I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

Nothing would be better today if Europe were divided or smaller. Today we have to say loud and clear that the crises, which have affected Europe cannot serve as a pretext for its disintegration. A mini-Europe would be the worst response to the maxi problems we have to face.

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

Im plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and a belief in the market economy.

I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.

What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.

Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.

Over the years, the European Union and the United States have worked together to ensure peace and prosperity for our citizens and for people around the world.

We should remind our American friends of their own motto: United we stand. Divided, we fall.

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

My government is in no sense anti-Russian.