“Captain Pilecki was an ideal candidate, and yet the fight was difficult and took years. Finally, just this week, a decision was made – says MEP Ryszard Czarnecki in an interview with wPolityce.pl about the decision of the EP Presidium that one of the chambers in Brussels should be named after Captain Witold Pilecki.
Polish accent in the European Parliament
This is a groundbreaking decision. There will finally be a Polish one, and that is a strong emphasis in the European Parliament. Germans, Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Czechs have many such accents… Hungarians also have two such accents in reference to two great politicians: József Antall and Gyula Horn. After all, Poland also has its hero.
says Czarnecki with satisfaction.
This is the second Polish accent, but the first in the EP seat. There is also the Esplanada im. Solidarity 1980
he adds.
A long and bumpy road
The MEP states that Capt. Witold Pilecki is an ideal candidate to be commemorated in the EP because he is a symbol of opposition to two totalitarianisms: Soviet-Communist and German-Nazi.
He embodies with his life, not with statements, Christian values
– explains. However, he adds that the battle is nevertheless about the room. our hero “took years and followed a very winding and bumpy road.”
All the more I wanted to thank everyone who has cared about the memory of Captain Pilecki in Poland by organizing various walks, marches, exhibitions, writing about him, making films. It was all very important and necessary. It gave us material to present the captain’s character. This is also the success of these people
says Czarnecki.
I think in two months, when the anniversary of his birth and death falls, we can organize these celebrations. Right down the hall. Captain Witold Pilecki at the European Parliament in Brussels
he informs.
EP decision
Ryszard Czarnecki responds to the question about the procedure of the EP’s decision and the attitude of the Polish members of the opposition and other groups in the EP: “What is important is what lies ahead, that we finally get to this hall of our Polish hero. The answer is the fact that it took years. But it’s the end that counts.”
The joy prevails that rtm. Witold Pilecki will become a symbol not only of Poland, but of our entire region and the entire European Union
– say. He emphasizes that it was a decision of the Presidium, of which Ewa Kopacz, one of the many Vice-Presidents of the EP, is a member.
As far as I know, it was not voted on, but passed by acclamation. It just felt it had to be done.
– explains.
The initiative was ours, ie Polish representatives of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, but I am glad that it has not been blocked in any case. What counts is the difficult to achieve but expected end result
he ends.
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Source: wPolityce