Such a commission on Russian influence should be set up at European level. I have asked Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to bring this matter to the European Council, said President Andrzej Duda.
Russian influence in Europe
In Monday’s statement, the president indicated, it is no secret to anyone, that Russia and its authorities have tried for years in various ways to influence the politics of other countries, to make them interdependent and to create favorable solutions for Russia. , including business solutions, to – he emphasized – control and dominate different countries.
The chairman pointed out that these issues are being discussed in several countries, eg in the United States, France and Germany. He recalled that a few years ago in the US there was a report that Russia spent several hundred million dollars on informally expanding its influence and lobbying.
Russian influences, which in turn create a lot of turbulence, the effect of which – in my and not only my opinion – is m. Russian aggression against Ukraine, the energy problems facing Europe at the moment, they are a fact and I have no doubt that they need to be clarified
– said Andrzej Duda.
Such a commission should be set up at European level
The president shared that he had recently spoken with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, “because I believe that what we can achieve at the moment certainly clarifies this issue at the European level.”
In my opinion, such a body, such a committee, should also be set up at European level to investigate Russian influence in European institutions as well.
emphasized the president.
The president turned to the prime minister
I have told Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that we must strongly demand that such a commission be set up. I have asked the Prime Minister to submit this matter to the European Councilwhere the top leaders of the EU countries meet and in fact the most important political decisions related to the EU are taken, so that such a commission is established by a joint decision of the member states and deliberates on a European scale – that is, both European institutions and with the possibility of testing it against individual countries, the issue of Russian influence, Russian lobbying, Russian money going to all kinds of European institutions that financed all kinds of projects, how that funding came about, where that money is
said the head of state.
Use Russian money to rebuild Ukraine
As the president stressed, “this money must be found, frozen and where possible blocked so that it can then be used to rebuild Ukraine.”
He noted that Ukraine must be “risen from the ashes” and rebuilt with the aggressor’s money.
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