20 March 2025, the Sejm held the debate (verbatim record/PL, point 22) and adopted the resolution on the security of the Republic of Poland (resolution).

7 March 2025, the Sejm held the debate on the information from the Prime Minister on the international situation and Poland's security after the summit of allied countries in London and after the meeting of the European Council; the Sejm accepted the information (verbatim record/PL, point 26).

In March 2025 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 3 meetings, no. 68-70.
During these meetings the Committee:

• pursuant to Article 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Article 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • information on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 17 March 2025 [pos. nr 68],
  • information on the European Council meeting planned for 20-21 March 2025 [pos. nr 69],
  • report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Innovation Fund in 2023 (COM(2024) 566) together with the Government position [mtg no. 68],
• pursuant to Article 11(1) of the Cooperation Act, considered information on the position the Council of Ministers intends to take during consideration of draft EU legal acts at the meetings of:
  • Economic and Financial Council, 11 March 2025 - COM(2022) 701, 703; COM(2024) 497 and 2024/0803(CNS), COM(2025) 80, 81, 87 [pos. nr 68],
• pursuant to Article 21(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information from the Council of Ministers on the progress in the exercise of the Presidency [mtg no. 69],
• pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information for the Sejmu and the Senate of the Republic of Poland on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union in July-December 2024 (Hungarian Presidency of the Council of European Union) (paper no. 1085) [mtg no. 69],
• pursuant to Article 18(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information on legislative work related to the implementation of directives for which the transposition deadline has already expired or would expire within the next three months (as at 28 February 2025) [mtg no. 70],
• according to the proposal of the Committee Bureau, didn't raise any comment to the following EU documents:
  • pursuant to Article 7(4) of the Cooperation Act – to 4 draft legislative acts: COM(2025) 27, 34 [mtg no. 68], COM(2025) 38, 40 [mtg no. 69],
  • pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 19 draft legal acts: COM(2025) 11, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 33, 42, 49 [mtg no. 68], COM(2025) 43, 44, 50, 53, 56 [mtg no. 69], COM(2025) 55, 71 [mtg no. 70],
  • pursuant to Article 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Article 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 17 documents: C(2025) 808, COM(2025) 2, 3, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32 [mtg no. 68], COM(2025) 39, 41, 47 [mtg no. 69], COM(2025) 51, 52, 54 [mtg no. 70].

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In March 2025 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 68-70, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 04.03.2025, considered information on the reports of the European Union - Mario Draghi "The future of European competitiveness" and Manuel Heitor "Align, Act, Accelerate. Research, Technology and Innovation to boost European competitiveness" - in the context of the prospects of Polish science and higher education [mtg no. 50].

• 05.03.2025, together with the Local Government and Regional Policy Committee, considered information on the assumptions for the liquidation of the so-called local government media envisaged in the concept of implementing the European Media Freedom Act into the Polish legal system [mtg no. 59].

• 19.03.2025, considered information from the Minister for Equality regarding the issue of the Roma minority in the context of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union [mtg no. 26].

• 27.03.2025, discussed with the delegation of the Association of Former Members of the European Parliament the priorities and current challenges of the common security and defence policy, particularly in the context of the implementation of European Union programmes: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Defence Fund (EDF) [mtg no. 41].
• 20.03.2025, held the first reading of the parliamentary draft resolution on support for the resolution of the European Parliament on the White Paper on the Future of European Defence (item no. 1105) [mtg no. 40].

• 05.03.2025, jointly with the Energy, Climate and State Assets Committee discussed the current position of the government on:
  • amendment to the Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 of 24 April 2015 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heaters,
  • amendment to the Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1189 of 28 April 2015 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers [mtg no. 58].

• 05.03.2025, considered information on the adopted priorities of policy for seniors in the context of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2025 [mtg no. 33].

• 19.03.2025, considered information on the protection of the European Union borders [mtg no. 60].

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23-25 March 2025, Warsaw, Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy

Sunday, 23 March 2025

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika and the European Parliament

Monday, 24 march 2025

• Meetings of the political groups
• Meeting of national parliaments staff: informal CSDP dialogue
• Opening session
• Session I: Protecting and securing the European Union. Hybrid threats as an external factor destabilising Europe; debate
• Session II: Priorities and challenges concerning the CFSP/CSDP in the new institutional cycle. Developing a new security framework for the European Union; debate
• Urgent debate on current issues: The future of transatlantic relations

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

• Session III: Strengthening European defence in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine. European Union Armed Forces - a need or an alternative?; debate
• Session IV: Security in the Baltic Sea Region. Russian hostilities – attempts to change borders and circumvent EU sanctions; debate
• Closing session

19 March 2025, Brussels "Strengthening the role of the EU at the UN and exchanges of best practices in the human rights field", Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) organised by the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)

• Welcome and opening remarks by Mounir Satouri, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Interventions by: Ilze Brand Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Lotte Knudsen, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, Hanna Tuominen, Centre for European Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
• Debate with MEPs and Members of EU National Parliaments
• Conclusions by Mounir Satouri, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights

18 March 2025, EU TAX SYMPOSIUM 2025, Strengthening competitiveness and fairness to build prosperity, ICM co-organised by the EP Subcommittee on Tax Matters and the European Commission

• Welcome and introduction
  • Opening speeches: Esteban González Pons, Vice-President of the EP, Pasquale Tridico, Chair of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters, EP
  • Keynote speech: Tax priorities for the new Commission, Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero, Clean Growth and Taxation
  • Video message of the Polish Council Presidency
• Panel 1 - Challenges for a fair contribution of ultra-high-net-worth individuals
• Panel 2 - EU sustainable competitiveness: What taxation can or cannot do?
• Impact of tax systems to strengthen competitiveness and fairness
• Panel 3 - European and international corporate tax reform: What are the next steps?
• Panel 4 - Artificial intelligence for tax systems: Challenges, opportunities and risks
• Conclusions

6 March 2025, Brussels, International Women's Day 2025: Strengthening the Women, Peace and Security Agenda – Upholding Women's Rights in Defence, Security and Peace Building, - interparliamentary committee meeting (ICM) organised by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament (FEMM)

• Welcoming words: Lina Gálvez, Chair of the FEMM Committee, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (remotely)
• Opening remarks: Katarzyna Kotula, Minister of Equality, Poland (remotely), Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management
• Panel I

Lieutenant-Colonel Diana Morais, Advisor to the Minister of National Defence, Portugal, Dr Kalliopi Chainoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece, Jonna Naumanen, EEAS, General Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan, Netherlands (remotely)

Q&A with the participation of the Members of National Parliaments and the Members of the European Parliament

• Panel II

Yelyzaveta Boryskina, Gender Equality and Inclusion expert, Ukraine, Mariam Safi, Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS), Afghanistan

Q&A with the participation of the Members of National Parliaments and the Members of the European Parliament

• Closing remarks: Lina Gálvez, Chair of the FEMM Committee