-- GOVERNMENT TAKES THE TRAIN TO KATOWICE: https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-zamiast-limuzyn-pociag-rada-ministrow-zmierza-na-wyjazdowe-p,nId,7495483 -- SECURITY SERVICES DETECTED LISTENING DEVICES IN THE HALL WHERE THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING WAS TO TAKE PLACE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/05/07/ -- REGARDING CPK, THERE IS ALSO A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM HERE THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT NEED TO GET INTO AND FROM WHICH IT CAN STILL EXIT - TOMASZ SAWCZUK IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “At the moment, it's not entirely clear which of the three scenarios is actually being implemented. This is not beneficial for the government, as it gives its opponents fodder for fantasizing about the authorities' intentions. The issue has political significance because the choice of individual scenarios can have better or worse consequences for Poland. But there is also a communication problem here that the government did not need to get into and from which it can still exit. In this context, Civic Platform could remember the energy from the film to which Donald Tusk referred – we are pushing forward and taking care of everyone.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/05/06/sawczuk-centralny-problem-komunikacyjny-co-planuje-maciej-lasek-w-sprawie-cpk/ -- THE STORY OF CPK WILL NOT HAVE SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN ELECTORAL DECISIONS. IT IS AN ABSTRACTION THAT RECALLS THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE GIEREK ERA - PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “Instead of debate, we are dealing with the stimulation of unpleasant instincts; reason has long ceased to matter, and the world has been simplified to a black and white drawing. The opposition right talks about a major investment crucial for the country's security, while the ruling coalition replies that the matter requires deep thought, calculations, and audits. Especially since the investment was not realized for eight years, even though 'managing the idea' consumed a lot of public money. However, it seems that for the average Pole – who rather does not travel by plane daily – the story of CPK will not have special significance in electoral decisions. It is an abstraction that recalls the atmosphere of the Gierek era.” -- THE NARRATIVE ABOUT MAJOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS NECESSARY FOR POLAND'S DEVELOPMENT, TOLD BY A POLITICAL CAMP THAT FOR ALMOST A DECADE WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE 'GROUNDED' PROBLEM OF AN INEFFICIENT HEALTH SERVICE, IS NOT VERY CREDIBLE - SZUBARTOWICZ'S CONCLUSION: “Perhaps using the non-existent CPK in political combat is easier than confronting the reality that affects or will affect most Poles. Suffice it to mention that during PiS rule from 2015-23, waiting times for specialist doctors within the National Health Fund – according to a report by the Świat Przychodni portal – doubled. The narrative about major strategic investments necessary for Poland's development, told by a political camp that for almost a decade was unable to solve the 'grounded' problem of an inefficient health service and did not implement the Central Queue Acceleration, is not very credible. Perhaps that's why it sounds so loud.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-glosna-abstrakcja,nId,7493442 -- WHAT ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE TAX-FREE AMOUNT? THE ELECTORAL PROMISE IS RECEDING - DGP: "The strategy includes expenses for the 800+ benefit, the 14th pension, and the salary increases for teachers and the rest of the public sector included in this year's budget. An increase in the PIT tax-free amount is missing," notes "DGP." "It is assumed that current regulations determining the shape of the tax system and the burdens arising from the social insurance and health insurance systems will be maintained," the document states. According to experts, this is partly due to formal requirements. "One cannot include in the plan what is still under discussion," says Jakub Borowski, chief economist at Credit Agricole Bank Polska.” https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Co-z-podwyzka-kwoty-wolnej-od-podatku-Wyborcza-obietnica-sie-oddala-8741074.html -- FORMER SENATOR, NOW MAZOWIAN REGIONAL COUNCILOR MAREK MARTYNOWSKI HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT JOIN THE LAW AND JUSTICE COUNCILOR CLUB IN THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY - ONET: “In an extensive Facebook post, he criticized his party and the factions forming within it, and also accused Jarosław Kaczyński of not keeping his promises.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/polityk-pis-odcina-sie-od-partii-prezes-kaczynski-nie-dotrzymal-slowa/lnkshsq,79cfc278 -- REBELLION IN MAŁOPOLSKA'S PIS. KACZYŃSKI'S CANDIDATE FOR MARSHAL LOST THE VOTE - GAZETA.PL: “Łukasz Kmita, PiS's candidate for the Marshal of the Małopolska Voivodeship, lost the vote. He received only 13 out of 38 votes. This means that several Law and Justice councilors voted against him. - This is an unprecedented scandal; if I were Jarosław Kaczyński, I would dissolve the entire Małopolska PiS – commented Bogdan Pęk.” https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,30945884,bunt-w-malopolskim-pis-kandydat-kaczynskiego-na-marszalka-przegral.html -- GIRLS, SAVE THE LEFT, IT'S SINKING! - MAGDALENA ŚRODA IN GW: “I understand loyalty, bonds of friendship, gratitude, arrangements, fear of marginalization (because disobedient members in parties are severely punished), I also understand dependencies and gratitude towards those who 'founded the party,' but politics is not just about persistence and the historical merits of the founding fathers, but above all about the future, and the left is rapidly entering the museum; let Biedroń and Śmiszek unite in Brussels, let Czarzasty enjoy his power, and soon the party will fall apart and there will be nothing to pick up. What a shame for the left, what a shame for its ideals, what a shame for such a great team. Why should all this go to ruin?!” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,30943751,dziewczyny-ratujcie-lewice-bo-idzie-na-dno.html -- ANYONE CAN BE MARCIN KIERWIŃSKI. THIS IS HOW THE DEBATE HAS CHANGED - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “The only thing is that political debate makes no sense if we lose the ability to use categories of truth and falsehood. Politics, which becomes hostage to the most ardent political factions on social platforms, transforms from a debate about the common good into a constant slaughter. And at the same time, it opens the way for disinformation and manipulation of public opinion.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40300341-michal-szuldrzynski-kazdy-moze-byc-marcinem-kierwinskim-tak-zmienila-sie-debata -- OUR EAR WORKS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE WILL UNWITTENLY TRY TO ADJUST. WE ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH WHAT WE HEAR. AND MINISTER KIERWIŃSKI ALSO HAS ARTICULATION ERRORS - AN EXPERT, AN EXPERIENCED SOUND ENGINEER, AMPLIFYING MAJOR POLISH MUSIC EVENTS, WHO, DUE TO THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THIS MATTER, WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS - IN A CONVERSATION WITH LEONARD OSIADŁO IN OKO.PRESS: “No, our ear works in such a way that we will involuntarily try to adjust. We are simply trying to catch up with what we hear. And Minister Kierwiński also has articulation errors. However, the published fragment from the rehearsal with the firefighter is too short to draw any conclusions from it. You can hear some reverb there, the acoustics of the place, but it's hard to say more based on this alone.” https://oko.press/po-przemowieniu-kierwinskiego-pijanstwo-spisek-czy-usterka-sprawdzamy -- BIRTHDAYS: Jan Okoński, Stanisław Żółtek, Karol Okoński, Monika Antkiewicz.