-- CYCHOCKI TAKING OVER AS HEAD OF THE CHANCELLERY OF THE SEJM INDICATES THAT HOŁOWNIA TAKES THE POSITION OF MARSHAL VERY SERIOUSLY - PAWEŁ WROŃSKI IN GW: “The fact that Jacek Cichocki has taken over as head of the Chancellery of the Sejm, rather than one of the ministries – for which he is qualified – indicates that Szymon Hołownia takes the position of Marshal of the Sejm very seriously. And likely, thanks to Cichocki’s skills, he wants to be seen as the marshal who, after years of PiS rule, will restore order to the legislative process in the Polish parliament. The leader of Poland 2050 is aware that his success as Marshal of the Sejm could open the path to the presidency for him. In that case, Jacek Cichocki will likely be in his inner circle as well.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30418176,jacek-cichocki-urzednik-ktory-ma-przywrocic-porzadek-kim.html -- THE AUTHOR OF THE ADDRESS TEXT IS JAN SZYSZKO, WHO HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE MARSHAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE THINK TANK STRATEGIE 2050 - GAZETA.PL HAS ESTABLISHED - JACEK GĄDEK: “The primary author of this address text is Jan Szyszko. – I proposed the address text to the Marshal. However, working on speeches is a group effort, with many people contributing, and the final decision on the speech’s content is made by the Marshal himself. The success and positive reception of the address are primarily due to Szymon Hołownia’s experience and substantive and rhetorical preparation – Szyszko tells us.” https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,30417485,wiemy-kto-napisal-tekst-oredzia-szymonowi-holowni.html -- HOŁOWNIA FAILED HIS FIRST TEST. HE DID NOT DEFEND PRINCIPLES, NOR THE RIGHT OF MINORITIES TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE PRESIDIUM - JACEK KARNOWSKI: “However, his start is of questionable quality. On the most important issue of recent days – the matter of denying Law and Justice the right to appoint a Deputy Marshal of the Sejm – he remained silent. He sidestepped, declaring that a place was waiting for a candidate, but he did not stand on the side of democratic principles, on the side of the rights of minorities. And he could have. And this will be remembered. And it will catch up with him someday.” -- HOŁOWNIA WAS "PUT FORWARD" BY TUSK, WHO KNOWS HE WILL QUICKLY BURN OUT, THERE IS ALSO A SECOND VERSION, ACCORDING TO WHICH TUSK EXPECTS HOŁOWNIA TO BUILD SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL CAPITAL AND BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE TRZASKOWSKI FOR THE PRESIDENCY, WITH WHOM THE PO LEADER IS WAGING A QUIET BUT FIERCE WAR - KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “In the background, there are two conflicting interpretations. According to one, Hołownia was ‘put forward’ by Tusk, who knows he will quickly burn out in such an important position, and his ‘direct’ communication style will soon become meme-worthy. And there may be something to that. But there is also a second version, according to which Tusk expects Hołownia the Marshal to build significant political capital and be able to challenge Rafał Trzaskowski for the presidency, with whom the PO leader is waging a quiet but fierce war. Today, both scenarios are possible, and everything essentially depends on Hołownia himself.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/671185-holownia-pierwszy-egzamin-oblal-nie-stanal-w-obronie-zasad -- DUDA IS ISOLATED, MASTALEREK NEUTRALIZED, MORAWIECKI HUMILIATED, SZYDŁO AFFECTED, BŁASZCZAK ANOINTED. AND KACZYŃSKI IS SATISFIED: NO DEPUTY WILL ESCAPE THE BESIEGED FORTRESS - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “Furthermore, Nowogrodzka does not want any bridge of understanding to appear between PiS and PSL, as planned by the head of President Duda’s chancellery, Marcin Mastalerek. The logic of war will also force Duda to stick with PiS, because otherwise he will be accused of treason. Mastalerek has thus been neutralized by the party leader, and the repeated platitudes about a coalition of Polish affairs, meaning investing in good relations with PSL for the long term, have no greater