-- KACZYŃSKI: SINCE THE COMMISSION DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL, WHY SHOULD I RECOGNIZE THE COMMISSION? - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/05/24 -- CONCERNS OVER THE FUTURE OF THE ORLEN CAPITAL GROUP. RESULTS DISAPPOINTED - TOMASZ FURMAN IN RZ: “The company negatively surprised investors with this year's results. This negatively impacts its share price and the assessment of profit growth prospects. It will only be known by the end of the year which areas the group will develop and from which it will withdraw.” https://energia.rp.pl/paliwa/art40443841-obawy-o-przyszlosc-grupy-kapitalowej-orlen-wyniki-rozczarowaly -- KO'S DEFEAT IN THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESENTED AS A VICTORY. THE "COMMON FOLK" ARE MEANT TO BUY IT - BEATA MACIEJEWSKA IN GW: “Success, a great triumph. Comparable to the one Beata Szydło achieved on the Brussels field, winning a match 1:27. I'm not surprised that Michał Dworczyk was beaming with satisfaction when he announced his assessment of the new marshal and PiS's support for the agrarian Gancarz at a press conference. Abstracting from the political ineptitude of Civic Platform politicians, who are engaged in internal party struggles instead of fulfilling electoral promises, the arrogance in explaining what happened is shocking.” https://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,30998011,ciemny-lud-tego-nie-kupi.html -- A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM WOULD BE FATAL FOR DEMOCRACY IN POLAND. THEREFORE, WE MUST DEFEND MULTIPARTYISM IN EVERY ELECTION, TAKING CARE OF SMALLER PARTIES - JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “A two-party system can have many advantages. The US and Great Britain were proof of this for a long time. However, such a system only works when two democratic formations compete. When defenders of democracy stand on one side, and their strategic enemies on the other, only multipartyism can serve democracy in the long run. Therefore, now – if one wants democracy – one must defend multipartyism in every election, taking care of smaller parties.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,30998385,jak-nie-zabic-demokracji-polemika-z-andrzejem-hennelem.html -- MORAWIECKI: IN ABOUT 10 DAYS, I WILL PRESENT A HALF-YEAR REPORT ON DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT: “I have the impression that today we live in a different reality, and it's only been half a year since the elections. In about 10 days, I will present a half-year report on Donald Tusk's government. I can already see that it will be a devastating report – announced the PiS MP. I want to show this with very concrete examples where they not only failed to fulfill their promises, but most importantly, I want to show our development plans – he added. Mateusz Morawiecki commented on his hearing before the committee on postal voting.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/692773-tylko-u-nas-morawiecki-zapowiada-raport-dot-rzadow-tuska -- TUSK DOESN'T LIKE THE CHANDELIER. "HE WILL CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO WON'T DESTROY HIS COMPANY" - DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ IN NEWSWEEK: “Now the game within PO/KO and the entire opposition begins. The natural candidate in PO is the mayor of the capital, who was just waiting for his chairman's declaration. Rafał Trzaskowski's people do not hide the fact that he has never stopped striving for the presidency. Tusk expressed hope that Trzaskowski would take up the challenge again. But what does this mean? Trzaskowski will never become the leader of Platforma against the hopes of some younger politicians of the formation. If he wins, he will most likely remain in the Presidential Palace for 10 years, because one has to be a really weak president not to convince voters twice, and Trzaskowski has all the soft skills to handle the role of head of state. Therefore, he will be out of the internal party game for a decade. Former presidents, on the other hand, very rarely return to party games.” -- IN THE CIVIC COALITION, THERE IS CURRENTLY ONLY ONE SUCH PERSON – BARBARA NOWACKA, WHO WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO UNITE SEVERAL FACTIONS - CONTINUES DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ: “Now he will choose someone who "won't destroy his company" as soon as he sits at the helm. Frankly, in the Civic Coalition, there is currently only one such person – Barbara Nowacka, who would have a chance to unite several factions. The problem is that, although few people remember it, the minister is not a member of PO, but the head of the coalition's Inicjatywa Polska. Perhaps that is why the prime minister sent a signal to his smaller coalition partners some time ago that it would be good to unite more formally.