-- "PROFITS SENT ABROAD" - THE APPEAL OF MEDIA CONGLOMERATES ON THE FRONT PAGES OF NEWSPAPERS AND PORTALS: "As a result of rapid development, they have taken the lion's share of advertising revenue that has funded Polish media until now. They use the content we create with impunity and free of charge, and they transfer the profits abroad." -- REACTIONS TO THE MEDIA PROTEST ARE A BRUTAL INDICATOR OF THE DRAMATIC CATASTROPHE OF THEIR CREDIBILITY - TOMASZ LIS ON TWITTER: And it wasn't politicians who caused this catastrophe of credibility. It's rather a typical and clinical case of self-harm." https://x.com/lis_tomasz/status/1808767188506951720 -- IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOGLE'S FAULT THAT YOUR EDITORS EARN 80-100 THOUSAND PLN A MONTH PLUS ANNUAL BONUSES, AND PAY YOU 12 PLN GROSS PLUS A GYM MEMBERSHIP? - TOMASZ CIMOSZEWICZ ON TWITTER: https://x.com/tcimoszewicz/status/1808780072859414862 -- WE PAID OVER A BILLION ZLOTYCH IN THE LAST THREE YEARS TO THE FIVE LARGEST PUBLISHERS - GOOGLE, AS ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS ACCUSED BY PUBLISHERS, ISSUED A STATEMENT YESTERDAY: "Publishers retain over 80% of revenue from ads displayed on their websites using Google tools. We have paid over 1 billion zlotys in the last three years to the five largest publishers who are partners of our advertising network in Poland." https://x.com/GooglePolska/status/1808544853464338672 -- "IT IS POSSIBLE." KONWIŃSKI ON PRIMARIES IN THE CIVIC PLATFORM - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/07/04/ -- SIKORSKI, DUE TO HIS BRITISH PAST, IS IN AN IDEAL POSITION TO PROPOSE A PLAN FOR CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE EU AND GREAT BRITAIN IN PREPARATION FOR POLAND'S PRESIDENCY - MICHAŁ MATLAK IN RZ: "Minister Radosław Sikorski, due to his British past, is in an ideal situation to propose a plan for bringing the European Union and Great Britain closer together in preparation for Poland's presidency. If we play this hand well, perhaps in five years' time we will be discussing the British return from their sovereignist journey." https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40759811-michal-matlak-epoka-brexitu-sie-konczy-czas-na-rewolucje-w-relacjach-unii-z-wielka-brytania -- BREXIT HELPED THE EU - RADOSŁAW SIKORSKI IN THE SPECTATOR: "Thanks to Brexit, the EU finally has the wonderfully named European Peace Facility – the EU defence budget, of course – which the UK consistently vetoed. Most of the €7 billion was allocated to weapons for Ukraine, although Hungary still vetoed this payout. Secondly, Brexit finally settled the dispute over the loss of sovereignty by member states. I was born in communist Poland: if we had tried to leave the Warsaw Pact, as Imre Nagy did in 1956, we would have been invaded by Soviet tanks. That's what a lack of sovereignty looks like. Great Britain, on the other hand, left the EU of its own free will, and no one tried to stop it. It remained sovereign throughout. Thirdly, there were over a million Poles in the UK, but the latest estimates say around 700,000. Higher wages in Norway, Germany, and even in Poland (our average wage is currently €2,000 per month) are likely the main factor, but Brexit certainly contributed to this. In practice, Brexit abolished the privileges of EU citizens and reduced their legal status in the UK to that of other foreigners. As a result, fewer migrants come from Europe, and more from the rest of the world. Good! We want our Poles back." -- JUST AS ON OCTOBER 15, 2023, THE REMOVAL OF THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY FROM POWER DEPENDED ON ITS RESULT, SO NOW THE CONDITION OF THE THIRD WAY WILL DECIDE THE SHAPE OF THE POLISH POLITICAL SCENE - PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: "The fact is that the fundamental event for the survival of the Third Way project will be next year's presidential elections. If Hołownia (as he will most likely be the candidate) achieves a weak result, it will be the end of the Third Way, which will prove to be another ephemeral entity in a long line. The situation is therefore not simple, although it should be recalled here that the Third Way was already written off once. This was in the summer of last year, when poll ratings gave no chance to the Poland 2050 and PSL agreement to cross the 8% threshold. Back then, it not only survived in its original formula but also achieved unexpected success in the parliamentary elections. With such capabilities for political regeneration, anything is possible." -- SOME POLITICIANS FROM THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY MAY SOON JOIN THE POLISH PEOPLE'S PARTY. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN, IT WOULD CERTAINLY OPEN NEW POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE THIRD WAY - ŚMIŁOWICZ CONTINUES: "More likely, mysteriously, it could be the other way around: some politicians from the Law and Justice party may soon join the Polish People's Party. If this were to happen, it would certainly open new political opportunities for the Third Way and strengthen it in the ruling coalition. A good testing ground for such moves may be the situation in the Małopolska Voivodeship Sejmik, where the mortal conflict between two factions of the Law and Justice party makes it impossible to elect a marshal, which could end in repeat elections or the formation of another majority." https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/trzecia-droga-na-rozdrozach-czy-alians-holownia-kosiniak-kamysz-przetrwa-187530 -- GIVING IN TO REBELS WOULD BE A SIGNAL THAT FURTHER REBELLIONS HAVE A CHANCE OF SUCCESS. NO INSTITUTION CAN BE RULED BY A MINORITY - JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: "A PiS politician close to Nowogrodzka tells Newsweek: -- It's better to lose Małopolska than the party. Jarosław Kaczyński doesn't want the party to completely lose control. After all, if decisions are surrendered to a few rebels, there will be more of them immediately. Giving in to rebels would be a signal that further rebellions have a chance of success. No institution can be ruled by a minority. Losses in the field are therefore factored in. The priority is the party. -- If you govern with a majority of one or two mandates, someone always comes and says, 'I want a position or I'm leaving.' We're chasing away such blackmailers. You can't give in to them -- adds our interlocutor. And is power in Małopolska not important? -- Mr. Editor, local government has never been the president's priority." https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/walka-frakcji-pis-sie-zaostrza-to-co-oni-tu-od-jest-niewiarygodne-kulisy/yf0sq1t -- JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL SHOULD BE ELECTED IN UNIVERSAL ELECTIONS. THIS WILL GIVE THEM A STRONG DEMOCRATIC MANDATE TO DEFEND THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW, WHICH NO ONE WILL DARE TO CHALLENGE - TOMASZ KRZYŻAK IN RZ. https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art40759911-tomasz-pietryga-oddajmy-trybunal-konstytucyjny-wyborcom -- BIRTHDAYS: Jan Szomburg, Jarosław Szostakowski.