-- 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF JACK KURON'S BIRTH.

-- Jacek Kuroń, a phone number many still know by heart: 39 – 39 – 64.
-- ANNA BIKONT AND HELENA ŁUCZYWO'S BOOK ABOUT JACK KURON AS AN EBOOK: http://www.publio.pl/jacek-helena-luczywo,p182828.html
-- KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ: LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE A RUN-OFF, A SECOND ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS; TRZASKOWSKI: TODAY WE HEAR THAT IN PIS THEY ARE EVEN THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME. THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, WE SEE WIRETAPPING AND FEAR THERE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/03/02/
-- THIS CREATES AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE DEMOCRATIC CHANGES DEMOCRATICALLY - ADAM BODNAR IN AN INTERVIEW WITH JAROSŁAW KURSKI AND EWA IVANOVA IN GW: “Yes, we managed to achieve this with the ballot, peacefully, against all odds and obstacles created by the United Right camp. But precisely because of this, it creates an obligation to make democratic changes democratically.”
-- WE ARE BOUND BY A NEW STANDARD OF STATE FUNCTIONING - BODNAR TELLS GW: “Yes, yes – you would want everything with one signature, but each such personnel decision requires retrieving the personal files, reviewing them, writing the decision and its justification. Secondly, we cannot act like Ziobro, who dismissed 130 presidents by fax in half a year, and before that managed to ensure a clear statutory basis for such action. We are bound by a new standard of state functioning. And this is the third element of the philosophy of change. Hence the competition for the National Prosecutor! We want to show that it is possible to choose him transparently, even though the law does not require it.”
-- FURTHER FINDINGS EXPOSING THE PREVIOUS RULING CAMP WILL EMERGE, WHICH WILL MAKE IT DIFFICuLT FOR MR. ANDRZEJ DUDA TO DEFEND WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST YEARS - BODNAR CONTINUES WITH IVANOVA AND KURSKI IN GW: “My role is to conduct a dialogue with the Presidential Palace, of course, in coordination with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. But of course, if we have to, we will wait until the end of the president's term with certain changes. However, much can happen by 2025, further findings exposing the previous ruling camp will emerge, which will make it difficult for Mr. Andrzej Duda to defend what has happened over the past years.”
-- INDIVIDUALS SPYED ON BY PEGASUS WILL BE INFORMED INDIVIDUALLY IF THE COURT'S CONSENT WAS OBTAINED UNDER FALSE PRETENSES - BODNAR TELLS GW: “The special services under the direction of Minister Tomasz Siemoniak are conducting an audit of each case of using this tool. Then I will disclose statistical data to the Sejm. And individuals spied on by Pegasus will be informed individually if the court's consent was obtained under false pretenses or if the action was excessive and disproportionate. We should focus on the individual who was affected. Let them decide what to do with it and whether they want to inform the public or seek compensation from the state.”
-- THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL OF COURSE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF DUPLICATORS AND THE TERM OF JULIA PRZYŁĘBSKA - BODNAR CONTINUES WITH IVANOVA AND KURSKI: “The Constitutional Tribunal needs to be dealt with comprehensively. There will be a resolution that will, of course, address the issue of duplicators and the term of Julia Przyłębska. But the resolution will not be the only act that will regulate the issue of the Tribunal.”
-- I HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SOCIAL EMOTION IS NOT: THROW THEM OUT OF THEIR PROFESSION, DRAW CONSEQUENCES. RATHER: FIND SOME SENSIBLE SOLUTION, MAKE A DEAL - BODNAR FURTHER IN GW: “We must find a solution that the entire society will accept. And I have the impression that the social emotion is not: throw them out of their profession, draw consequences. Rather: find some sensible solution, make a deal.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30746361,adam-bodnar-beda-wyplywac-kolejne-ustalenia-demaskujace-poprzedni.html
-- 51% OF POLES THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY WOULD BE BAD FOR POLAND, BUT 28% THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD – ACCORDING TO AN IPSOS POLL FOR OKO.PRESS, DESCRIBED BY MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI: “As we can see in our poll, almost a third of Law and Justice voters fear Trump's victory and believe it would be bad for Poland, while less than half of Kaczyński's party sympathizers hold the opposite view. It is therefore possible that Jarosław Kaczyński, by strongly betting on Trump's support and putting forward the most ardent cheerleader, is not necessarily helping his party. In other voter groups, there are no significant differences based on age and place of residence, but gender is an exception: 21% of women believe that Trump's victory would be good for Poland, while 36% of men hold this opinion.”
https://oko.press/sondaz-wiekszosc-polakow-obawia-sie-wygranej-trumpa
-- BY ACTING AS AN EU MAGICIAN OF "MONEY FROM ABOVE," DONALD TUSK GAINS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE IN FURTHER CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE WEAKENING OPPOSITION TODAY. BUT THERE IS ALSO A BIT OF TAR IN THIS BARREL OF HONEY. BECAUSE TUSK AND HIS COALITION ARE BECOMING A DIRECT EXTENSION OF THE EU CENTER - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA: “If all the projects resulting from the KPO prove to be attractive, if they have a real impact on the state of the economy and social life in Poland, the Union's image may improve, and the stake on federalization will be boosted with attractive powder. The right should fear this. There is, of course, also a double-edged factor that can crush PiS, but it can paradoxically be an opportunity for them. Perhaps the last chance. By acting as an EU magician of "money from above," Donald Tusk gains a significant advantage in further confrontations with the weakening opposition today. But there is also a bit of tar in this barrel of honey. Because Tusk and his coalition are becoming a direct extension of the EU center.”
