Europe’s Natural Treasures: Reclaiming Sovereignty – Member States vs. EU Centralization

The Patriots for Europe Foundation is proud to invite you to a unique conference:

Europe’s Natural Treasures: Reclaiming Sovereignty – Member States vs. EU Centralization

This strategic gathering will bring together parliamentarians, experts, industry leaders, policymakers, and leading thinkers from across Europe to confront these fundamental questions:

•⁠ ⁠Who truly owns and should control Europe’s natural resources — the Member States or Brussels?

•⁠ ⁠How can nations safeguard their energy independence and economic sovereignty in the face of EU climate targets and resource redistribution mechanisms?

•⁠ ⁠What successful national strategies can serve as models for a more balanced European approach?

•⁠ ⁠How do we reconcile genuine environmental responsibility with industrial competitiveness and energy security?

Over two intensive days, participants will engage in high-level panel discussions, keynote addresses, and in-depth working sessions examining legal frameworks, economic impacts, geopolitical challenges, and concrete policy alternatives.

Our goal is clear: to shift the debate toward a Europe of sovereign nations that cooperates where necessary, but never surrenders control over its most vital strategic assets.

This is not merely an academic exercise — it is a call to action. Europe’s prosperity, security, and freedom depend on returning power to where it rightfully belongs: with the democratic nation-states and their citizens.

Program:

Master of Ceremony: Fanni Lajkó, Lawyer, EU Policy Analist

9:30 Welcome speech by Emmanouil Koulas, Board Member of Patriots for Europe Foundation

9:45 Welcome speech by Tomasz Buczek, MEP, Member of BUDG Committee

10:00 Keynote presentation by Janusz Starzak, Director of State Forests in Sieniawa, former Director of Regional Branch of State Forests

10:30 Panel I: Forest management: Wood production, wild animals population management and hunting – national heritage vs EU legal expansionism

• Marcin Piróg, hunter and wildlife expert
• Maciej Perzyna, lecturer at Warsaw University of Life Sciences
• Andrzej Zapałowski, MP, Member of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry
• Piotr Walter, moderator, forester and hunter, State Forest employee

11:45 Coffee Break

12:00 Panel II: Natural resources and energy transition

• Adam Nocoń, President of the Chamber of Commerce for Renewable Energy Equipment
• Monika Pepłowska, PhD, expert in transition of coal mining regions, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Tomasz Mirowski PhD, expert in heating and energy transition, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Marek Tucholski moderator, National Movement energy expert 

13:30 Lunch Break

15:00 Panel III: European agriculture: The fight for survival in face of EU climate and trade policies.

• Mirosław Majkowski, Member of Subcarpathian Regional Assembly, Committee of Agriculture, Rural Area Development and Environment Protection
• Monika Przeworska, Director of Institute of Agricultural Economy think-tank
• Piotr Lisiecki, President of National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers
• Łukasz Martyn, farmer, co-organiser of farmers’ protests in Subcarpathian Region
• Richardo Chamorro, Member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, VOX

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 Panel IV: Ecology vs Economy: EU's lost balance

• Krzysztof Bosak, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, President of National Movement
• Tomasz Buczek, MEP, Member of BUDG Committee
• Ziemowit Przebitkowski, Board Member of Patriots for Europe Foundation, political analyst and advisor
• Pedro Frazao, Vice-president of CHEGA and Member of the Portuguese National Assembly
• Marcin Kowalski, moderator