significance. The leader has clipped Mastalerek’s wings.” -- HE HAS ALWAYS FUNCTIONED ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE: IF HE HAS DOUBTS ABOUT KACZYŃSKI'S DECISION, HE COMMUNICATES IT TO HIM, BUT HE HAS ALWAYS SUBMITTED TO KACZYŃSKI'S DECISION - WIELOWIEYSKA WRITES FURTHER IN GW: “And Morawiecki will carry out the order without complaint. He has always functioned on the same principle: if he has doubts about Kaczyński's decision, he communicates them to him. At internal meetings, he said that the decision on abortion was a mistake, he also claimed that the ‘envelope elections’ could not be organized (Sasin, in turn, convinced the leader that they could), and he said that without the National Reconstruction Plan, which was suspended by the Union for violating the rule of law, it would be difficult to win elections. But he always submitted to Kaczyński's decision and did everything Nowogrodzka ordered. Even if – as in the case of the ‘envelope elections’ – it meant he could face criminal responsibility.” -- KACZYŃSKI HAS ALREADY MADE A MISTAKE ONCE, UNDERESTIMATING HOŁOWNIA - WIELOWIEYSKA STATES IN GW: “Nowogrodzka suspects that it might be Tusk, and then Rafał Trzaskowski would take over as Prime Minister. In that case, the variant with a young, unused politician would make sense. On the other hand, Nowogrodzka dismisses Szymon Hołownia's potential candidacy, believing that the leader of Poland 2050 would not reach the second round. But Kaczyński has already made a mistake once by underestimating Hołownia. After the electoral debate of the leaders on TVP, the party leader was delighted, praising Morawiecki, and thought Tusk performed weakly. But he missed the fact that Hołownia presented himself brilliantly and bolstered the good result of the Third Way, which gave the opposition a majority.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30407658,prezes-starzeje-sie-i-naprawde-wierzy-w-spisek-znamy-plany.html -- TRZASKOWSKI WILL OBSERVE THE ACTIONS OF THE NEW MARSHAL WITH THE GREATEST ATTENTION - ŁUKASZ SZPYRKA ON INTERIA: “An interlocutor for Interia from Civic Platform: – Four years ago, people said that Hołownia wouldn't manage without money, that he would make mistakes, that he would fizzle out, that he had no structures, wouldn't make lists, that he was a showman, that no one would help him – lists our interlocutor. – However, he endured. And now we have a problem. Or rather, Trzaskowski does – adds a PO activist.” -- HOŁOWNIA'S GROWING ROLE CAN BE MOBILIZING FOR TRZASKOWSKI - SZPYRKA QUOTES A KO POLITICIAN: “– Rafał will soon be in the absolute spotlight because local elections are approaching. He will certainly be very active; the upcoming campaign will belong to him. There is no chance that Hołownia will be as visible – predicts our interlocutor from PO. – Furthermore, Hołownia's growing role can be mobilizing for Trzaskowski; perhaps it will strengthen him further, activate him, because he certainly has greater potential – assesses the politician.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-kotara-opadla-a-w-kuluarach-huczy-na-temat-nowej-roli-szymon,nId,7155250 -- RAZEM WILL NOT JOIN THE GOVERNMENT. HOW LONG CAN ONE MATURE? - PIOTR PACEWICZ ON OKO.PRESS: “It turns out that ‘together’ means ‘Razem’. The party's abdication from co-governing is bad news for left-wing voters who were counting on it. It weakens the position of the entire left, as if it lacked problems. (...) So, from Lewica's 26 meager votes, it will become 19 certain and 7 optional. All of this will not only weaken Nowa Lewica's position in the governing coalition but will also compromise the left as a whole and confuse its current and potential voters. Because some of them voted tactically for the strongest and the threatened and are ready to return.” https://oko.press/razem-nie-wejdzie-do-rzadu-jak-dlugo-mozna-dojrzewac -- THERE WILL BE NO OTHER LAW AND JUSTICE. JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS - TOMASZ TERLIKOWSKI IN RZ: “There will be no other Law and Justice. Jarosław Kaczyński has indicated the direction his party should take. It will be harsher and more unambiguous. To the detriment of right-wing