-- I DON'T BELIEVE IN ANY FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT, IN A COMPLETELY NEW DEAL OF CARDS, AS A RESULT OF THE UPCOMING EUROPEAN ELECTIONS. AN EUROSKEPTIC REVOLT WITH THE HELP OF THE BALLOT, ANNOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN - ZAREMBA CONTINUES IN INTERIA: “I, for one, do not believe in any fundamental shift, in a completely new deal of cards, as a result of the upcoming European elections. An euroskeptic revolt with the help of the ballot, announced several times in the past, is unlikely to happen. But since even Ursula von der Leyen's European People's Party is toning down its stance on various issues, including the implementation of the Green Deal, the dominance of the unyielding cartel of socialists, Christian democrats, liberals, and greens may be at least weakened in various areas.”
-- THE ROLE OF BRUSSELS' SANTA CLAUS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CURRENT POLISH PRIME MINISTER, BUT IT CARRIES A SIGNIFICANT RISK - ZAREMBA WRITES FURTHER IN INTERIA: “The role of Brussels' Santa Claus is an opportunity for the current Polish prime minister, but it carries a significant risk. Everything can, of course, be plastered over with propaganda. Tusk is good at this. Nevertheless, we are facing such unpredictable political and social upheavals that propaganda may not be enough. There is also the Russian threat as a separate issue. How much it helps whom in Polish politics is a separate topic.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-donald-tusk-bedzie-unijnym-swietym-mikolajem-albo-przyszlym-,nId,7363529
-- SIGNAL: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A CAREER IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM? THEN DON'T APPEAL TO CONSCIENCE. YOU MAY NOT WANT AN ABORTION, BUT YOU MUST PERFORM IT. THIS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE ANYMORE - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “But let's even put that reservation aside. A doctor has the right to refuse to perform an abortion procedure – and incidentally, this is not a matter of impulse, but a prior declaration – because Polish law guarantees it in the so-called conscience clause. The Ministry of Health's decision is the first step towards rejecting it. And the signal: do you want to make a career in the healthcare system? Then don't appeal to conscience. You may not want an abortion, but you must perform it. This has little to do with freedom and tolerance anymore.”
https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39921331-michal-szuldrzynski-zmuszanie-do-aborcji
-- COME ON, SZYMON, WITH THIS REFERENDUM, DON'T BOTHER US WITH MORE VOTING. WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED WHETHER WE WANT LEGAL ABORTION – AT THE BALLOT BOX - PAULINA JANUSZEWSKA IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “'However, it was women, not Tusk, who defeated PiS' – with this sentence from my lamentation, Matić and the other panelists: artist Arijana Lekić Friedrich, trade unionist Sunčica Brnardić, and Davorka Moslavac Forjan from the Women's Forum, called me out, reminding me that politics does not keep pace with society, but can receive a nudge from it. I returned to Poland full of hope, but I was greeted by a debate about an abortion referendum. (...) And if necessary – we will take to the streets. We remember that rights are not given once and for all and must be fought for. The same applies to power. But one must earn it.”
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/wez-sie-szymon-z-tym-referendum/
-- COOPERATION WITH KACZYŃSKI ONLY WORKS WHEN HE HAS A GUN TO HIS HEAD. THEN HE IS NICE, PLEASANT, AND TELLS ANECDOTES. BUT WHEN HE DOESN'T, HE FOCUSES ALL HIS ENERGY ON OUTMANEUVERING THE PERSON HE AGREED WITH - JAN MARIA JACKOWSKI IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ELIZA OLCZYK IN RZ: “Gowin did not fit well with the convention that applied in PiS. He was an alien body from the very beginning, but he was there. If greater rationality had prevailed in PiS, Gowin would not have been removed. However, the leadership decided they would manage – they would extract whoever they could from that environment, corrupt a few MPs, and continue to rule without a troublesome leader who annoyed them because he was different, didn't fit in with the PiS crowd, had slightly different horizons and mentality. Jarosław Kaczyński has this way of operating in his genes. Cooperation with him only works when he has a gun to his head. Then he is nice, pleasant, and tells anecdotes. But when he doesn't, he focuses all his energy on outmaneuvering the person he agreed with.”
