The mayor of the capital visited Radom at the invitation of City President Radosław Witkowski.
Rafał Czaszkowski pointed out that in most meetings of this type, the question is often whether Poland is safe. And he spent most of his speech playing it safe. – The most important thing is not to make the mistake of PiS, President Duda, as you may recall, bet on only one candidate, and when Joe Biden won, PiS was sentenced. They decided to launch a group attack. American citizens, he pointed out.
The mayor of Warsaw reflected on his visit to the United States in September. As he emphasized, he met there with representatives of both the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as representatives of analytical centers and the scientific community, to discuss threats to security and democracy.
Rafał Czaskowski. Deputy PO Director for US Elections
Trzaskowski added that there were two conclusions from the visit. – One is very simple. We must remember that Americans choose their president for themselves, not for us. Therefore, we must be ready to work with all American governments and work with all presidents, the PO Deputy Director emphasized. The second conclusion was that “we must first demonstrate that we are prepared to ensure our own safety.''
The Warsaw mayor pointed out that President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' position is clear. – President Biden said the United States will protect every corner of the country in NATO. President Trump said this is very important to us, but we should definitely take responsibility and support those who invest in our security, Trzaskowski noted. did.
– Today, our country is not only an example for all of Europe, but also for the world as the country that invests the most in the North Atlantic Alliance as a percentage of GDP. This goal is 2 percent. The Alliance as a whole will soon reach close to 5%. GDP – local government officials said.
Radom. President Warsaw talks about “wise foreign policy”
– If one of the presidential candidates of the United States says we should help those who are ready to face danger themselves, we are ready to do that. And this is the lesson of a wisely conducted foreign policy: you must not offend anyone and be ready to cooperate with everyone, the Warsaw president said.
Trzaskowski also mentioned another aspect of Poles' sense of security. – First of all, safety starts with being well informed. He pointed out that today, every war starts with disinformation, and every war starts with spreading lies.
Macierewicz Committee. “80 million złoty was spent on disinformation.”
“This machine for sowing lies was built by the PiS state over eight years,” he said, referring to the Smolensk subcommittee report by Antoni Macierevich. – 80 million złoty was spent on disinformation. (…) Meanwhile, for 63%, the worst thing for Polish women and men is disinformation and lies. We need to start by draining this quagmire and explaining this kind of situation and clearly show Poles where we are dealing with disinformation and lies, because the truth is most important. Trzaskowski said.
Capital also cited other threats related to disinformation, including “the threat of disinformation from the Russians and hundreds of internet trolls who do nothing but antagonize us and try to provoke conflict.” He also talked about resistance.
Mr. Trzaskowski cited Poland's challenges. AI, cyberspace
– We aim to build a security infrastructure. And that's what we're doing now. We start with issues such as verifying all the information that comes to us, but let's start speaking out loud about what's happening in cyberspace, he said. As he said, 80,000 infections were recorded in Poland in 2023. Attacks against the state's cyber infrastructure (up 100% year-on-year) have already seen 88,000 attacks this year. This kind of incident.
Trzaskowski also mentioned the threats arising from the development of artificial intelligence. – I received a call from the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, and after three minutes I realized that something was wrong. It wasn't exactly the same question, it wasn't like this, and he didn't respond to light teasing or jokes. . He said he felt something strange, but then realized it was a deepfake.
– The Russians came up with this kind of trick (using AI) to trick me and record me. I was very careful and didn't say anything controversial (…) If you want to guarantee a healthy democracy, you need to protect yourself from this kind of technological development. Trzaskowski concluded.
In public, the mayor of Warsaw is presented as the frontrunner for the Citizens' Union nomination for president. He expressed his desire to run in next year's election and said: Mr. Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland;
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