PROF. RYSZARD LEGUTKO: This is Europe. Debate with Olaf Scholz
ECR Group Co-Chairman Prof Ryszard Legutko, "The EU's big guys do what they want, never bother to consult anyone and call it leadership."
In Strasbourg today, ECR Co-Chairman Prof Ryszard Legutko strongly rejected Olaf Scholz's ideas about an even closer European Union and especially his calls for a majority vote in the Council on foreign and fiscal policy. Reacting to Scholz's 'this is Europe speech" in which the German Chancellor explained that the Ukraine crisis and geostrategic challenges had shown that the EU needed to unite further towards centralisation, Legutko responded that Germany, as a large country, does not need to act as a pioneer of supposedly forward-looking ideas. EU policy was already too dominated by large countries, Legutko said. EU policy towards Russia and in the area of migration both much influenced by Germany, however, had failed. Germany should shift down a gear and join the ranks of the other member states. "The Russian policy was the most spectacular disaster of the EU's big guys and those who are most responsible for this want to have more power in foreign policy. The logic behind it boggles the mind, the more we screw up, the more power we want. The logic would be the reverse, because you screw up so much you should be kept in check for as long as possible", Legutko said. Drawing on the concepts of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristoteles, he described the European Parliament as a place where the tyranny of the majority reigns, where the rights of minority opinions count for nothing, while the European Commission is an unelected oligarchy. For Legutko, it is unthinkable that such bodies should be given even more power. The ECR Co-Chairman is concerned that majority voting would swing the pendulum even further in favour of the big countries, without the small countries being able to do anything about it. "The big guys do what they want, never bother to consult anyone and call it leadership. And with the voting system in the Council securing their interests, there is little chance they could be outvoted", Legutko said.
Prof Legutko's speech reads in full:
"Madame President, Mister Chancellor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
to understand the role of Germany one needs to start with the basic question, what sort of political system is the European Union? And I submit it is a combination of an oligarchy and a tyranny of the majority. The parliament functions of course as the tyranny of the majority and the Commission as a typically oligarchic institution, unelected with limited democratic legitimacy and having an unquestionable lust for power. As far as I could understand you Mr. Chancellor you want this body to have even more power. But the pillars of European oligarchy are the big guys among the Member States and the biggest is of course Germany. The big guys do what they want, never bother to consult anyone and call it leadership. And with the voting system in the Council securing their interests, there is little chance they could be outvoted. Of many sins that the German governments have committed, let me mention two, the migration crisis, when Germany singlehandedly opened the EU borders and recently the energy and security crisis, which resulted from its having a long and murky tradition of political romance with Russia. Today, the German politicians beat their breasts and promise to be good boys in the future. Well, the problem with the big guys is they can promise anything and repentance is as easy for them as it is inconsequential. When I heard that the best option would be the gradual evolution of the veto and the evolution of the veto in foreign policy, I simply cannot believe my ears. The Russian policy was the most spectacular disaster of the EU's big guys and those who are most responsible for this want to have more power in foreign policy. The logic behind it boggles the mind, the more we screw up, the more power we want. The logic would be the reverse, because you screw up so much you should be kept in check for as long as possible. Chancellor Scholz, I do not have any illusions about Germany mending its ways, you are too big, you are too hubristic, especially lately I read your statement and I heard something like this today also about Germany taking responsibility for the EU, just as a matter of interest if you could satisfy my intellectual curiosity, where can one read about German responsibility for the EU in the treaties? The only proper thing for the German governments would be to take the back benches and as political hygiene requires, let others run the show, you tried, you failed, you should withdraw. Unless Mr. Chancellor you or your colleagues in the European oligarchy believe that German leaders, like diamonds, are forever."
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Thank you Prof Legutko you Sir are 100% CORRECT.
Political and criminal immunity, unelected unaccountable socialist. The professor is 💯 correct. In the face of all of those in his union who keep failing up! This is a call for counter revolution. We will not take this any longer. A million thanks to this member.
Mr Legutko that was awesome, powerful speech. The question is : do the people of EU wake up and stand up to protect their rights?
@halinanazimek9799
Жыл бұрын
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@ankui6031
Жыл бұрын
The same rights that Legutko said to be illegal? Lol
Wielkie brawa dla pana profesora Legutko więcej takich odważnych polityków
@halinanazimek9799
Жыл бұрын
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Love this guy, he speaks truth.
@halinanazimek9799
Жыл бұрын
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Thank you Professor for being you.❤
@halinanazimek9799
Жыл бұрын
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Great speech 👍
Brawo Prof. Legutko.