-- THERE IS NO CULTURE OF DIALOGUE IN PIS. YOU DO WHAT THE CHAIRMAN ORDERS, OR THEY TREAT YOU ROUGHLY - JAN MARIA JACKOWSKI FURTHER WITH ELIZA OLCZYK IN RZ: “After all, Gowin was right and, with his determination, saved the authority of the state and the democratic legitimacy of Andrzej Duda's second presidential term. But there is no culture of dialogue in PiS. You do what the chairman orders, or they treat you roughly. Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said a few months ago that a party cannot be dependent on one person. I am of the same opinion. In such a party, a court system is created. Let's assume that X gets into trouble because he says something inappropriate. Everyone agrees that X is causing us problems, and then someone responsible for the services comes up with the idea of placing him under operational control and obtaining information. That's how it works.”
-- WILL THERE BE A DIVISION OF PIS AFTER THIS YEAR'S LOCAL AND EUROPEAN ELECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, INTO TWO FORMATIONS, OR WILL COMPLETELY NEW ENTITIES BE CREATED. IF MORAWIECKI WINS AND BECOMES THE LEADER OF THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT, HIS LEADERSHIP WOULD MEAN AN EVOLUTION TOWARDS A PARTY ALONGSIDE TRZECIA DROGA AND PO - JACKOWSKI CONTINUES WITH OLCZYK IN RZ: “I wonder if, after this year's local and European elections, PiS will be divided, for example, into two formations, or if completely new entities will emerge. The question also concerns the leaders of this formation in the perspective of the next five years. Undoubtedly, what is happening now in PiS is the result of Mateusz Morawiecki's actions aimed at taking over this formation. This is causing internal resistance in PiS. And if Morawiecki wins and becomes the leader of the entire environment, his leadership would mean an evolution towards a party alongside Trzecia Droga and PO. It would not be a party of strong defense of Christian values, it would not be a euro-realistic party, nor one that would strongly defend principles on issues of abortion or civil partnerships. Then a void would emerge on the right of the political scene.”
https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39922821-jan-maria-jackowski-jaroslaw-kaczynski-zawsze-uwazal-ze-istnieje-cos-takiego-jak-madrosc-etapu
-- THE FULL CRISIS IN PIS WILL HAPPEN NOT NOW, BUT AFTER THE LOCAL ELECTIONS - DR HAB. RAFAŁ CHWEDORUK CITED BY DANIEL DROB IN GAZETA.PL: “- I think that nothing more can harm Law and Justice, and the full crisis in PiS will happen not now, but after the local elections. Jarosław Kaczyński's party, due to its cadre structure and electorate, was a formation that had to rely significantly on public resources – on what it achieved when it governed the country, but also at the local government level. Today, these state resources are practically gone, and PiS will lose a huge part of its local government dowry, including most regional assemblies, in the upcoming elections. This will hit the daily functioning of the party, and then a real crisis will occur,” says dr hab. Rafał Chwedoruk, political scientist, professor at the University of Warsaw.”
-- AFTER A POOR RESULT IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS, THERE WILL BE AN ESCALATION OF OPEN OPPOSITION TO THE LEADERSHIP OF JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI AND HIS INNER CIRCLE - CHWEDORUK CONTINUES IN GAZETA.PL: “The expert predicts that 'after a poor result in the local elections, there will be an escalation of open opposition to the leadership of Jarosław Kaczyński and his inner circle.' - I expect a faction of young people to emerge in the party who will want to energize internal changes. Presumably, these young politicians will say that Jarosław Kaczyński should remain honorary leader, a symbol, etc., but the real leadership should pass into other hands,” he assesses.”
https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,30755247,jak-bardzo-zle-jest-z-pis-nastapi-eskalacja-otwartego-sprzeciwu.html
-- POLAND, AS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A NEW TRANSFER HUB TO CONCENTRATE AIR TRAFFIC IN THE REGION - WAWRZYNIEC ŚWIĘCICKI IN GW: “This solution allows for handling more passengers using fewer aircraft. Hubs are usually the base airports for an airline offering transfer flights on a single ticket. Poland, as the only country in Central-Eastern Europe, has the appropriate potential (population, own airlines, etc.) to create a new transfer hub to concentrate air traffic in the region.”
-- THE CPK, WHICH ENTAILS THE EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAY LINES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGEST AIR HUB IN THE REGION, COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP ON POLAND'S BACKLOG IN OTHER AREAS OF TRANSPORT - ŚWIĘCICKI CONTINUES IN GW: “Poland lies in the heart of Central-Eastern Europe, at the crossroads of routes from east to west and from north to south of the continent. Its convenient location makes our country an important distribution center in this part of Europe. Thanks to the road investments made in the last two decades, road transport is currently one of the key sectors of the economy, generating about 6% of GDP. The CPK project, which involves the expansion and modernization of railway lines and the construction of the largest air hub in the region, could be an opportunity to catch up on Poland's backlog in other areas of transport.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30753272,a-moze-cpk-ma-sens-sprawdzamy-liczby-nie-poglady.html
-- BIRTHDAYS: Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Budka. SUNDAY: Kazimierz Janiak.