thinking.” -- WE MUST ASK PIS AND ITS SUPPORTERS, IF NOT THE EUROPEAN UNION, THEN WHAT? - TERLIKOWSKI CONTINUES IN RZ: “Therefore, we must ask PiS and its supporters, if not the European Union, then what? The war in Ukraine clearly shows that Poland has no particular geopolitical choice. Meanwhile, the economic crisis that hit Great Britain after Brexit painfully illustrates that Poland's much weaker economy would be hit much harder by such a decision. Poland and Poles have no great choice at the moment – for now, the Union guarantees us stability. The belief that we can manage without it or on its margins is not only political naivety but, to use Aleksander Bocheński's terminology, dangerous stupidity.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39411391-innego-pis-u-nie-bedzie-jaroslaw-kaczynski-wraca-do-korzeni -- KACZYŃSKI'S PARTY IS ENDING IN A MUCH WORSE STYLE THAN PO AND PSL IN 2015. IT IS SAD TO WATCH, ESPECIALLY IF AT THE BEGINNING ONE HAD HOPE THAT THEY WERE PERHAPS A BIT CRAZY, BUT AMBITIOUS REFORMERS - PIOTR WÓJCIK IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “As a result, Kaczyński's party is ending in a much worse style than PO and PSL in 2015. It is sad to watch, especially if at the beginning one had hope that they were perhaps a bit crazy, but ambitious reformers. So, we still have some laughter ahead of us from the humiliation of Morawiecki, because these are truly spectacular performances, but soon we will have to start thinking about how to remove the liberals from power. Or at least prevent them from implementing their electoral threats.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/pis-morawiecki-koalicji-polskich-spraw/ -- KACZYŃSKI FEARS A YOUTH REBELLION IN PiS. HE RESORTED TO POLITICAL BLACKMAIL - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ ON ONE.NET: “The PiS headquarters is monitoring Kacper Płażyński, who criticized the campaign and voted against the party line in the election of Sejm Deputy Marshals. Also in the crosshairs is the former Gowin associate, Marcin Ociepa, who also broke discipline – along with his associates, including deputies Anna Dąbrowska-Banaszek and Krzysztof Cieciura, whose father was a PSL deputy. To silence the dissatisfied and keep the hardest electorate in check, the leader is raising the white and red banner on the party flagpole even higher than before. He threatens to change EU treaties that would lead to the liquidation of the Polish state, which is, of course, a nefarious German plan. This is classic political blackmail. If Kaczyński expects sacrifice for the homeland, it will be harder for the dissatisfied young people in PiS to oppose him – because it would, of course, be a blow directed at Poland.” -- THE HIGH TURNOUT IN THE RECENT ELECTIONS, ALONG WITH THEIR RESULTS, SHOWS THAT KACZYŃSKI MOBILIZES PEOPLE TO VOTE AGAINST PIS - STANKIEWICZ CONTINUES ON ONE.NET: “Well, it might not succeed for several reasons. Firstly, Kaczyński is already much older. It is doubtful whether he will find enough strength within himself to survive another four years and regain power at the age of 78. Secondly, the electorate has changed – which he himself admits. The mass turnout in the recent elections, along with their results, shows that Kaczyński mobilizes people to vote against PiS. The illustration of this is – thirdly – the weak individual results of Kaczyński and his most devoted companions. But most importantly, Donald Tusk will focus on accountability so that Kaczyński is never allowed to regain power. This is the number one goal of the Platform leader. And the young people in PiS understand this perfectly.