Szacunek dla Pana profesora!
At least one member of EU is not afraid and boldly is speaking the truth. Thank Professor Legutko .
PROF LEGUTKO Wielki Szacunek dla Pana ❤️🩹🇵🇱💐
Brawo Prof. LEGUTKO. Fantastyczne Przemòwienie. Wszystko jest prawdą.
brawo p. Profesorze
Tak trzeba Brawo
Bravo! You are factually correct.
Dobrze (choć bardzo łagodnie i dyplomatycznie) powiedziane! Brawo!
I agree 100% with this guy 👍
it's ridiculous that speakers have only 3 minutes,. What sort of coherent argument could eb constructed in 3 minutes only? This is clearly designed to dumb ddown politics.
Bravo
Dziękuję panie profesorze ..w końcu prawda o tej skorumpowanej,łamiącej traktaty ugnijnej ferajnie przebije się do opinii europejskiej a nawet światowej Brawoo👍👍👍
Do śmiechu temu naszemu olafkowi widzę, wszystko do czasu.
@bogdankielkowski5580
Жыл бұрын
Pycha...nie żaden inny tylko ten właśnie...pycha...jego ulubiony grzech...i zakładam że ludkowie wiedzą o kogo chodzi. Pycha...właśnie ona,ona prędzej czy później zawsze doprowadza do upadku,a POtem...no cóż...POtem to już chyba tylko puszcza będzie szumieć POnad ruinami ongiś dużego miasta,miasta nad rzekami Sprewą i Hawelą. I tak już PO wsze czasy zostanie...bo tym razem już odbudowywać nikt nie będzie...zostaną tylko ruiny,ruiny i wspomnienia...wspomnienia PO jakże ogromniastej PYSZE.
Dziękujemy panie profesorze wszystko co pan zdiagnozował jest szczerą prawdą jak najwięcej takich ludzi jak pan w polityce
Well done, Professor Legutko. I can't agree more.
Wow!.Superb
grandchildren of 1930s monster hold the power today and they will not let go! human character does not evolve!!! remember the DNA!!!
so acurate and so spot on diagnosis, thank you for saying it Professor up to his hubristic face
Great truth. I might add that murky dealings with Russia are trivial compared to the ones with USA. EU are the paid off, unelected and the unaccountable … what could go wrong
SZACUNEK PANIE LEGUTKO !!!
Pozdrawiam z New York.. 👌👌👌🇺🇲🇵🇱🗽
@halinanazimek9799
Жыл бұрын
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Brilliant! Heroic speech.
Great !!👍🌙✍️👏🍀👏👏🔝💯🤝🤝 Bravo!!!
Absolutely 100% correct
a rare honest man in the EU
The Prof. Legutko is amazing. Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴❤️🇵🇱
Bravo! Well said!
Exactly what US-american been wanting to say to Germany as well as France/UK my good friend (!Prof Legurko Rules! ;)
Perfect
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!
Brawo !!!
Brawo Profesorze
Sehr gut Herr Legutko, sehr gut
Why they laughed at him and no speaker silenced the house🤔
@miklosdavid7627
Жыл бұрын
My guess is that many have laughed at him repeatedly and they believe that since they belong to the 'majority' they cannot and will not be silenced. The intellectual level of those members makes them unable to comprehend what they actually keep hearing from a highly educated distinguished speaker. The EU has become a madhouse and I have no illusion about our future in Europe.
@mariapierog917
Жыл бұрын
@@miklosdavid7627 👍
Bravo Mr. Legutko!
To smutne,że profesor ma znowu rację a oni to mają gdzieś
Mr.professor Legutko thank you for telling the truth.I notice you from years in EU Parliament and i admire your courage, honesty and clarvision.I wish you the best and long life.
Sottoscrivo ogni parola!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks prof.Legutko.You just nailed the truth in head.
Professor Legutko, single-handedly, you give people hope in humanity. Thank you for your independent thinking and for speaking the truth 🙏
Panie profesorze dziękujemy
Home truths for deaf and mostly corrupt ears…
The truth is not so nice always !! Great speech!! 👍🏼
What a relief to hear this realistic and true speech. Fantastic
Well said professor. WELL SAID.
Piekne wystapienie...ale to bylo dawno temu...chyba 5 lat temu...❤
genialne !
Congrats Prof. Legutko!
