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0:00President of the Republic of Poland, Mr.
0:03Karol Nawrocki. K.
1:31Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your
1:33numerous attendance and for confirming
1:35your presence.
1:37During today's meeting of the National
1:39Security Council, we will discuss issues
1:41related to the state of national
1:43security and the permanent presence of
1:45American troops in Poland.
1:48Mr. President, please take the floor.
1:52>> Thank you very much.
1:55Mr. Speaker, dear Prime Minister, former
1:58Prime Ministers, dear ministers, dear
2:00chairs of parliamentary clubs and
2:02caucuses.
2:09Ladies and gentlemen, I have convened
2:11today's National Security Council
2:13meeting because Poland is currently
2:15facing decisions of fundamental
2:16importance for our security, decisions
2:19that will impact not just the coming
2:21months, but entire decades to come.
2:29There are moments when the highest
2:31authorities of the Republic must be
2:33present, must take action, and must
2:34assume full responsibility for the
2:36affairs of our homeland.
2:41Today's meeting of the National Security
2:43Council is precisely such a time.
2:48The subject of our meeting was intended
2:50to be primarily the state and future of
2:52Polish security, including the strategic
2:55importance of the permanent presence of
2:57United States troops on the territory of
2:59the Republic.
3:02These are matters of the highest state
3:04importance.
3:05I believe we all agree on that.
3:09Matters that require responsibility,
3:11predictability, and the cooperation of
3:14all major state institutions.
3:18The same applies to the ongoing process
3:20of updating the national security
3:22strategy, which must be urgently
3:24finalized.
3:29However, the actions of the government
3:31last Friday, led by Prime Minister
3:33Donald Tusk, mean that we are meeting
3:35today in unprecedented circumstances, in
3:38a situation of a serious constitutional
3:40crisis, which we cannot, ladies and
3:43gentlemen, ignore today.
3:48In a situation where the most serious
3:50allegations regarding the illegality of
3:52the government's actions against the
3:54Constitutional Tribunal are justified.
3:58On Friday, October 30, a situation
4:00unprecedented in the Third Republic
4:03after 1989 occurred.
4:07By a political decision of the
4:08government, it was decided to unlawfully
4:10take over the Constitutional Tribunal.
4:13They attempted to do this while taking
4:15advantage of my absence from Poland.
4:19That is why, as you know, I interrupted
4:21my trip abroad and returned to Warsaw.
4:25I concluded, ladies and gentlemen, that
4:27it is my duty to be in the country at a
4:30time of such serious threat to the
4:32stability of the Polish legal order.
4:36The government chose the night preceding
4:39All Saints 'Day, important to Poles, to
4:41introduce people to the Tribunal who
4:43consider themselves Constitutional
4:45Tribunal judges, even though they are
4:47not judges under the law, which I
4:49communicated to those individuals on
4:51Friday night.
4:55These people, under police escort, claim
4:58the right to suspend judges and take
5:00over their duties, acting without any
5:02legal basis whatsoever.
5:05And this position, I want this to be
5:07clearly stated, is unanimously confirmed
5:09by the First President of the Supreme
5:11Court, the President of the Supreme
5:13Administrative Court, and the President
5:15of the Supreme Bar Council.
5:18Many experts in constitutional law also
5:20firmly confirm the lack of grounds for
5:23the actions taken.
5:25Worst of all, ladies and gentlemen, all
5:27of this was done by treating police
5:29officers and the State Protection
5:31Service as mere tools.
5:33I just met with the police trade unions
5:35a moment ago.
5:39There is no doubt that the police
5:40officers know they have been cynically
5:42used to implement a political scenario,
5:44which is very disturbing.
5:49I am looking toward the Minister of the
5:50Interior.
5:52Ladies and gentlemen, mechanisms of
5:54mutual oversight between authorities
5:56still exist in Poland.
5:59These are, of course, the review of the
6:01constitutionality of enacted law, an
6:03independent judiciary, as well as the
6:05presidential veto and the parliamentary
6:07accountability of the government.
6:10These institutions serve various
6:12functions, of course, but they all serve
6:14one fundamental principle.
6:17No authority may be unlimited.
6:21These mechanisms are not an obstacle to
6:23democracy; they are a safeguard, and
6:25that is why they must never be
6:27subordinated to immediate political
6:29needs.
6:34Rule of law, ladies and gentlemen,
6:36however we each may understand it,
6:38cannot be restored through methods that
6:40themselves flagrantly violate the law.
