-- POLISH BRANCH RELOCATES TO AFRICA. ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO LOSE JOBS - GAZETA.PL: “960 out of over a thousand employees will lose their jobs. Lear Corporation is to move its production to Africa. It turns out that Lear Corporation announces the relocation of production from Pikutkowo to Tunisia. Employees have been informing the editorial office of a portal near Włocławek for a month about developments in their branch. Further machinery is already being packed and removed on a large scale.” https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,31096411,polski-oddzial-firmy-przenosi-sie-do-afryki-zwolni-wiekszosc.html -- “YES TO DEVELOPMENT”. HORAŁA AND MATYSIAK INITIATE NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/06/27 -- TUSK RETURNS TO THE UNFORTUNATE POLICY OF HIS PREVIOUS TERM: FUNDING CITIES EXCLUSIVELY - MACIEJ STRZEMBOSZ IN RZ: “By calling the new CPK project a 'megalopolis' and subordinating it to the interests of Warsaw and a few large cities, Donald Tusk returns to the unfortunate policy of his previous term: funding exclusively those cities where the government has the greatest support, condemning the eastern borderlands to stagnation.” -- WHAT WE ARE RECEIVING FROM DONALD TUSK IS NO LONGER CPK, BUT PDT, I.E., PROPAGANDA FOR DUMMIES - FURTHER FROM STRZEMBOSZ IN RZ: “Social pressure was so great that the CPK could not be simply buried. The project had to be taken over. However, what we are receiving from Donald Tusk is no longer CPK, but PDT, i.e., Propaganda Dla Tumanów (Propaganda for Dummies). The non-liquidation of Okęcie does not create a new hub, but something additional: leaving noise and pollution in the center of Warsaw, but also depriving the new airport of the most lucrative flights – because given the choice, everyone wealthy prefers to fly directly to the capital.” -- ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS THE PROJECT “WARSAW IN 100 MINUTES FOR OUR PEOPLE” - FURTHER FROM STRZEMBOSZ: “The worst thing, however, is that this is essentially the project 'Warsaw in 100 Minutes for Our People'. Someone who wants to travel from Szczecin to Rzeszów by high-speed train has to go to Poznań or Gdańsk, then to Warsaw, from Warsaw to Krakow, and from Krakow to Rzeszów. This, however, is different from a Szczecin–CPK–Rzeszów journey.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40718241-maciej-strzembosz-megalopolis-czyli-oszustwo-donalda-tuska-zamiast-cpk-powstanie-pdt -- PIS PREPARING A NEW STRATEGY. “WE MANAGED TO DICTATE THE AUTUMN AGENDA” - AGATA KONDZIŃSKA IN GW: “Migration, the Green Deal, energy prices, gas, fuel – these will be the most important topics. We have no intention of letting them go, we want to show that we have a plan for the future – says an important PiS politician about the party's autumn strategy. (...) – Politics generally slows down in the summer, but we have already managed to dictate the agenda for autumn – rejoices a PiS MP.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31094802,pis-wie-ze-nie-wypowie-paktu-migracyjnego-za-pomoca-referendum.html -- RYSZARD PETRU, BY COMING UP WITH THE IDEA OF HEALTH CONTRIBUTION REFORM, IS TRYING TO HIT THE POLITICAL JACKPOT. BUT WILL HE FIRST CRASH AGAINST COALITION ROCKS? - TOMASZ PIETRYGA IN RZ: “Of course, lowering the contribution is a nod to the liberal electorate, which expects concrete actions from the government. Today, Petru is trying to do this, stepping in for the main coalition partner. Will this motivate Tusk to take more active steps regarding the contribution? (...) Today, as the Third Way's approval ratings fall, and this party has no idea what to do with itself, the reform can represent a distinct offer for the electorate. The question is, will this be enough, or are we rather approaching a political brawl than a real reform?” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art40711971-tomasz-pietryga-co-dalej-ze-skladka-zdrowotna-czy-petru-zmusi-tuska-do-dzialania -- PSL IN ARMORED CONCRETE, THE LEFT DIVIDED, AND TUSK EATS POPCORN AND WAITS - ANTON AMBROZIAK IN OKO.PRESS: “The PSL is clearly afraid of the Church and reactions from the party's grassroots, ignoring the fact that its electorate largely supports the introduction of the registered partnerships bill. The 'Peasants' are still experiencing the trauma of the times when PiS labelled the Peasants' leader as 'Rainbow Władek'. (...) unofficial leaks have also appeared in the media suggesting that the Prime Minister is to put pressure on the PSL or corner them, but this is likely a clever spin intended to divert attention from Civic Coalition. It's better PR-wise when the sensible center quietly supports, and the radical appendages, PSL and the Left, remain in fratricidal conflict. It is not impossible that Tusk played on weakening the coalition partners: both PSL and the Left are losing image-wise today.” https://oko.press/wielka-gra-o-zwiazki-partnerskie -- PSL HARMS CHILDREN - KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “How does PiS's homophobia differ from PSL's homophobia? For Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, political benefits are more important than the welfare of children. Out of fear of PiS's populist uproar, he leaves 50,000 rainbow families in a state of danger and uncertainty. This is precisely what the hypocrisy of conservatives looks like. Masking themselves with false concern for children, they harm them.” -- HAS KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ PLAYED THIS WELL, SINCE HE HAS LED TO THE POINT WHERE VOTERS OF THE COALITION OF OCTOBER 15 WANT TO TAKE TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT IT CREATED - FURTHER FROM SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “Enough of this! We didn't vote for this coalition to have a second PiS in government,” adds Miłość Nie Wyklucza (Love Does Not Exclude) and announces the possibility of street protests. In this situation, it is worth considering whether Kosiniak-Kamysz has played this well, since he has led to the point where voters of the Coalition of October 15 want to take to the streets to protest against the government it created.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/06/27/skrzydlowska-kalukin-psl-krzywdzi-dzieci/ -- LIFE IS FLEEING. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, FOLKS? - MARTYNA BUNDA IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “The coalition partners from PSL respect voters' right to continue practicing homophobia. They have full respect for Polish philistinism.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/2261393,1,zwiazki-partnerskie-zycie-ucieka-na-co-jeszcze-czekacie-ludowcy.read -- THE PSL CLUB WILL BE MOST DIVIDED ON ABORTION DECRIMINALIZATION. MPS URSZULA NOWOGÓRSKA AND URSZULA PASŁAWSKA VOTED FOR THE PROJECT IN COMMITTEE. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THE CLUB WILL PROBABLY BE AGAINST - PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ IN GAZETA.PL: “The PSL club will be the most divided. MPs Urszula Nowogórska and Urszula Pasławska voted for the project in committee. However, the majority of the club will probably be against, although they are avoiding clear statements on the matter for now. – Decriminalization of abortion is like introducing abortion on demand – said one of the PSL MPs to jedenewsdziennie. In the April vote to reject the initial version of the bill concerning abortion decriminalization in the first reading, seven of the most conservative PSL MPs voted. Today, one of them, Jacek Tomczak, declares in an interview with jedenewsdziennie.pl that he will definitely vote against it.” https://jedennewsdziennie.pl/article/276 -- BIRTHDAYS: Władysław Ortyl, Krzysztof Hetman, Gabriela Masłowska, Andrzej Kraszewski, Andrzej Jaeschke, Janina Okrągły, Grzegorz Janik.