-- BIDEN'S AMERICA DOESN'T BOW TO PUTIN - JERZY HASZCZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Biden has shown the difference between America under his leadership and the one that Trump might lead again. The former doesn't bow to Putin; the latter does. The former says 'we will not abandon Ukraine'; the latter is not so sure. But will this be enough for Biden to win the presidential election in eight months? For now, the polls are not very favorable to the incumbent president.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art39962331-jerzy-haszczynski-joe-biden-pokazal-ze-rzadzona-przez-niego-ameryka-nie-ugina-sie-przed-putinem -- CZARZASTY: ON THE APPROACH TO WOMEN, HOŁOWNIA IS CLOSER TO KONFEDERACJA THAN TO LEWICA - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/03/08/ -- HOŁOWNIA REMINDS ALL RECENT VOTERS OF TRZECIA DROGA THAT IF THEY WANT POLAND TO IMPLEMENT EUROPEAN STANDARDS ON ABORTION, THEN BY VOTING FOR THE TD LIST, THEY HAVE THE WRONG ADDRESS - JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “By loudly reminding this shortly before the local elections, Marshal Hołownia opens two important paths for inter-party flows. On the one hand, he invites recent voters of Zjednoczona Prawica, confused by its defeat and the scale of abuses revealed in recent months, to support TD – and not Konfederacja. On the other hand, he reminds all recent voters of Trzecia Droga that if they want Poland to implement European standards on abortion, then by casting their vote for the TD list, they have the wrong address, because they should vote for Lewica (especially if they also want decriminalization) or for KO”. -- THANKS TO HOŁOWNIA, WE REMEMBERED THAT LOCAL DEMOCRACY IS NOT JUST ABOUT HOLES IN THE ROAD EITHER - ŻAKOWSKI FURTHER IN GW: “More importantly, thanks to Hołownia, we remembered that local democracy is not just about holes in the road, traffic jams, and municipal company councils, but also about our fundamental rights.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,30773539,holownia-przypomnial-o-co-toczy-sie-gra-w-wyborach-samorzadowych.html -- HOŁOWNIA'S "DETACHMENT" COULD THEREFORE BE THE RESULT OF A CALCULATION THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CONSERVATIVE ELECTORATE OF TRZECIA DROGA AND KONFEDERACJA, WHICH HE IS TRYING TO REACH - KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “Hołownia's 'detachment' could therefore be the result of a calculation that takes into account the conservative electorate of Trzecia Droga and Konfederacja, which he is trying to reach, for example, by demanding the abolition of health insurance contributions for entrepreneurs according to the rules introduced by Polski Ład.” -- THE STORM IS PROBABLY GREATER THAN IF THE LEADERS OF TRZECIA DROGA HAD DEFENDED THE ABORTION "COMPROMISE" IN THE DEBATE” - SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN FURTHER IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “However, the decision to postpone the debate provoked a very strong reaction from Lewica, pro-choice activists, and publicist commentaries spared no criticism of Hołownia. Playing for himself, he sacrificed women's rights – that's the assessment of his announcements. So perhaps soon we will analyze this situation from a completely different perspective, because the storm is probably greater than if the leaders of Trzecia Droga had defended the abortion 'compromise' in the debate.” -- THE WORST THING WOULD BE IF THE MAIN CONSEQUENCE OF ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT ABORTION WAS FOR EVERYONE TO DIG IN THEIR HEELS AND ENGAGE IN FIERY EXCHANGES OF ACCUSATIONS - SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN'S CONCLUSION IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “The worst thing would be if the main consequence of another discussion about abortion was for everyone to dig in their heels and engage in fiery exchanges of accusations. This would mean – and here is the third point – that we will never get a law on abortion, regardless of the shape we might desire it in. Instead, it will provide fuel for several more election campaigns.