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Ms Iwona ARENT (Poland, ECPA)

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Representative
Deputy
Law and Justice (PiS)

Chancellery of the Sejm
PL - 00-902 - Warszawa
Poland

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates since 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 05/10/2019 to 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group from 25/01/2016 to 04/10/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 26/01/2026 Representative - Poland
  • from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026 Substitute - Poland
  • from 25/01/2016 to 21/01/2024 Representative - Poland

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Alternate ECPA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 03/02/2025)
  • Alternate EC/DA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2024 to 03/02/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 22/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 27/01/2020 to 31/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 25/01/2016 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2016 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Kazimierz MATUSZNY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 29/01/2020 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Grzegorz JANIK (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 25/01/2016 to 26/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

29/09/2025 | 17:05:47 Ms Chair, dear colleagues,  Karol NAWROCKI became the victim of a dirty campaign in the 2025 elections. His programme was not attacked. Only his private life, family and past. The media published rumours and anonymous slander at key moments of the campaign. It was an organised campaign to discredit the candidate supported by the patriotic camp.  State services were also used. Data from the International Security Agency was leaked to the media, which is scandalous and a threat to democracy... 25/06/2025 | 17:27:56 Mr President, dear colleagues, Gaza is suffering. Women, children, simply people are dying under the rubble and from hunger. The International Court of Justice has found that there is a real risk of genocide. Amnesty International's Human Rights Watch confirm that we are dealing with mass war crimes. The United Nations is sounding the alarm. People in Gaza are starving, bombed and have no access to water or medical care. Innocent children suffer the most. Do Palestinian lives matter less than... 02/10/2024 | 16:31:43 Mister President, Dear colleagues, I understand that many of you don't like the previous Polish government and, of course, you are entitled to such an opinion but this is not a popularity contest but a very serious question about sending a man to jail today or not. The rapporteur indicates this Assembly should assess the seriousness of the case. Where is this in the rules? Rule 73 states explicitly "the Committee shall not make any examination of the merits of the case in question" yet the... 20/06/2023 | 18:03:04 Madam Chair, dear colleagues, I am disappointed that this debate on Poland is taking place today. Why? Let me give you some context. Today, Russia is in an illegal war that has murdered women, children, and destroyed homes, schools and hospitals. Russia is also carrying out a disinformation campaign and conducting a hybrid war against all member States of the Council of Europe. Poland is playing a main role in helping Ukraine in a number of fields: humanitarian, military, and in defending... 15/03/2022 | 15:16:54 Thank you, Mr President,  Dear colleagues, Russian foreign policy has been inscribed with aggression and imperial ambitions for years, and dictator Putin does not take into account either his own nation or the right to self-determination by other nations. He ruthlessly violates the principles of the rule of law, human rights and international law. Dictator Putin, you can conjure up reality and you can engage in blunt propaganda. Dictator Putin, you can persuade Russian citizens and the whole...

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