6:45I have described these government
6:47actions, ladies and gentlemen, before
6:49the start of our main discussion, so
6:51that we may all be aware of the systemic
6:53position we find ourselves in. However,
6:55it is impossible not to point out who is
6:57responsible for this entire situation.
7:00Full responsibility for every police
7:02officer at the Tribunal, for all illegal
7:04actions such as the suspension of judges
7:07, illegal orders, and the entry into the
7:09Tribunal from the Prime Minister’s
7:11office, lies with one man.
7:14A man who is present in this room, at
7:16whom I smile, although I do not
7:18understand his actions, I do not accept
7:21them, and I oppose them.
7:23And that is Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
7:25Mr. Prime Minister, in your case, in my
7:27estimation, it is not just a crime
7:29against the Constitution of the Republic
7:31; it is something more, it is a mistake
7:33.
7:34The Prime Minister already knows he has
7:36made a mistake, and we both know that
7:39today, your former allies are no longer
7:41by your side, and all you have left is
7:43violence, which is equally appalling.
7:48To realize his ideological fiction, the
7:51Prime Minister is destroying Poland's
7:53image abroad, which is also a subject of
7:55public discussion in various parts of
7:57the world.
7:59He scares away investors and undermines
8:02the foundations of social ties and
8:04public trust.
8:06When people cannot get to a doctor and
8:08fuel prices at stations are unacceptable
8:10, even though my signature on the bill
8:12was meant to create a situation where
8:14those prices would be reasonable. That
8:16has not happened. Those prices are still
8:18not reasonable, while debt reaches
8:20record levels that threaten the
8:22stability of the state.
8:25The Prime Minister decides, on the eve
8:27of a holiday, to forcefully take over an
8:29independent institution of the Polish
8:31state.
8:33That is not how democrats act.
8:37Mr. Prime Minister, I want to tell you
8:39and everyone here today at the National
8:41Security Council that I will, of course
8:43, not let this pass.
8:47I will use all the prerogatives
8:49available to me, as well as the
8:51legitimacy and mandate given to me by
8:53the public, to stop this attempt to
8:54overturn the constitutional order of the
8:57Republic.
8:58Mercy, of course, commands us to forgive
9:01. I am a man of mercy, but of course,
9:03before forgiveness, ladies and gentlemen
9:05, one must confess their sins, show
9:08remorse, and step back from those images
9:10that the whole world has seen because of
9:12the Prime Minister. I expect the Prime
9:15Minister—Mr. Prime Minister—to come to
9:17his senses, make amends, and return the
9:20affairs of Poland to the Polish people.
9:22Independence Day is ahead of us.
9:26I expect that before the week in which
9:28we will celebrate together as a nation
9:30begins, the Prime Minister will be ready
9:32to curb the impulses of his power and
9:34cease the illegal actions of his
9:36representatives in the Constitutional
9:38Tribunal building.
9:41Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot, of
9:43course, allow a situation where a lack
9:46of internal state stability affects our
9:48most important tasks, namely the
9:50protection of the safety of our citizens
9:52.
9:53there is no external security. This is
9:55obvious. Without internal security.
9:58These are inseparable conditions.
10:01We must remember that security is not
10:03given to us once and for all.
10:05Especially today, we know that
10:07strengthening alliances requires daily
10:10work, and that credibility is built over
10:12years.
10:13And unfortunately, this credibility can
10:15be undermined in a single night.
10:20After the end of the period of
10:22geopolitical stabilization at the turn
10:24of the century, Poland must today be
10:26prepared to function in conditions of
10:28long-term threat, strong pressure on
10:30society, critical infrastructure, and
10:33the economy, as well as to react
10:34independently and cooperate with allies
10:37.
10:41Therefore, I will now move on to the
10:43issues most important for our meeting,
10:45to the issues outlined in the invitation
10:47addressed to you, to the issues of
10:49cooperation and strategic partnership
10:51regarding American bases in Poland.
10:55Poland has been making the effort for
10:57years.
10:59Many circles have undertaken this effort
11:02so that the presence of United States
11:04troops in our country would have the
11:06most permanent, credible, and strategic
11:08character possible.
11:10It is one of the pillars of deterring a
11:12potential aggressor. It is an important
11:15element of the security of NATO's
11:16eastern flank.
11:18It is also a testament to the trust
11:20between Poland and the United States.
