-- GAWKOWSKI REASSURES: Currently, critical infrastructure systems in Poland are operating smoothly. The global Microsoft systems failure is being monitored by Polish cybersecurity services. We will provide ongoing updates on the situation, and for now, there is no cause for concern.

-- MR. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, PERHAPS IT'S NOT SO ROSY - BERENDA PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF THE BALTIC HUB PORT SYSTEMS FAILURE:
https://x.com/k_berenda/status/1814211771135095037?s=61&t=T-MSwnj9mNHmkqVHKJHplg

-- DUE TO THE GLOBAL MICROSOFT FAILURE, THE CONTAINER TERMINAL IN GDAŃSK IS EXPERIENCING MAJOR PROBLEMS. IN A STATEMENT, BALTIC HUB AUTHORITIES APPEALED NOT TO DIRECT TRAFFIC TO THE TERMINAL.
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onettrojmiasto/globalna-systemow-microsoft-problemy-terminala-kontenerowego-w-gdansku/vxhmsbn,79cfc278

-- FURTHER SYSTEM FAILURES - ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “Important information for passengers of Chopin Airport and Modlin Airport. Wizz Air and Ryanair are experiencing difficulties. The CEO of the airport company in Modlin, Tomasz Szymczak, told 'Stołeczna': - Our airport systems are working, but Ryanair is processing passengers 'manually' because their cloud system has failed.”
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,31153710,globalna-awaria-systemu-windows-spradzamy-sytuacje-na-warszawskich.html

-- AT KRAKÓW-BALICE AIRPORT, CHECK-IN IS BEING CONDUCTED MANUALLY - INTERIA:
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-awaria-microsoftu-problemy-na-polskich-lotniskach,nId,7679773

-- FAILURE AT A MAJOR POLISH BANK. SANTANDER CUSTOMERS CANNOT ACCESS THE HOTLINE - RZECZPOSPOLITA:
https://www.rp.pl/banki/art40837351-awaria-w-jednym-z-najwiekszych-bankow-w-polsce-santander-uspokaja

-- CAN THE POLISH PEOPLE'S PARTY (PSL) BE TAMED? - OKO.PRESS CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI ON TOK FM: “- The question is, to what extent can the PSL be tamed. Was there a chance that under the strong political pressure from Tusk – as Prime Minister – the PSL would agree to facilitate the passing of the bill decriminalizing assistance in abortion? For example, by having a few MPs abstain from voting. Apparently, the pressure was insufficient, and the PSL decided to assert its position within the coalition, showing that it cannot be done without them,” says the OKO.press editor-in-chief.
https://www.tokfm.pl/Tokfm/7,103087,31153710,w-co-graja-ludowcy-psl-robi-to-co-zawsze-czyli-peeseluje.html

-- WIPLER: WE CAN BUILD A NEW GOVERNMENT THIS TERM WITHOUT TUSK – EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE PSL - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/07/19

-- THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT FULFILLING OTHER PROMISES, SUCH AS PARTNERSHIP RIGHTS OR DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION. IT WILL THEREFORE WANT TO SHOW THAT IT HAS ACHIEVEMENTS - MIŁOSZ JAŁOSZEWSKI IN OKO.PRESS: “There are many scandals to be accounted for. The trolling scandal, Pegasus, Orlen, respirators, envelope elections, visa scandal. These are just a few examples from a long list. We can expect the government's pressure on the prosecutor's office regarding accountability to increase. Firstly, it is an electoral promise, and Prime Minister Tusk will want to show that he is fulfilling it. Secondly, the government is not fulfilling other promises, such as partnership rights or the decriminalization of abortion. Therefore, it will want to show that it has achievements.”

-- GIERTYCH SUMMONS BODNAR – MIŁOSZ JAŁOSZEWSKI CONTINUES IN OKO.PRESS: “Pressure will be exerted by Roman Giertych, who has appointed himself as the supervisor of accountability. This is an informal role. Giertych heads the parliamentary team for accountability. However, he exerts pressure on the Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General, Adam Bodnar. He organizes meetings with him, which are to be cyclical. This resembles a kind of 'dressing-down,' where Bodnar explains the progress in resolving scandals. Giertych's position is strengthened by the fact that his client, Tomasz Mraz – former director at the Justice Fund – cooperated and provided the prosecutor's office with materials allowing for charges to be filed against politicians from Suwerenna Polska.”
https://oko.press/afery-czasow-pis-nie-beda-szybko-rozliczone

-- AFTER ROMANOWSKI'S DISMISSAL, PIS IS PLEASED BUT DOES NOT WANT TO 'OVERHEAT' THE MATTER - AGATA KONDZIŃSKA IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “- We obviously view this as an element of the Tusk team's embarrassment, but we know this is not the end of the matter,” I hear from a politician from Nowogrodzka [PiS headquarters]. (...) Warnings are also coming from PiS to political colleagues not to 'overheat the matter.' - Let's talk about the prosecutor's office's failure, but let's not make Romanowski and this event a symbol, because when they come for him again, everything we inflate to colossal size today will burst with a bang,” says a PiS politician.
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31151918,po-zwolnieniu-romanowskiego-pis-sie-cieszy-ale-nie-chce-przegrzac.html

-- PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF PIS AND GIERTYCH - MONIKA OLEJNIK IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “Roman Giertych attacks the national prosecutor's office, calling it an embarrassment. He notes that his team worked hard, gathering materials about the misdeeds in the justice fund. This is likely playing into Giertych's hands, as he himself recently failed. He failed women and Donald Tusk, to whom he promised to vote according to party discipline. In front of Poles, he took out his voting card and thus voted against the bill on the decriminalization of assistance in abortion.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31153832,przegrana-prokuratury-w-sprawie-romanowskiego-na-reke-pis-i.html

-- SENATE ELECTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. KONFEDERACJA HAS SENSED AN OPPORTUNITY. MENTZEN IS GAMBLING ON LOW TURNOUT - BYDGOSZCZ GAZETA WYBORCZA - JACEK GLUGLA: “This is where the rivals of the 72-year-old Pawlak see their chance. The first of them is running from the 'Prawi i Skuteczni' [Right and Effective] committee. He is 49-year-old Jarosław Chmielewski, who presents himself as a manager and has been a leader of Law and Justice in Włocławek for years, and is a councilor for this party. PiS politicians tell us frankly: - Jarek can compete with Pawlak. We are counting on our electorate to mobilize, and the scattered voters of the Senate pact will not have the motivation to go and vote. (...) Konfederacja sees a chance to introduce its man into the Senate in very low election turnout. The party leader, MP Sławomir Mentzen, and MP Krzysztof Bosak, have energetically begun mobilizing the electorate.”
https://bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl/bydgoszcz/7,48722,31155167,konfederacja-liczy-na-wprowadzenie-swojego-czlowieka-do-senatu.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Stanisław Piotrowicz, Łukasz Pawełek, Maciek Grabowski, Anna Knysok.