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/tusk-nie-chce-zyrandola-wybierze-kogos-kto-mu-nie-zniszczy-firmy-kulisy/ycz66fq -- ANYONE CAN INSTANTLY BECOME "UN-LAW-ABIDING" OR UNJUSTIFIED IN ANOTHER AREA. AFTER ALL, THESE ARE CONCEPTS AS UNCLEAR AS THE GAZE OF VERA JOUROVÁ LOOKING THROUGH HER FINGERS - RAFAŁ WOŚ IN INTERIA: “If, let's say, a democratically elected government of Italy wants to pursue its own active social policy, which the EC deems not good, then unfortunately. It will be similar in a situation where the Irish government wants to shield its citizens from excessively high energy bills. Does the Czech government want to renegotiate climate policies? They will inevitably face frozen funds and sanctions – already applied permanently. And so on. Anyone can instantly become "un-law-abiding" or unjustified in another area. After all, these are concepts as unclear as the gaze of Vera Jourová looking through her fingers at the actions of the Bodnarist team. This is the Europe von der Leyen wants. This is the vision of Europe according to liberal euroelites. And what about the fact that the governments of member states have an incomparably stronger democratic mandate than the European Commission? And the principle of subsidiarity (to deal with what can be dealt with at the lowest possible level and closest to the citizen), which was supposed to be the principle of European integration?” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-praworzadnosc-jako-palka-uzyteczna-palka,nId,7528947 -- DURING THE UNITED RIGHT'S RULE, MONEY FROM THE JUSTICE FUND FLOWED IN A TORRENT. FOR WIRETAPS, PRO-GOVERNMENT PORTALS, SUPPORTING RIGHT-WING FOUNDATIONS, AND THE FIGHT AGAINST LGBT - TOMASZ JAKUBOWSKI IN GW: “Today there is no longer any doubt that the Justice Fund, established in 2011 to provide legal and psychological assistance to victims of crime, turned into the electoral fund of Zbigniew Ziobro's party during the era of "good change". The Supreme Audit Office report confirmed irregularities that are now being handled by the prosecutor's office and parliamentary investigative committees.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30997774,na-garnki-pegasusa-i-obrone-chrzescijan-na-co-szly-pieniadze.html -- IF THE RULING PARTY WANTS TO EFFECTIVELY SEAL THE SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM, THEY SHOULD FINALLY APPLY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FULL INCOME OF MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS RUNNING BUSINESSES - PIOTR WÓJCIK IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “If the ruling party wants to effectively seal the social insurance system, they should finally apply social security contributions to the full income of millions of individuals running businesses. Because that's where the biggest money is leaking. Contributions paid by the self-employed are calculated from 60% of the national average, even though we are talking about the statistically best-paid group in Poland. Most entrepreneurs earn significantly above the national average, and this group also includes the wealthiest. Of course, there are also self-employed individuals in difficult financial situations, but they suffer precisely because of the current system. They have to pay contributions calculated from a fixed amount, even if they earn much less.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/zus-umowy-smieciowe-jdg/ -- MONIKA RICHARDSON GOT A JOB WITH THE PRIME MINISTER - SE COVER: “Monika Richardson (52) is doing well without television. After being fired from TVP, she founded her own business – a language school. She teaches English there herself. As it turns out, she personally trains not only the proverbial Kowalskis, but also the bigwigs of the government! As "Super Express" learned, Monika personally visits the Prime Minister's Chancellery to train the bigwigs.” https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/exclusive/monika-richardson-dostala-prace-u-premiera-niezla-fucha-znamy-szczegoly-zdjecia-aa-Z8Br-zAsU-UVT7.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Zofia Wilczyńska, Krzysztof Martens, Cezary Gmyz, Piotr Bazylko, Jerzy Pokój.