Przygladalem sie Scholtzowi podczas panskiego wystapienia. Usmieszek wyzszosci: "Tak jest jak pan mowi, panie EU posle Legutko, i co z tego, ze protestujecie? Rzadzimy EU i zrobimy, co bedziemy chcieli".
They don't like to hear the truth do they.
I love this gut.👍👍👍
Bravo!!!
Brave and wise MAN! Just keep on fighting! God bless you!
Long live prof. Legutko, sanest voice in the EU. Well said.
My new favorite MEP 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
a good man finally
One of the very few on the EU who speaks yruth. Most are coffhpt to yhe bone.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚🇵🇹
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Honest
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určite nebude určovať proti komu sa môže a proti komu ne a komu ta vojna škodila určite ne nemecku
Prawde Scholzowi w oczy!
he is a fantastic man
OMG. The Polish have to speak the obvious
EU IS MAFFIA !!!!!!!!
I truly NEVER understood why sovereign European countries (each with own heritage and dialects) with fully functional governments were in dire need of a bigger government like the EU parliament to govern their own governments. I believe that EU parliament should be dissolved and that should save the Europeans tremendous amounts of money that can be used internally in each country to solve economic problems.
How can i cast my vote on you ? That would be interesting if an european could vote on a candidate even if from other state. Im from Portugal. Thank you sir
Piękny wykład panie profesorze, dziękuję
YES ! TIRRANY ! 👺
szkoda ze nie znam języków obcych 🤔
@150jax
Жыл бұрын
Włącz sobie automatyczne tłumaczenie.
Może to jest Europa, ale zarost pana Legutki i jego, tego zarostu oczywiście, niechlujstwo, już niekoniecznie!
@lm157
8 ай бұрын
Jakie to ma znaczenie? Przypiernicz się jeszcze do źle zawiązanego krawata, bo to ma fundamentalne znaczenie dla treści wystąpienia. Debilu.
How about all the politicians against the billionaires, how about you remove their wealth and redistribute it to the people that have been harmed by their interference in all our governments around the world.
@ciarypowykonie3096
11 ай бұрын
Absolutely stupid. Was done in Soviet Union and many countries with disastrous long time effects on prosperity of societies every time it was applied.
Prof. in what?
@krzysztoft5726
Жыл бұрын
He is a Polish philosopher and politician, and professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory.
@swagkachu3784
5 ай бұрын
In polakologie
👉 Promo'SM
It's so funny that a person who is against elementary rights 'scolds' EU on the same problem. As humans I'm sure that we should start working together instead of pointing our fingers at each other
@ciarypowykonie3096
11 ай бұрын
Sure, but what elementary rights are you against and why?
@adampoludniak7818
8 ай бұрын
@@ciarypowykonie3096 Sehr, gut gesagt, Hans!
And this from a guy that belongs to the PIS party in Poland, whos best friends are Orban (Putins fifth column in the EU) and Donald Trump (who btw still seems to love Putin and does not want to say that Ukraine should win the war).
@mariapierog917
Жыл бұрын
@ThomasB vania or fryc? where are you broadcasting from moscow or berlin? PiS is the BEST party in Poland.
@belaadorian3370
Жыл бұрын
TO :Thomas B: You are wrong Who care about party name? We care about people who are part of the party.The professor is one of the smartest EU Parliament member .We like him a lot because is not afraid to tell the truth. Professor most of America love you a lot.
@solinvictus6587
Жыл бұрын
Orban is no longer their "best friend", because of Putin. They agreed on migration, and some other things but not on their policies concerning Russia. Funny thing is Germany is closer to Hungary in energy politics as both countries are heavily reliant on Russian gas. Don't forget Schröder who was bigger friend of Putin than Orban or anyone.
@christofjani3180
Жыл бұрын
Don't ask these questions, if you have an amoeba's brain, you shouldn't overexert yourself. It would be enough if you were silent. You will never understand Polish politics and the struggle of Poles for justice.
@thomasb3478
Жыл бұрын
@@mariapierog917 Pis bot? Isn't it nice getting paid for propaganda, btw how do you get paid from "fundusz sprawiedliwości" or one of the it seems milion diffrent kinds of "fundacje", tax payer money well spend. 🙃
Legutko 😂 Kto Ci dał profesurę i za co? Za taki sam bełkot jak tutaj?
@adampoludniak7818
8 ай бұрын
Gut gesagt, Hans!
@lm157
8 ай бұрын
Bełkot to wydajesz z siebie ty.
Such a superb speaker, what a great man.
Panie Ryszardzie. Szacunek za te słowa.
Brave honest man . Respect.