On Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk will participate in Polish-Czech intergovernmental consultations in Prague. At 11:00 AM, the Polish Prime Minister is scheduled to be welcomed by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala. At 11:15 AM, the IX Polish-Czech Intergovernmental Consultations session will open, followed by a meeting between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Prime Minister Petr Fiala at 11:30 AM. At 12:45 PM, a meeting of the delegations will commence. A press conference with both prime ministers will take place at 2:30 PM.

The three-day Sejm session begins at 10:00 AM. Initially, votes are planned on changes to the composition of Sejm committees. At 10:10 AM, a second reading of a parliamentary bill on local development with community participation is scheduled. At 12:00 PM, a first reading of a government bill on the equal taxation of constituent units of international and national groups will begin (the bill aims to implement EU law).

At 1:30 PM, the Sejm will hold a first reading of a government bill on excise tax, which proposes an increase in excise duty on tobacco products, heated tobacco products, and e-cigarette liquid. At 3:00 PM, MPs will again vote on changes to the composition of Sejm committees, and at 3:05 PM, they will proceed to the second reading of a parliamentary bill on voluntary fire brigades. A second reading of a parliamentary resolution commemorating the 180th anniversary of the birth of Wawrzyniec Hajda, a Silesian independence activist, is planned for 4:30 PM.

At 11:00 AM, the Sejm Committee on Special Services will, in a closed session, review, among other things, the request of the coordinator of special services regarding the dismissal of the deputy head of the ABW (Internal Security Agency). Also at 11:00 AM, the Public Finance Committee will provide an opinion on the Minister of Finance's request for a change in the allocation of a targeted reserve planned in the 2024 budget law.

At 3:00 PM, the Health Committee and the Committee on Children and Youth will consider, among other things, information on the authorization for sale of an alcoholic beverage in tube packaging, characteristic of children's mousses. The information will be presented by the Minister of Health, the Minister of Agriculture, and the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK). Also at 3:00 PM, the Foreign Affairs Committee will review candidacies for ambassadors to Macedonia, Peru, and Vietnam.

Wednesday also marks the first day of the two-day Senate session, during which senators will address, among other things, bills on income tax and local government revenue. The session is scheduled to begin at 11:00 AM. Earlier, at 10:50 AM, Senate Marshal Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska will hold a briefing.

- We are doing everything to ensure that it never pays to attack Poland. Armament is for this purpose, strength in alliances and societal resilience, all these actions are intended to ensure that it never pays to attack Poland – said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on TVN24.

- Firstly, deterrence and defense; this is the strategy of NATO and the strategy of Poland. This is part of the element of deterrence. In the coming days, the Minister of Civil Defense in Sweden is sending out manuals to all homes, 5 million copies, on how to prepare for war. There was a moment when the Prime Minister of Sweden, Swedish ministers, said: We are in direct danger, everyone full mobilization – he added.

- We increased defense spending [in connection with the "Błaszczak's deficit"] between 2023 and 2024, when our predecessors were still fully responsible for the budget, by 50 billion. We had to find money, also for contracts concluded by our predecessors, because they do not end at the moment of signing the contract, but are implemented, meaning they are paid for over many years, so we will be looking for this money – stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on TVN24.

- I deeply regret what the president did with the law on the Constitutional Tribunal, with two laws. We had hoped that the hand we are extending to the president, but also to everyone who wants to heal this unhealthy situation, would be taken. After all, in this draft, we spoke about the opposition's participation in the selection of Constitutional Tribunal members - stated Szymon Hołownia at a press conference in the Sejm.

- This is no longer the Constitutional Tribunal, it is TK&K, the Tribunal of Mrs. Julia Przyłębska's colleagues and PiS politicians. If the president is not bothered that Mr. Święczkowski, Mr. Piotrowicz, and Mrs. Pawłowicz sit on Przyłębska's Constitutional Tribunal, and that practically every decision made by it is legally flawed and introduces chaos into Poland's legal system, then I don't know how to talk about this with the president - the Marshal of the Sejm continued.

- That was not a Constitutional Tribunal at all. The Sejm will not be intimidated, and secondly, the Sejm will never agree to illegality. We have a very clear opinion on this matter from our parliamentary Office of Expertise and Regulatory Impact Assessment. We will publish it on our website today – stated Szymon Hołownia at a press conference in the Sejm.

- Tomorrow, Chairman Komarewicz has convened a subcommittee meeting regarding the bill on state-owned companies, which was submitted by Poland 2050. I hope the work will finally move forward as it should. It has been 5 months since the first reading, the matter is becoming increasingly media-covered and necessary to regulate, so I hope that transparency, openness, and meritocracy in state companies will finally become the focus of the high chamber - stated Szymon Hołownia at a press conference in the Sejm.

