- How can I praise them for something that puts this government on a leash to von der Leyen and the European Commission - said Mateusz Morawiecki on TV Republika.

- When I took office as Prime Minister, the migration pact was also supposedly in effect, but before me, Prime Minister Beata Szydło and President Jarosław Kaczyński firmly said 'no' to illegal migration. And did we accept any illegal migrants? No, there were zero - he continued.

- Then, when I became Prime Minister, in 2018, please look at the conclusions of the European Council. Together with Prime Minister Orbán and Prime Minister Babiš [...] we took a firm, very clear stance and introduced the clause of unanimity and voluntariness regarding the acceptance of illegal immigrants - he went on to say.

- A week after the current Prime Minister took office [...] he effectively agreed to the pact coming into effect. [...] Poland protested then, but the pact was adopted - he added.

- Today, the pact is not a dead document, because some countries have a complete opt-out, while Poland has to beg every year and is under the gun, on the hook, of the European Commission. So I thank you very much for such a success. This is a great defeat for Donald Tusk's government - he emphasized.