PROF: RYSZARD LEGUTKO: 'Two minutes of truth, of bitter truth' in the European Parliament

During ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament, the European Conservatives and Reformists made cutting criticisms. Speaking on behalf of the Group, Chairman Professor Ryszard Legutko pointed out that in the strict sense it is only a quasi-parliament, alienating millions of voters.

"Madam President, Prime Ministers. Two minutes of truth, of bitter truth. And the bitter truth is that the European Parliament has done a lot of damage in Europe. It has been sending a false message it represents the European demos. There isn’t, and there won’t be any European demos. The Parliament infected Europe with shameless partisanship and the infection became so contagious that it spread to other institutions such as the European Commission.

The Parliament has abandoned the basic function of representing people. Instead, it has become a machine to implement the so-called European project, thus alienating millions of voters. The Parliament has become a political vehicle of the left to impose their monopoly with their fierce intolerance towards any dissenting view. No matter how many times you repeat the word ‘diversity’. Diversity is becoming an extinct species in the European Union and particularly in this chamber.

The Parliament is a quasi-parliament because it rejects the essential principle of parliamentarism, namely accountability. The deputy – let me remind you – is elected by the voters and must be accountable to the voters that elected him. Not so in the European Union. The idea that, say, Spanish, German, French, et cetera, deputies accountable to their own national electorates can dictate something to, shall we say, Hungarian society or any other society to which they cannot be held accountable and which cannot take them to task is simply preposterous.

Call it what you will. But democracy, it is not. To sum up, the Parliament represents the demos that does not exist, works for the project that ignores reality and law, shuns accountability, turns its back on millions of people and serves the interest of one political orientation. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Having said that, ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case."

[scottmccarty]

Thank God for leaders who are not afraid to say something that is extremely unpopular or hurtful.

[taralynnhoffmann]

They laugh, they are mocking him. Something tells me they wont be laughing forever.

[klynchy]

Never has there been truer words uttered in that room full of parasites. Thank you professor.

[tonybroomfield]

The professor is spot on, and spoke really politely considering the grinning jackals faces all around him

[stevehazam]

WHAT A GREAT SPEECH
ABSOLUTELY TRUTHFUL.
IT DID NOT GO DOWN WELL
BECAUSE THE TRUTH HURTS.

[ArnoGraf-uf]

At last someone to speak the truth. Instead of hypocrisy. Thank you

[k.dickie]

Likely not going to see this in the MSM in Canada. Sadly the same thing can be said about our elected officials in Ottawa.

[mariamouchli]

The level goes up when a Professor with wisedom represents people, And speaks the truth.

[paulkavanagh]

Thank you. Finally, someone speaks up for the common man.

[williamseibel]

He's telling the truth it seems like nobody likes the truth anymore

[riverwildcat]

Very courageous speech, and a very brave man. The damage done by the EU is beyond all measure.

[madjackblack]

Well said, Professor Legutko. Its time they hear the truth.

[divergentone]

Wonderful speech - just telling it as it is. Unfortunately we are seeing the same phenomenon in all 'western' parliaments.
Thank you for speaking for the people

[klimatbluffen]

When Gorbachev called the European Union the EUSSR, it says a lot.

[DS-gvfs]

There sure were alot of people in that chamber that looked VERY uncomfortable during that speech. LOVED IT

[alessandrocaboni]

A honest man in European parliament. A white fly 🇮🇹👏👏👏

[hape]

Great respect to this man. Von der Leyen's contemptuous laughter will soon die.

[bobthebuilder]

He was spot on with that definition of the european parliament

[josevicentemartins]

Being an europenean elected to Bruxelles, is like living in Paradise : good salary, high perks, good subsidies no work requirements, no responsibilities, genereous pension and subventions.
In short, the Elected do what he or she wants when he or she wants. Just fantastic.
This Paradise is not of the europenean deputies responsibility or fault, because they have no responsibilities at all, they can not held responsible for anything.
Amazing is when they reffer to themselves as servants of the People, when they know perfectly that we know that`s not true.

[Pp-lp]

Finally someone in the right place speaking TRUTH FACTS 👏