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/mlodzi-w-pis-patrza-na-trzecia-droge-jaroslaw-kaczynski-boi-sie-buntu/5c18t07,452ad802 -- WHY DOES TUSK NEED SIKORSKI AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS? IT IS ANOTHER PRODUCT OF POLARIZATION - PIOTR ZAREMBA ON INTERIA: “Why does Donald Tusk need this candidate? Can’t someone without skeletons in the closet be found for this position? Because of the opposition's short personnel bench? To irritate the right? To have someone capable of conducting extremely aggressive post-politics, but also of carrying out a purge in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? (...) How many opportunities for effective polarization lie in this. And since Sikorski loves scathing, brutal remarks, he himself will be one of the main actors in this polarization. At the same time, he will eagerly undertake purges in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic corps. He can also be counted on in verbal and bureaucratic skirmishes with President Duda. Who, in the competency act adopted just before the end of his term, even received new powers in international affairs. But which, in practice, can be taken away from him with the accompanying verbal juggling by the minister himself.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-po-co-tuskowi-sikorski-w-msz-to-kolejny-produkt-polaryzacji,nId,7155139 -- HOWEVER, I FEAR THAT IMPOSSIBILISM WILL RETURN (PARDON THE EXPRESSION) AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT WILL DISAPPOINT ON TWO ISSUES – ABORTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AT THE BORDER - MAGDALENA CHRZCZONOWICZ IN AN EDITORIAL DISCUSSION ON OKO.PRESS: “However, I fear that impossibilism will return (pardon the expression) and the new government will disappoint on two issues – abortion and human rights violations on the Polish-Belarusian border. This is already starting to happen – no one is saying anything about the border, so ultimately there is no disappointment, only helplessness. But the issue of abortion was loud during the campaign, the fight for it lasted. But it is not in the coalition agreement, and the bill for depenalization has been truncated. The gentlemen will once again shrug their shoulders and say – well, we tried, but it's a worldview issue, and what can we do? And as usual, women's rights will lose to big politics.” -- IT WAS CIVIL SOCIETY THAT LED TO THE CHANGE. BUT WILL POLITICIANS AT THE VERY CENTER NOTICE? - AGNIESZKA JĘDRZEJCZYK IN AN EDITORIAL DISCUSSION ON OKO.PRESS: “And yet, they did not limit themselves to protests; they organized, met, and networked. They helped on both eastern borders of Poland. They had cases with the police and in courts. They cooperated with their local government. They got involved in pro-turnout campaigns before the elections. It was civil society that led to the change. But will politicians at the very center notice? Will they return to consultations before introducing changes? Will they learn to conduct consultations and organize citizen panels? Will they notice and appreciate this effort of discussing and seeking solutions with people?” https://oko.press/notatki-z-przelomu-epok-dziennikarki-i-dziennikarze-oko-press-patrza-na-zmiane-wladzy -- MINISTER ADAM BODNAR? HE IS THE ANTITHESIS OF ZIOBRO. A BLOODY CLASH IS IMMINENT - EWA SIEDLECKA IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “He is the antithesis of Zbigniew Ziobro in every respect: competence, character, beliefs, demeanor. Ziobro's legal career is short and not marked by success: he completed his prosecutor's apprenticeship and passed the exam, but did not complete his judgeship and did not become a prosecutor. He focused on a political career. (...) In these circumstances, wresting the prosecution from Ziobro's influence and restoring respect for prosecutorial independence will be one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, tasks. Especially since holding the PiS governments accountable must involve enforcing responsibility from its officials. Including criminal responsibility, which cannot be carried out without an independent prosecution.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2235204,1,minister-adam-bodnar-jest-antyteza-ziobry-szykuje-sie-krwawe-starcie -- A GREAT CHANGE IS COMING FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE WHAT IS DELAYED IS NOT LOST - ROMAN IMIELSKI IN GW: “PiS, meanwhile, will be in total opposition, because that is the plan of the party leader, Jarosław Kaczyński. He wants to corner President Andrzej Duda in this way, so that he is not too conciliatory towards the future government of KO, Trzecia Droga, and Lewica, and to discipline his own parliamentarians. (...) A great change is coming for all of us, because what is delayed is not lost.