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 quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

If we believe that the EU is only a fair-weather event we will be doomed. The EU cannot be an answer only to the tragedies of the past but also to the problems of the future. We must understand that the geopolitical holidays are over. It's time to go back to school where there will be only hard exams to take.