11:24But allied trust, as we all know, is not
11:26based solely on signed documents or
11:29declarations made.
11:32It is also based on the conviction that
11:34a partner is a stable, responsible state
11:37capable of fulfilling its obligations.
11:40Therefore, today's conversation will
11:42concern the military presence of the
11:44United States in Poland, including the
11:46prospects for its permanent
11:48strengthening.
11:49It is about concrete actions, set
11:51deadlines, and the preparation of
11:53decisions that we all must make.
11:58That is why today I expect from all of
12:00us, ladies and gentlemen, from the
12:02government side, from the Prime Minister
12:04, concrete information regarding the
12:06progress of preparations for a permanent
12:09allied military presence, prepared legal
12:11acts, and the resources necessary to
12:13implement this undertaking, which is
12:15fundamental and essential for our
12:17cooperation with our strategic partner.
12:23We must, of course, adopt an even higher
12:25level of engagement and efficiency in
12:27this process, because more than a year
12:30has passed since obtaining the political
12:32declaration during my visit to
12:33Washington with the President and
12:35several other talks, and recently this
12:37commitment of our strategic partner has
12:39been confirmed several times at various
12:42levels.
12:44So we must reach, ladies and gentlemen,
12:46a concrete discussion about how the
12:49entire legislative process preparation
12:51is going, and our progress.
12:54The window of opportunity for the
12:56establishment of a permanent American
12:58military base in Poland is open, and I
13:00expect greater activity, activity from
13:02the government in this matter. This is
13:04all the more important because, since
13:07September 2025, the Republic has been in
13:09a special time, as we all know, ladies
13:12and gentlemen.
13:14In September, in September 2025, the
13:17culmination of active operations
13:19conducted by the Russian Federation took
13:22place.
13:24This is the moment we can call a
13:25culmination, and God willing, it remains
13:28just that—that it was the culmination of
13:30the Russian Federation's hybrid
13:32activities.
13:33It has been over 13 months since the
13:36violation of Polish airspace by Russian
13:38drones.
13:40Further actions aimed at destabilizing
13:42our security are being undertaken, and
13:45this is also what the classified part of
13:47the National Security Council meeting is
13:49about.
13:50The aggressor, even though acting below
13:53the threshold of war, must be
13:54effectively deterred.
13:56No form of escalation can seem
13:58acceptable to the Russian Federation.
14:01It should not seem profitable to them,
14:03ladies and gentlemen.
14:07This will be possible when the
14:08deterrence potential of our army and the
14:10potential of our allies present on our
14:12territory are significantly strengthened
14:14.
14:16Ladies and gentlemen, we also need
14:18actions involving a redefinition of
14:20strategic frameworks.
14:22The NATO 3.0 concept.
14:26The improved architecture of deterrence
14:28and defense of the alliance must be
14:30reflected in the new national security
14:32strategy.
14:33The results of the work of the National
14:35Security Bureau and the Ministry of
14:37National Defense in the form of a draft
14:39for a new strategy have already been
14:41submitted. I would like to thank Deputy
14:43Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz and
14:45Minister Bartosz Grodecki very much.
14:49To all employees and associates of the
14:51Ministry of National Defense and the
14:53National Security Bureau for bringing
14:54this strategy to the point where we are
14:57now.
15:00Now, these results must be urgently
15:02adopted by the government and submitted
15:04for my approval.
15:06Such is the security necessity of the
15:08Republic of Poland.
15:10We need a national security strategy.
15:15Any delay in the new national security
15:18strategy is a missed opportunity for a
15:20new command and control system and a
15:22risk to Poland's proper place in the
15:24allied security architecture.
15:28Of course, Poland's security is not
15:30ensured by declarations. Poland's
15:33security is ensured by decisions made on
15:35time, in accordance with the law, and
15:37consistently implemented.
15:40Investments in security and defense
15:42cannot be burdened by the risk of
15:44political discretion or conditionality.
15:48Therefore, I am naturally waiting, and I
15:50think the nation is waiting—the public
15:52is waiting for the Council of Ministers
15:54to adopt the updated national security
15:56strategy, which is the starting point
15:59for other executive documents, and I
16:01think the Polish Army is waiting too,
16:03looking toward General Kukuła.
16:07Distinguished National Security Council
16:09, history has taught us that
16:11independence can be lost not only due to
16:13the superiority of an external adversary
16:16.
16:19It can also be weakened by our own
16:21irresponsibility, the neglect of
16:23institutions, and an inability to
16:25cooperate on fundamental issues.
