Below is Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's full speech:

As Law and Justice, we know very well that security is at the top of the catalogue of values that guide us. Security must be a key point that we address, because security is fundamental – financial security, security at the borders, security on the streets. That is why today it is worth recalling the figures on security. 96% of Poles say that they feel safe in their neighbourhood. Polish women feel safe, because we have taken care of the safety of Polish women and Polish children.

And what is the situation abroad? Ask your friends or acquaintances (if you have any) in France, Germany, Sweden or even Italy. Well, many cities there, beautiful cities – Paris, Marseilles, Rome – or other cities, cities in the north – Stockholm –have districts of terror – tyres are burning, cars are on fire, women are afraid to go out for a walk in the evening – that is the situation in those countries. They also already know that they have made a dramatic mistake.

But how did the Civic Platform behave? Let us recall that. We are here today in the Sejm, not the Bundestag – we have the right and obligation to all vote in favour of Poland’s interests. But, in July 2015 "we will accept two thousand", shortly afterwards – September 2015 – "we will accept seven thousand" said Mr Trzaskowski, then a Minister in the government of Prime Minister Kopacz. But not even two months later the then government spokesman said that they would accept virtually any number. This is what the Civic Platform said at the time.

My fellow Poles, something different happened then. We blocked that illegal immigration. Why? Because Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński, emphasising the supreme value that is the security of Poles, defended (while still in the opposition) Poland against that illegal wave. Let us remember that whoever does not look after their own interests, the interests of Poland, will have to look after the interests of foreign countries. This is why we are standing here today with this resolution, to remind of that great, dreadful mistake. Today, many countries of the European Union admit that it was a dreadful mistake. A fatal error, the face of which today is Chancellor Angela Merkel and her faithful aide, her faithful ally Donald Tusk. This is the face of that dreadful mistake, because, unfortunately, Mr Donald, one needs to know that sometimes, in the interest of the Polish raison d'État, you have to say “Nein” to your allies, and not just “Danke” or “Spasiba”.

We, Poles, know perfectly well what compassion is, what solidarity is. Nobody is going to teach us about solidarity, least of all the Germans. It is absurd that Germans – who are responsible for such crimes and who ought to pay reparations to us – should today still have the audacity to call on us to show solidarity. This is no migration pact, it is a dictate. It is a dictate that also aims to change Europe culturally. Let us be frank here – it is aimed at destroying, violating existing European structures. I can already see this clearly in many other countries in the European Union. This is happening.

We will not allow either illegal immigration or any kind of payment for non-admitted migrants. We will not agree to this. I would also like to draw attention to what Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński said, ladies and gentlemen – those of you from the Civic Platform, especially those who are present in the European Union, know very well what discussions are taking place there about accepting or not accepting refugees, and what this 22,000 euros really means when compared to the money we have received to support refugees from Ukraine. This is, in fact, discrimination, although there is a much stronger word for it, one you can fill in yourself. Our Ukrainian neighbours should also analyse and remember this – how the European Union treats Muslim immigrants from North Africa or the Middle East versus migrants from Ukraine or refugees from Ukraine.

It is not the case, as there were such comments here earlier, that it is Poland that has somehow been particularly mistreated. No. This is great discrimination against all the countries, the whole flank of Eastern Europe, which have opened their doors – Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria – all of them have received about 100 euros, and I am already rounding up, in aid per refugee. What is this, dear European Commission? We will not have commissioners from Brussels or Berlin dictating what we should do and how we should protect our borders.

Our borders are sacred. Therefore, today I do agree with the opinions of some of the previous speakers, including those from the opposition and from the Confederation, that it is the external borders that must be protected. We have been stressing this for eight years – they must be effectively protected. Just as in June 2018 we effectively, being in a minority, blocked this madness, this dreadful mistake of the Merkel–Tusk tandem. Tusk who blackmailed us, who threatened us with consequences, who urged us to plan quickly and precisely when we would accept these refugees from Middle Eastern and African countries. There will be no yielding to any blackmail. We are determined to defend Polish sovereignty, to defend Polish security. And to the Civic Platform and the Civic Coalition I would like to say this: dear colleagues, dear countrymen, anti-government opposition is democracy, but anti-state opposition is a disgrace.

I therefore call on everyone, I call on the entire House, to vote in favour of this resolution, which will unequivocally condemn this entire pseudo-pact, this dictate from the European Commission. We do not agree with it. Even if we are ultimately outvoted, Law and Justice is the only guarantee that our borders will continue to be secure, and that women and children will be able to stroll peacefully in the evenings, and not as is currently the case in Western European countries. We are simply focused on security and sovereignty. On the values which are at the very top of the catalogue, the decalogue of Polish values. Therefore, we will remain very resolute in defending these values. Thanks to Law and Justice, Poland will continue to be safe, white and red, and strong as a country.

Statement by Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński at the Polish Sejm

The Law and Justice Club will of course support this resolution. For what reasons? Well, first and foremost, the European Union's decision undermines Polish sovereignty. And, moreover, also the sovereignty of other European countries. This is the most important issue here, an issue which today, by the way, is the subject of a much broader dispute (which concerns other issues as well), one which will determine the future of the European Union, and which will also determine our future and our decisions. This is the number one issue.

This decision is also goes against the treaties. I will remind you that in 2018 this matter was supposed to enter, in a positive sense, the conclusion with the opposition of the three states –  Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. It did not, thus being negatively resolved. Now it is coming back. In short, the stability of the decision is also undermined here. This is something that concerns the European Union (it is one part of its crisis), but naturally it also concerns Poland. It is difficult to operate in an organisation where decisions are constantly being changed – even those which, from the point of view of the treaty, should be final decisions.

There is also another consideration that must be regarded as very important. It is a consideration relating to certain contexts of this decision. Indeed, these contexts are all that has happened in Poland after the outbreak of the war – after Putin's attack on Ukraine – we took in several million refugees. You can say that permanently we have taken in about one and a half, two million or one million two hundred [thousand people] (it does not matter, let us not argue about facts at the moment). In any case, if you multiply that by 22,000 euros, it would be a sum somewhere between twenty-something and thirty billion euros. And as for the aid we have received, it is (already with considerable rounding) 100 euros per capita. This is a mockery of Poland. This is discrimination. This is exceptionally brazen discrimination.

That is why we will not agree to this. The people of Poland will not agree to it either. This must be the subject of a referendum. This issue must be put to a referendum. We will organise this referendum. Remember this. The Polish people must have their say on this issue.