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30416296,blisko-coraz-blizej-ich-odejscia.html -- INSTEAD OF STRONG POLITICAL NAMES, MORAWIECKI INTENDS TO RELY ON EXPERTS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF PARTY POLITICS. WOMEN ARE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - ANDRZEJ GAJCY ON ONE.NET ABOUT MORAWIECKI'S TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT: “Who will be missing from it? Firstly, there will be no ministers without portfolio, i.e., those who do not head any ministry. Secondly, the names of leading Law and Justice politicians will not be included. Both Jarosław Kaczyński himself, as well as Mariusz Błaszczak, Jacek Sasin, Mariusz Kamiński, or Piotr Gliński, will be missing from the new government. It is unknown whether Zbigniew Ziobro or any politician from Suwerenna Polska will be included. Although – as we hear – no one in Law and Justice wants to provoke another internal conflict, which will certainly erupt if someone other than the Ziobroists enters the Ministry of Justice for two weeks. – This decision has not yet been made and is ahead of us – we hear from the surroundings of the head of government. Instead of strong political names, Morawiecki intends to rely on experts and people outside of party politics. Women are to play an important role in the new Council of Ministers, to whom more ministerial portfolios are to be assigned than currently.” -- THIS ENTIRE POLITICAL OPERATION, WHICH AT TIMES SEEMS DOWNRIGHT IRRATIONAL AND AIMED AT PROLONGING THE MOMENT OF TRANSFERRING POWER, IS TO BE A KEY REFERENCE POINT FOR PIS - GAJCY CONTINUES: “The formulation of this new cabinet is not about PiS retaining power at all. Morawiecki's new government, which will last a maximum of two weeks, is to become part of the founding myth. PiS needs it to build a narrative for its time in opposition. This entire political operation, which at times seems downright irrational and aimed at prolonging the moment of transferring power indefinitely, is to be a key reference point for Jarosław Kaczyński's party, specifically for this new political period.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/nowy-rzad-morawieckiego-rewolucja-w-skladzie-i-otwarte-drzwi/2971057,79cfc278 -- LET'S NOT BE NAIVE TO THINK IT'S ABOUT SHORT MEMORY, BECAUSE GERMAN POLITICIANS DO NOT HAVE SHORT MEMORIES NOR ARE THEY NAIVE. THEY DO, HOWEVER, HAVE ENORMOUS INTERESTS WITH THE RUSSIANS, AMOUNTING TO TRILLIONS OF EUROS - KACPER PŁAŻYŃSKI IN CONVERSATION WITH KAMILA BARANOWSKA ON INTERIA: “I think that for a Pole and a Polish politician, this is not sharp criticism at all, nor strong assessments. They are rather realistic. We have a short memory, and today we no longer remember that after February 24, 2022, criticism regarding the incorrect assessment of Russia and the entire European policy towards Russia was widespread. Unfortunately, this is reversing. Today, for example, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, one of the godfathers of the Nord Stream pipelines, is applying for the position of NATO Secretary General, and the caring guardian of this Russian-German venture, the Minister-President of German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Manuela Schwesig, recently became the President of the Bundesrat. Let's not be naive to think it's about short memory, because German politicians do not have short memories nor are they naive. They do, however, have enormous interests with the Russians, amounting to trillions of euros.” -- PRESENCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IS A VALUE. WE MUST TALK ABOUT THIS IN POLAND, NOT GIVE IN TO BLACKMAIL THAT IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BRUSSELS AND WHAT GERMANY IS PLANNING, IT MEANS YOU ARE FOR POLEXIT - PŁAŻYŃSKI CONTINUES WITH BARANOWSKA ON INTERIA: “I am not a supporter of Polexit. Membership in the European Union is a value. However, we should fight for it to be the Union we joined, not one where states are forcefully deprived of the ability to decide for themselves. Today, those who dare to have a different opinion from the rest