16:29Today, we are no longer doomed to repeat
16:31the mistakes of our past. We are a
16:34member of NATO, the North Atlantic
16:36Alliance. We are a member of the
16:38European Union. We have our own armed
16:40forces.
16:42We also have a strong society and
16:44enormous economic potential.
16:48We have allies; we have opportunities
16:51that earlier generations of Poles could
16:53only dream of.
16:55And I have the impression that we are
16:57aware of this, ladies and gentlemen.
16:59However, all these assets require one
17:01thing. State responsibility.
17:04State responsibility.
17:10If the Prime Minister—and I want this to
17:12resonate clearly—through Mr. Berek and
17:14the lady with the double surname, wishes
17:16to shirk this responsibility and
17:18endanger our homeland because political
17:21interest demands it, then I warn that
17:23this is the wrong path, one that erodes
17:25state responsibility and the resilience
17:27of Polish society.
17:31We have matters that we must address.
17:33Take, for example, our security strategy
17:36. National security.
17:39And sacrificing this security,
17:41responsibility, resilience, and the
17:43presence of American troops in Poland
17:45because of individuals who are not
17:47judges of the Constitutional Tribunal is
17:50, in my view, deeply irresponsible, and
17:52the price we are paying for this as the
17:55Republic is unacceptable.
17:58Mr. Prime Minister, we Poles need a
18:00state today where politicians understand
18:03that their mandate is temporary.
18:06I look at all of you and I look at
18:07myself as well.
18:09But the interest of the Republic must be
18:11enduring.
18:13We need a state where a difference of
18:14opinion exists among us all.
18:19A difference of opinion does not mean
18:21permission to undermine common
18:22institutions, or to use the police
18:24politically, including around the
18:26Constitutional Tribunal.
18:30We need a state where even the sharpest
18:32dispute is resolved in accordance with
18:34the law, not through the escalation of
18:36force that we have observed in recent
18:38days in the Republic.
18:40And I do not expect, ladies and
18:42gentlemen, that political differences
18:44will disappear at this table. As I look
18:46at you, that has been impossible for
18:48decades.
18:49I have been in this profession for a
18:51shorter time than you.
18:54I expect something much more important:
18:56that we will all be able to recognize
18:58the boundary where party interest ends
19:00and responsibility for the security of
19:02the homeland begins.
19:05In fundamental matters, the state must
19:07be capable of acting independently of
19:09political conflict.
19:11And today, we will discuss such matters
19:13in the closed session.
19:15Power passes more quickly than we all
19:17think.
19:19Governments change, as you well know.
19:23Political majorities come and political
19:25majorities go.
19:26But the Republic must endure. And that
19:28is the moment we find ourselves in today
19:30.
19:31Poland is not the property of any
19:33political faction, any politician, or
19:36any party.
19:38It is not the property of any government
19:40, it is not the property of a party; it
19:43is the Republic.
19:44It is the property of the Republic, the
19:46common good of the entire nation, which
19:49is, ladies and gentlemen, the sovereign
19:51, and which speaks on important,
19:53significant political issues on the
19:55streets, in the cities, and in Polish
19:57villages. And we should remember this.
20:00For Poland to endure, it must be strong
20:03in law, strong in its institutions,
20:05credible to its allies, and secure both
20:08internally and externally.
20:11And I have the impression that this is
20:13what the Poles watching us expect from
20:14us today.
20:15This is what Polish reason of state
20:17requires.
20:19And the General and the Polish military
20:21also know perfectly well that there is
20:24no strong army without a strong state
20:26and a strong society, and there is no
20:28secure Poland without the responsibility
20:30of those who govern it.
20:32So I have a deep conviction and hope
20:34that, even on these two points which
20:36will be the subject of our discussion,
20:38we will be able, dear ladies and
20:40gentlemen, to discuss the security of
20:42Polish women and men, as this seems the
20:44most important thing today. This is our
20:46only goal, which we are obligated to
20:48fulfill. A free, independent, and
20:50sovereign Poland.
20:53Thank you for coming, and I encourage an
20:55open and substantive discussion on the
20:57most important topic, which is the
20:59security of Poland.
21:02Thank you very much, Mr. President,
21:04ladies and gentlemen, we thank the media
21:06representatives very much for
21:08participating in the open session.
21:10We will continue the classified talks
21:12immediately after the media leaves the
21:14room.
21:15Thank you.

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