Andrzej Halicki — biography

Andrzej Halicki is a Polish politician and economist who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, serving in its ninth and tenth terms. His work on the EU budget, civil liberties and foreign policy goes hand in hand with his public activity in Warsaw and Mazovia. He is Vice-President of the European People’s Party and Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. He previously served as Poland’s Minister of Administration and Digitisation in Ewa Kopacz’s government (2014–2015) and as a member of the Polish Sejm (2007–2019).

European Parliament offices in Brussels and Strasbourg ↓

European Parliament: first term, 2019–2024

He began his first term in the European Parliament on 2 July 2019. He served on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), becoming its Vice-Chair on 10 May 2021 and remaining in that role until the term ended on 15 July 2024. From 26 September 2019 until the end of the same term, he was also Vice-Chair of Parliament’s delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

He was a member of the delegation to the EU–Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee. He also worked in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and was a substitute member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI). He joined the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) on 8 November 2023. From 5 April 2022 to 18 July 2023, he was a substitute member of the PEGA Committee of Inquiry, which investigated the use of Pegasus and similar surveillance spyware.

As the EPP Group’s shadow rapporteur, he contributed to work on the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) for 2021–2027. The programme supports fundamental rights, equality, civic participation and civil society organisations. His work also included parliamentary questions on human rights, among them a question submitted on 8 December 2023 concerning Mikalai Statkevich and other political prisoners in Belarus.

Sources: European Parliament: ninth-term record · EPP Group: election as LIBE Vice-Chair, 10 May 2021 · Legislative Observatory: CERV, 2018/0207(COD) · Parliamentary question P-003609/2023: Belarus

European Parliament: second term, since 2024

He was re-elected in 2024 and began his second term on 16 July 2024, when the European Parliament’s tenth term opened. On 19 June 2024, he had been elected Vice-Chair of the EPP Group. He chairs the Group’s Working Group on External Policies and has led its Polish delegation since 2019.

In the current term, he is a member of the Committee on Budgets and a substitute member of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Development (DEVE). He is a member of the delegations for relations with Iran, to the OACPS–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and to the Africa–EU Parliamentary Assembly. He is a substitute member of the delegations to the EU–Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee, for relations with Belarus and to the Pacific–EU Parliamentary Assembly.

Sources: European Parliament: tenth-term record · EPP Group: leadership election, 19 June 2024 · EPP Group: current responsibilities · EPP Working Group on External Policies

The 2026 EU budget and flood assistance

For the 2026 EU budget, he served as Parliament’s general rapporteur for the European Commission section, alongside Matjaž Nemec, rapporteur for the other sections. He prepared the report on budgetary guidelines and subsequently co-authored Parliament’s position and the report on the agreement reached through conciliation.

Parliament adopted the budget on 26 November 2025. The agreement provided €192.8 billion in commitments and €190.1 billion in payments. During negotiations, Parliament secured an additional €372.7 million for its priorities, including research, infrastructure, security and humanitarian aid. This was the outcome of the joint budgetary procedure involving Parliament and the Council.

In 2025, he was also rapporteur on mobilising the EU Solidarity Fund to assist Poland and other countries affected by the 2024 floods (procedure 2025/0138(BUD), report A10-0114/2025). In 2026, he continued working on budget implementation, including as rapporteur for Draft Amending Budget No 1/2026, concerning the previous year’s surplus.

Sources: European Parliament: reports as rapporteur · European Parliament: adoption of the 2026 budget, 26 November 2025 · EU Solidarity Fund: procedure 2025/0138(BUD) · Draft Amending Budget No 1/2026: procedure 2026/0090(BUD)

Leadership roles in the European People’s Party

On 1 June 2022, at the European People’s Party Congress in Rotterdam, he was elected a Vice-President of the party. He was re-elected at the Valencia Congress in April 2025. He holds this party role alongside his separate position as Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament.

Sources: EPP: Rotterdam Congress, 2022 · EPP: re-election at the Valencia Congress, 2025

The Polish Sejm and government, 2007–2019

He was sworn in as a member of the fifth-term Sejm on 10 January 2007. He subsequently won seats in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 elections, serving in the sixth, seventh and eighth terms. He left the Polish parliament in 2019 after being elected to the European Parliament.

He chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee in 2009–2011 and the Constitutional Accountability Committee during the seventh term. In the eighth term, he served on the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee on Digital Affairs, Innovation and New Technologies.

On 22 September 2014, he became Minister of Administration and Digitisation in Ewa Kopacz’s government, serving until November 2015. As minister, he also chaired the Council of Ministers Committee on Digital Affairs, which coordinated the public administration’s work on digitalisation.

Sources: Polish Sejm: parliamentary oath, 10 January 2007 · European People’s Party: Presidency biography · Sejm: Constitutional Accountability Committee, 21 November 2013 · Polish government: Digital Affairs Committee annual report, 2014

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

He represented Poland in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2012–2015 and 2016–2019. He served as Vice-President of the Assembly from 23 January 2012 to 26 January 2014. He chaired Poland’s delegation in 2012–2015 and was also Vice-Chairperson of the Assembly’s EPP Group in 2012–2014.

Sources: Council of Europe: Assembly mandates and responsibilities

Political activity, Warsaw and Mazovia

He has been associated with Civic Platform since 2001. In October 2009, he became spokesperson for its parliamentary group, and in May 2010 he was elected the party’s chair in Mazovia. His regional activity includes meetings with residents, cooperation with local authorities and local initiatives. Dated reports on this website also document visits to the European Parliament by residents and students from Mazovia.

Sources: European People’s Party: Presidency biography · Warsaw and Mazovia: dated reports

Education and professional background

Born in Warsaw on 26 November 1961, Andrzej Halicki graduated from the Warsaw School of Planning and Statistics, now SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He studied air transport economics in the Faculty of Internal Trade. From 1986 to 1989, he was active in the underground Independent Students’ Association (NZS), including its leadership at his university.

From 1990 to 1992, he was spokesperson and a member of the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Congress. He later worked in public relations, including at Burson-Marsteller. From 1996, he ran GGK Public Relations, an agency he had founded. He left the company in 2007 after taking up his seat in the Sejm.

Last factual review: 16 October 2026. Earlier education and professional history are based on the biography supplied by the office.

Personal life — among dogs

Great Danes have been an important part of Andrzej Halicki’s family life for many years. He and his wife share a passion for breeding them. His dogs also appear in his social media posts.