asked about it in Polsat News on Thursday, emphasized that “first of all is a statement from Radosław Sikorski, whose money is taxed in Poland, mentioned in the asset declaration.”
As he noted at the same time, we will not find a single article describing the property of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s wife.
The Prime Minister did not disclose this property because he rewrote it to his wife, and then the promised law was struck down at the Julia Przyłębska Tribunal
Budka said.
When asked about the objections in the “NRC” article regarding Sikorski’s votes, Budka pointed out that “Radek Sikorski clearly referred (in his statement) to votes in which he made decisions, such as the EPP group.”
Let me remind you that Radosław Sikorski has joined a very prestigious council, among the participants of this council there are former prime ministers, former ministers, people from all over the world who deal transparently with various matters related to widely understood foreign policy
– emphasized the head of the KO club.
“Some people are very jealous of Sikorski’s position.”
Budka was asked about the comment of one of the leaders of the left, Adrian Zandberg, who pointed out that the United Arab Emirates is an undemocratic country and that Sikorski’s cooperation with this country eliminates him as a potential head of the foreign ministry in the future .
Sometimes I have the impression that some people are very jealous of Radosław Sikorski’s international position
– said the head of the KO club.
I have this piece of advice for our friends: let’s win with PiS first and then we can talk about who gets what job, not the other way around
– added.
When asked if Sikorski is still a good candidate for the head of the foreign ministry, Budka assured that “no one in the PO is talking about the division of duties today”.
“It’s not a problem, it’s a huge asset.”
“I have a very good opinion of him, I admire his world contacts. He is probably, next to Donald Tusk, a Polish politician who has the best contacts in the world,” said Tomasz Siemoniak, who was a guest of Piotr Salak in the afternoon conversation on RMF FM.
The former head of the Ministry of National Defense assured that the former head of Polish diplomacy is not a problem for the PO.
It’s not a problem, it’s a huge asset. He was a minister, marshal, one of the faces of the Civic Coalition, Civic Platform
– said the deputy head of Civic Platform.
Translations of the former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In response to the ‘NRC’ messages, Sokorski himself posted a response on Twitter to the author, in which he writes that he is surprised by the tone and content of the press article about his role as a member of the prestigious Sir Bani Yas Forum. conference.
First of all, I would like to point out that my extra-parliamentary activities are listed in my Declaration of Financial Interests that I have submitted to the European Parliament and more specifically to the Polish Parliament, which clearly states my role as a member of the Advisory Board of the Sir Bani Yas Forum. All income from my company under the name +Sikorski Global+ is taxed in Poland
– He wrote.
Sikorski stressed that “Sir Bani Yas Forum is the most renowned conference in the Middle East”. He said that among his members former Prime Minister of Australia, former British Foreign Secretary, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Sikorski added that in 2017 he had been asked to join the advisory board of the Sir Bani Yas Forum as a senior fellow of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. He noted that this was “two years before the European Parliament elections”.
Therefore, I consider it unfair and inappropriate to combine this prestigious role with my activity as a Member of the European Parliament
– He wrote.
I hereby declare that my votes in the European Parliament are in no way influenced by outside activities. As for the votes – especially on the UAE and Saudi Arabia reports – I voted identically according to the recommendations of my group, the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Therefore, my membership of the Advisory Board of the Sir Bani Yas Forum had absolutely no bearing on my vote as a Member of the European Parliament.
said the MEP.
In a separate post, Sikorski also stressed that his “ancillary income is accurately declared in the asset declaration on the website of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland.” The submission is accompanied by a link to the Sejm website, where declarations of financial interests of Polish MEPs in the years 2019-2024 are published. In Sikorski’s asset statements for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 published on this website, in the section on other income from work or other gainful activity or occupation, it is stated that as a member of the advisory board of the Sir Bani Yas Forum- conference, received $100,000 in each of these years.
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Source: wPolityce