are pushed into a corner and beaten with batons. During one of my commission meetings, which concerned the phenomenon of corrupting MEPs and the lack of transparency in the work of the European Parliament, representatives of Transparency International or Corporate Europe Observatory, invited to the meeting, spoke very critically. However, the furthest in criticism was a leading French investigative journalist, Jean Quatremer – paradoxically a supporter of federalization – who described the current EU institutions as a para-mafia environment. We must talk about this in Poland, not give in to blackmail that if you don't like what's happening in Brussels and what Germany is planning, it means you are for Polexit.” -- EVERY WOMAN MUST FEEL ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SAFE, A WOMAN'S LIFE CANNOT BE ENDANGERED IN ANY WAY - WHICH IS CLEARLY STIPULATED BY THE CURRENT REGULATIONS - SAYS PŁAŻYŃSKI TO BARANOWSKA ON INTERIA: “The healthcare system, institutions to help mothers and parents experiencing such difficult situations as lethal fetal defects or severe child disability, lacked preparation. Because it must be said very clearly: every woman must be particularly protected and covered by state care, every woman must feel one hundred percent safe, a woman's life cannot be endangered in any way – which, incidentally, is clearly stipulated by the currently binding regulations.” -- EITHER YOU ARE A POLITICIAN OF THE RULING PARTY, OR YOU WANT YOUR CLOSE ONES TO HAVE CAREERS IN STATE-OWNED COMPANIES, BUT THE OTHER SIDE, PRETENDING TO BE INNOCENT, WAS AND IS MUCH WORSE IN THIS REGARD - PŁAŻYŃSKI CONTINUES: “Many untrue, invented scandals have been described in the media. But real nepotism was also condemned. Anyone who knows me knows that I did not condone it, that some of these cases drove me mad. Once you decide to go into politics, you have to know what you will have to give up. It's really very simple. Either you are a politician of the ruling party, or you want your loved ones to have careers in state-owned companies, which are influenced by the ruling formation. You cannot reconcile these two things. However, let's be moderate and honest. The other side, pretending to be innocent, was and is much worse in this regard. Look at the large cities governed by Civic Platform. Nepotism and cronyism are a plague and must be fought. We certainly could have reacted faster and more decisively in some cases.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-to-zagrozenie-dla-istnienia-polski-polityk-pis-o-zmianach-w-,nId,7155608 -- A MONTH AFTER THE ELECTIONS, MUCH INDICATES THAT DONALD TUSK NOT ONLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH POWER BEFORE THEM, BUT STILL DOESN'T. THIS OPENS UP SPACE FOR THE FUTURE OPPOSITION TO POINT OUT FLAWS IN THE NEW COALITION, BUT PIS PREFERS TO STAGE A THEATER OF CLINGING TO POWER - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ: “In my opinion, all of this is more evidence that Donald Tusk not only had no idea what to do with power before the elections, but still doesn't. A good field opens up for the future opposition to point out flaws. PiS, however, prefers the theater of clinging to power, with Kaczyński's grim, extremely catastrophic prophecies in the background. Even if they were true, the PiS leader is losing contact and common ground with society. In turn, politicians like Tusk or Hołownia only have communication fed by marketers to offer us.” -- IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THE PRO-SOCIAL ENTHUSIASM FROM THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD - ZAREMBA FURTHER IN RZ: “It is difficult to find the pro-social enthusiasm from the campaign period in this text. There are general promises to allocate larger sums to education, healthcare, science, or the disabled, but without any specific commitments. The exception is the promise of a law on assistance for families of the disabled. PiS today has even stronger grounds to claim that the liberal wolf has disguised itself as a socially sensitive lamb (or sheep).” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39412271-donald-tusk-nie-ma-pojecia-co-pocznie-z-wladza -- TALKS WITH PIS WERE CERTAINLY GOING ON, EVEN UNTIL THE ELECTIONS THEMSELVES – I EVEN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND. EVERYTHING OF COURSE BECAME IRRELEVANT WHEN IT TURNED OUT THAT CONFEDERACJA AND PIS DID NOT HAVE 231 DEPUTIES - JANUSZ KORWIN-MIKKE IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAŁ PŁOCIŃSKI IN RZ: “I don't know if it was him, but such suspicions exist, and talks with PiS were certainly ongoing, even until the elections themselves – I even know exactly what kind. Everything, of course, became irrelevant when it turned out that Konfederacja and PiS did not have 231 deputies. This is, of course, a hypothesis, but more and more suggests it. All the more reason why they are now trying to make me and my colleague Braun look like madmen; perhaps even some troll farm has been employed for this purpose. I am astonished because I am considered the most logical, most intelligent politician in Poland, and now they want to make me seem mentally unsound.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39411411-janusz-korwin-mikke-mentzenowi-tego-nie-daruje -- DONALD TUSK'S CIRCLE IS PLAYING A GAME WITH THE AMERICANS. THE OPPOSITION WANTS TO SHOW THAT POLAND IS NOT READY FOR SUCH A LARGE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT IN NUCLEAR ENERGY - EXPERTS CONVINCE IN A CONVERSATION WITH MONEY.PL - PAWEŁ GOSPODARCZYK: “Donald Tusk's team is pressuring American companies Westinghouse and Bechtel to take at least a 30% stake in the nuclear energy project – reported the Bloomberg agency last Thursday, citing Grzegorz Onichimowski, the main advisor to Civic Platform on energy.” https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/atom-po-nowemu-tusk-prowadzi-gre-z-amerykanami-nie-jestesmy-gotowi-6964177238674112a.html -- COALITION PARTNERS CELEBRATE IN THE CORRIDOR, WHILE PIS HANGS ITS HEAD AROUND THE OLD MAN WITH DANDRUFF - MARCIN KĄCKI IN GW: “I return to the press gallery of the Sejm chamber, and one of the photojournalists nudges me: look, he says, and shows a magnified photo of Kaczyński, whose jacket shoulders are covered, with what, exactly. What is that? White powder, like, like… Like dandruff, the photojournalist tells me, aiming his lens at Kaczyński, and waits. For the "Dandruff-er." Behind Kaczyński, therefore, very prestigiously, sits Leonard Krasulski, a 73-year-old, in the deputy's bench, whom Szymon Hołownia, if he were still a presenter of "Got Talent!" and not a marshal, could introduce like this: And now, ladies and gentlemen, before us is an exceptional figure, a man who has reached the final round for the third time, a man who always carries a cotton handkerchief and can do wonders with it. Mr. Leonard, tell us the secret of your success. Here Mr. Leonard, with his arms pressed, embarrassed, timid, corpulent, as he is in reality, could take out a handkerchief and with skillful, waiter-like movements, brush the dandruff from his shoulders. (...) 15 minutes pass, the KO-Third Way-Left coalition celebrates in the corridor, there are laughs, and these people stand here. Finally, they move, they lead him, the old man with dandruff, but it's a meager procession, devoid of majesty, they no longer look like they are carrying the Ark of the Covenant.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30406246,spedzilem-caly-dzien-w-nowym-sejmie-koalicjanci-na-korytarzu.html -- POLSKANATLE DATA: RECORD GROWTH IN POLISH FOOD EXPORTS: As indicated by data on Polish foreign trade in agricultural and food products, in 2022 we recorded a record growth in the value of Polish exports, which amounted to EUR 47.6 billion (PLN 223 billion). This is 26.7% more than the previous year! It is worth noting that approximately 80% of the revenue generated from food exports to the European Union was generated by sales to the Eurozone countries alone – according to data from the Polskanatle.pl service. https://300polityka.pl/biznes/2023/11/17/dane-polskanatle-rekordowy-wzrost-eksportu-polskiej-zywnosci/ -- 8 YEARS AGO, KOD WAS ESTABLISHED. -- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Jurgiel, Aleksandra Zarzycka. SUNDAY: Wojciech Duda, Elżbieta Kruk, Bogdan Wenta, Krzysztof Berenda.