Ryszard Czarnecki

Ryszard Czarnecki


European Parliament

Until recently Czarnecki was the face of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party in the European Parliament and heir apparent in his ECR group, currently led by Syed Kamall, who will leave Parliament with other British MEPs in 2019. No longer. Czarnecki called fellow Polish MEP Róża Thun a “szmalcownik,” an offensive Polish term for someone who blackmailed Jews or collaborated with Nazis during Germany’s occupation of Poland. His colleagues voted by 447 to 196 in early 2018 to strip him of his position of Parliament vice president.

Political group: European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)

Country: Poland

Position: None

Age: 55

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