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Dominik Tarczyński
MEP
Official portrait, 2020
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2020
Constituency Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
Member of the Sejm
In office
2015 – 30 January 2020
Constituency Lublin
Personal details
Born 27 March 1979
Lublin, Poland
Party Poland
Law and Justice
EU
ECR
Education John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Occupation Politician
journalist

Dominik Tarczyński (born 27 March 1979) is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2020 and was a member of the Sejm (MP) from 2015 to 2020.

Early life and career

Tarczyński was born on 27 March 1979 in Lublin, Polish People's Republic.[1]

From 2003 to 2008, he was a community organizer at London's Westminster Cathedral, and hosted a radio broadcast of Christian music. He was a lay assistant to one of the British exorcists. From January 23, 2009, to February 1, 2010, he was the director of TVP3 Kielce; later, he was employed as the deputy director for operation in the IT and Telecommunications Centre of TVP.[2]

He also took up journalistic activity in the pages of Gazeta Polska and created documentary films devoted to Christian topics. He directed the documentary film Colombia - Testimony to the World, with the participation of the then-president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, which received an award at the Sixteenth International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival in Niepokalanów.[3] He was the founder of the Association of Catholics Charismatics.[4]

Political career

In 2010, he unsuccessfully ran for the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Sejmik from the Law and Justice (PiS) list.[5] He then organised the structures of the Poland Is Most Important Association in Kielce, but after a few weeks he left it.[6] In 2011, he co-founded Sovereign Poland, which he left at the beginning of April 2014. In the same year, on the recommendation of the Right Wing of the Republic, he again stood for election to the regional council on the PiS list. In the parliamentary elections in 2015, he stood for the Sejm as an independent candidate from the eleventh place on the PiS list in the Kielce district. He was elected MEP for the eighth term of office, receiving 7,475 votes. After the elections, he became a member of PiS.[7]

In the 2019 European Parliament elections, he was elected deputy of the ninth term. He received an additional mandate in the EU's Parliament, granted to Poland as part of the distribution of some of the mandates previously filled by the United Kingdom. However, due to the delay in the procedure, this mandate was suspended.[8] In the Polish parliamentary election of the same year, he was again elected to the Sejm, receiving 8,186 votes. On February 1, 2020, after the UK's exit from the EU took effect, he gained his seat as a member of the ninth European Parliament.[9]

In the 2024 European Parliament elections, he was again elected to European Parliament for its tenth term, receiving 210,942 votes.[10]

Political views

Views on Polish history and antisemitism

In 2023, Tarczyński called for the criminal prosecution of Holocaust historian Barbara Engelking following comments she made about Polish attitudes toward Jews during the Holocaust. He had previously made headlines in 2019 when he told CNN that antisemitism did not exist in Poland.[11]

Immigration

Tarczyński advocates a strict immigration policy, supporting stronger border controls and opposing the compulsory relocation of migrants through EU mechanisms. He particularly criticizes irregular and illegal immigration, including immigration from Muslim-majority countries, while distinguishing this from Poland's acceptance of Ukrainian refugees.[12][13]

During a 2018 Channel 4 interview, Tarczyński said Poland would not accept “illegal Muslim immigrants,” while emphasizing that the country had taken in more than two million Ukrainians. He defended this distinction by describing the Ukrainians as peaceful and working in Poland, and argued that Poland’s immigration policy had contributed to its security. He also said he did not care if his views led to him being described as a populist, nationalist or racist, stating that his priority was his family and country.[12]

In September 2025, Tarczyński attended Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London, where he spoke from the main stage and called for a “very radical” approach to immigration, including leading a “Send them back” chant. The rally attracted an estimated 110,000 to 150,000 people, according to police estimates.[14]

In January 2026, Tarczyński praised United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after they killed Renée Good in Minneapolis, United States.[15][16]

In May 2026 Tarczyński intended to travel to the United Kingdom in order to address a far-right rally being held in London. However, he had his Electronic Travel Authorisation revoked by the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood. In response, Tarczyński described the revocation as “what communism looks like in the 21st century” and stated on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he would personally sue the UK's Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, claimed the post "confirmed that he [Tarczyński] is an unhinged extremist”.[17]

Social and religious views

Tarczyński is socially conservative and emphasizes Poland’s Christian identity and traditional values. Regarding LGBT rights, he has characterized the issue as one of “LGBT ideology,” while stating that Poland is a free country where people can live as they choose. He has also expressed a desire to preserve Poland’s Christian identity, saying that he wanted to help keep Poland “great and Christian.[18]

References

  1. Back to citation "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. Back to citation "Pilnował namiotu Solidarnych 2010 w czasie choroby. TVP go zwolniła". PL. Wirtualnemedia. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. Back to citation "Kolumbia. Świadectwo dla świata". PL. Niedziela. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. Back to citation "About me". Dominik Tarczyński. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. Back to citation "Serwis PKW – Wybory 2010". Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. Back to citation "Polska Jest Najważniejsza także w Kielcach". wyborcza.pl. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. Back to citation Janusz Kędracki (30 June 2016). "PiS odcina się od solówki posła Dominika Tarczyńskiego". PL. Wyborcza. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  8. Back to citation "Dominik Tarczyński – europoseł, którego mandat zależy od… brexitu". TVP. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. Back to citation "52. polski europarlamentarzysta. Decyzja Marszałek Sejmu – komunikat CIS". PL. Sejm. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. Back to citation "European Parliament Election 2024". wybory.gov.pl. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  11. Back to citation Dinah Spritzer (1 May 2023). "Hundreds, Including Yad Vashem, Condemn Polish Government's Attack on Holocaust Historian". Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  12. Back to citation occurrence 12.0 Back to citation occurrence 12.1 Rujuta Thete (9 March 2022). "Old Clip of Polish Politician on Accepting Refugees Linked to Russia-Ukraine War". The Quint. The Quint. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  13. Back to citation "EU migrant crisis: Poland MEP zero tolerance video". GB News. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  14. Back to citation Daniel Tilles (13 May 2026). "Polish politician barred from entering UK to attend Tommy Robinson rally". Notes from Poland. Notes from Poland Foundation. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  15. Back to citation "Tarczyński wywołał skandal. Tak zareagował na tragedię w USA". Wprost (in Polish). 8 January 2026.
  16. Back to citation "Denmark digs in to keep Greenland". POLITICO. 9 January 2026.
  17. Back to citation Tilles, Daniel (13 May 2026). "Polish politician banned from entering UK to attend Tommy Robinson rally". Notes from Poland.
  18. Back to citation "Polish MP Dominik Tarczyński: We're keeping Poland great and Christian". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
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