- Please don’t ask me, ladies and gentlemen, whether we will vote, if we introduce this bill, for this bill with PiS and Konfederacja. I can’t imagine PO and PSL not voting for the bill that we will introduce. After all, this is our commitment, we said it directly, and Minister Domański, I’m referring here to the transcript, clearly stated on July 26, 2024 [about ensuring funding for the changes] - stated Szymon Hołownia at a press conference in the Sejm.

- Marshal Hołownia has just announced that there will be no votes today because there are not enough MPs. Of course, there are enough MPs, but clearly not enough of those smiling MPs have come to Warsaw, so they are afraid of the voting outcomes - Sławomir Mentzen wrote on social media.

Marszałek Hołownia zapowiedział właśnie, że nie będzie dzisiaj głosowań, ponieważ jest za mało posłów.

Posłów jest oczywiście wystarczająco wielu, ale jak widać za mało przyjechało do Warszawy tych uśmiechniętych posłów, więc boją się o wyniki głosowań :)

— Sławomir Mentzen (@SlawomirMentzen) October 9, 2024

Yesterday, the Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar submitted a request to the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Szymon Hołownia, for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland to grant consent to bring Member of Parliament Łukasz Mejza to criminal responsibility - the National Prosecutor's Office informed.

Furthermore, an analogous request concerning Member of Parliament Ryszard Wilk was sent to the Sejm.

- We will cooperate, and this cooperation is a model. I also thank the Czechs very much, and you in particular, Mr. Prime Minister, personally, for the initiatives concerning Ukraine. We will cooperate even more closely with your government and the Czech Republic; we are doing this responsibly, rationally, and very solidaristically, both in terms of aid for refugees from Ukraine and aid in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the opening of Polish-Czech intergovernmental consultations.

- Thank you for mentioning our joint actions, now during the tragic flood that has so painfully affected both the Czech Republic and Poland. Your very quick reaction to my invitation and initiative enabled us to swiftly organize European aid as well, and the openness of the European administration regarding the flexibility in the use of European funds – stated Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the opening of Polish-Czech intergovernmental consultations.

- Together, we must convince other partners in the EU, and we will, that the EU's task is to protect the external border and minimize illegal immigration, not to create internal borders and look for mechanisms that merely move groups of illegal immigrants back and forth within Europe. We will cooperate in all aspects here - stated Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a press conference.

- We will firmly insist on the necessity of conducting a very serious political debate about migration in Brussels, during the European Council. It's not about having further routine, not always necessary, not always wise conclusions appear on paper. It's about European leaders seriously considering all the pros and cons of existing solutions, so as to effectively protect the whole of Europe and its member states from the wave of illegal, and increasingly organized by external forces, migration - the head of government continued.

- On Saturday afternoon, in 3 days, I will announce Poland's long-term migration strategy. It will be a strategy that will not only be a program to combat illegal immigration and, more broadly, a modern migration policy calculated for years to come, but it will also be a proposal for the entire EU - stated Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a press conference.

- Tusk's dictatorship! Torture and unlawful arrests of PiS politicians! Bodnar's thugs in action! - I hear from some. Where is the accountability?! Suicidal policy of impunity! - say others. We're probably on the right track - wrote Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Dyktatura Tuska! Tortury i bezprawne areszty wobec polityków PiS! Siepacze Bodnara w akcji! - słyszę od jednych. Gdzie rozliczenia?! Samobójcza polityka bezkarności! - mówią drudzy. Jesteśmy chyba na dobrej drodze.

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) October 9, 2024

- It was a very serious club, a very serious conversation, and it concerned what is currently the most important task for KO, namely the presidential elections, which are approaching and which are already practically here, as we have 6 months until the elections. People may not realize it, but we are actually already in an election campaign – stated Roman Giertych on the program ,,Kropka nad i” on TVN24.

- It was announced earlier that the decision on this matter will certainly be made after PiS announces its candidate, and I think that will be towards the end of the year – he added.

- There was no such resolution. Firstly, there was a resolution by three people, mere impostors. As I recall, I once told these disguised judges in the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, 'Gentlemen, you are impostors.' After the resolution of three chambers, meaning a resolution by the entire Supreme Court, which took place four years ago, it is a known fact that while the issue of neo-judges in common courts is debatable, when it comes to judges of the Supreme Court, there is no discussion – they are not judges – stated Roman Giertych on TVN24.