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/03/08/skrzydlowska-kalukin-znowu-spor-o-prawo-do-aborcji-czy-w-polsce-bedzie-tak-juz-zawsze/ -- THE "DUDA ARGUMENT" IS HOLLOW - MAGDALENA CHRZCZONOWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “The Sejm is functioning somehow and sending laws for the president's signature, even though he announced he would not sign them because Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik are not in the parliamentary chamber. The 'day after' pill without a prescription was passed, even though it was known that the president would at least hesitate, and today we know he will not sign it. And what? And we have to live with it; that's our reality. And female voters see it. And they say: well, if Duda doesn't sign, it will be his fault. All the odium will fall on the PiS president. And we will wait (after all, we have been waiting for 30 years). You, parliamentarians, do your job, meaning fulfill your promises. That's why the 'Duda argument' is hollow.” -- ON THIS MISTAKE THEY WILL POLITICALLY TRIP UP, JUST AS PIŚ TRIPPED UP IN 2020 - CHRZCZONOWICZ FURTHER IN OKO.PRESS: “Conservative politicians in the Sejm project their fears onto the electorate – since I don't want abortion up to the 12th week, neither do my voters. A common mistake of conservatives. And on this mistake, they will politically trip up, just as PiS tripped up in 2020. They felt firsthand that the electorate cannot endure certain things.” https://oko.press/aborcja-drugi-raz-zaskoczyla-politykow-dlaczego-balamutny-argument-na-dude-nie-dziala -- A SMILING COLD STORE INSTEAD OF A FREEZER - MONIKA OLEJNIK IN GW: “Marshal Hołownia believes that it would be best to return to the abortion compromise of 1993. He fails to see that PiS already knows that it shot itself in the foot by tightening the anti-abortion law with the help of Julia Przyłębska and the Constitutional Tribunal. PiS knows that this was one of the reasons for their electoral defeat. It was then that women took to the streets en masse.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,30773702,aborcja-w-sejmie-usmiechnieta-chlodnia-zamiast-zamrazarki.html -- AGRICULTURAL PROTEST AND A PiS POLITICAL OPERATION - ROMAN IMIELSKI IN GW: “They failed to ignite a political fire with the issue of Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, nor by defending PiS's TVP, so Jarosław Kaczyński's party, along with its appendage from 'Solidarność,' has thrown itself into a new front – farmer protests. (...) But farmers should also realize as quickly as possible that they cannot be pawns in the cynical game of Konfederacja and, above all, PiS and its armed wing – Duda's 'Solidarność.' Only then can they hope for a real solution to their problems.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30773575,rolniczy-protest-i-operacja-polityczna-pis.html -- YESTERDAY "HUMAN RIGHTS", TODAY "FIGHTING HOOLIGANISM" - RAFAŁ WOŚ IN INTERIA: “Please explain one thing to me. Because maybe I don't understand. Why, when the police dispersed demonstrations during the previous government, was it definitive proof of that formation's anti-democratic nature? And now, when the police disperse demonstrations, it's basically justified and democratic, because you don't 'discuss with hooligans.' (...) Human rights? That was yesterday. Today we have 'hooligans' and 'political provocateurs.' And tomorrow? Let's just hope it doesn't get even worse. Unfortunately, the ease with which the new authorities (former 'democrats') justify their actions does not allow for a completely calm and smiling outlook on the future.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/wos/news-wczoraj-prawa-czlowieka-dzisiaj-walka-z-chuliganeria,nId,7375991 -- NITRAS IS VERY ACTIVE AS MINISTER SPORTU - MICHAŁ SALAMUCHA IN GAZETA.PL: “Sławomir Nitras is very active as the Minister of Sport. Recently, he announced a series of changes, including those concerning physical education. But he's not stopping there.” https://www.sport.pl/inne/7,64998,30774882,a-jednak-to-nie-koniec-zmian-ministra-sportu-musimy-zadbac.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Jędrzej Bielecki, Stanisław Rydzoń, Zbigniew Chlebowski.