-- FEW MEDALS, POLAND'S CATASTROPHE IN PARIS. AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE - WRITES MICHAŁ KIEDROWSKI FROM SPORT.PL: “Every four years, it's the same. Suddenly, it turns out we're weak at the Olympics. Our clear medal favorites aren't winning, and halfway through the Games, we're ranked below Saint Lucia and Dominica in the medal table. Simple recipes for healing our sport immediately emerge. I have bad news: it won't work.” https://www.sport.pl/igrzyska-olimpijskie/7,154863,31207499,katastrofa-polski-w-paryzu-znow-to-samo-bedzie-tylko-gorzej.html -- UNDER PIS, STAFFING POVERTY IN THIS SECTOR WENT HAND IN HAND WITH A FINANCIAL BOOM; AFTER THE RETURN OF THE COALITION FORCES, CENTERED AROUND THE LIBERAL CENTRE, IT'S THE OPPOSITE - BARTEK CHACIŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “As part of the budget correction, a billion zlotys were taken from the ministry, which would mean falling below the magical threshold of 1%. Polish culture is apparently suffering from a peculiar yo-yo effect – during the PiS era, staffing poverty in this sector went hand in hand with a financial boom; after the return of the coalition forces, centered around the liberal centre, it's the opposite.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2266069,1,iluzja-sie-liczy.read?src=mt -- THESE WERE NOT THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF JOURNALISM. MANY OTHERS, SEEMINGLY SERIOUS PEOPLE LED BY PROMINENT POLITICIANS, ALSO DID NOT COVER THEMSELVES IN GLORY - MICHAŁ PŁOCIŃSKI IN RZ: “These were not the greatest moments of journalism. Many others, seemingly serious people led by prominent politicians, also did not cover themselves in glory, but it is not from them that we expect objective explanations of complex reality, the discovery of truth. Many journalists reflexively drew conclusions from a video where Krzysztof Stanowski allegedly explained to his employees that 'we don't touch Ziobro.' They did not verify the accuracy of the image, nor did they ask themselves basic questions about the facts, even though anonymous internet users quickly pointed out that nothing in the video added up.” -- MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD WILL BE BETTER WITHOUT ALL-KNOWING JOURNALISTS IMPOSING THEIR OPINIONS, AS AN EFFICIENT 'ANON' ON THE INTERNET MANAGES BETTER - PŁOCIŃSKI FURTHER IN RZ: “Well, more and more people believe that the world will be better without all-knowing journalists imposing their opinions, since an efficient 'anon' on the internet manages – as it turns out – better than many professional scribblers.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art40925711-michal-plocinski-krzysztof-stanowski-pokazal-dobitnie-jakich-mediow-dzis-potrzebujemy -- POMPEO'S PLAN TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS TOO ANTI-RUSSIAN FOR GERMANY - JACEK CZAPUTOWICZ IN RZ: “This program will be difficult for Europeans to accept, not because it is anti-Ukrainian, as Donald Trump is accused of, but because it is too anti-Russian. It contradicts Germany's policy of not provoking Russia and maintaining Europe's military weakness, as evidenced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's blocking of EU funding for Poland's Eastern Shield initiative.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40924551-jacek-czaputowicz-plan-pompeo-dla-ukrainy-kto-nie-chce-prowokowac-rosji -- MORE THAN HALF OF RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THE TUSK GOVERNMENT IS NOT FULFILLING ITS PROMISES – ACCORDING TO A POLL CONDUCTED BY UNITED SURVEYS FOR WIRTUALNA POLSKA: “The poll shows that 53.5% of respondents believe the current government is not fulfilling the promises made last year. The opposite opinion is held by 39.6% of respondents. Among the voters of the ruling coalition (KO, Trzecia Droga, Lewica), the prevailing opinion is that the government is fulfilling the promises made during the election campaign. 68% of respondents believe so. 24% of questioned supporters of the current coalition hold a different opinion.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/701606-sondaz-polacy-negatywnie-o-dzialaniach-rzadu-tuska -- A RISKY GAME BY PSL. HAS KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ ALREADY STARTED FLIRTING WITH PIS - RAFAŁ KALUKIN IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “It is the PSL that has seized the political initiative, seeing an opportunity to play above the great divide. The right-wing is an equal addressee of this offer, although it is not yet known whether PiS or Konfederacja will engage. Although they can potentially benefit from it. Kaczyński certainly regrets tightening the abortion screw through Przyłębska, which provoked a great wave of anti-PiS mobilization. Konfederacja would also not fare badly if they loosened their stance, which is alien to their 'libertarian' voters. And most importantly, it's an opportunity to spite Tusk, sow panic in his camp, and show the ability to build an alternative majority, a 'coalition of Polish affairs,' as right-wing publicists call it, enthusiastically urging PiS to form such an alliance.” -- THE GOVERNMENT IS INCREASINGLY BEING ACCUSED OF SLOWNESS AND LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS - KALUKIN FURTHER IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “The government is increasingly being accused of slowness and lack of effectiveness, of which the persistent draconian anti-abortion law has become a symbolic example. It is something like a lens through which voters evaluate the prime minister. If he manages to move this mountain, he will also cope with others. The project proposed by Lewica for this purpose, however, failed, mainly due to the opposition of the Peasants' Party.” -- HOWEVER, FROM THE PSL'S PERSPECTIVE, COOPERATION WITH TUSK IS ALSO CEASING TO BE SAFE - KALUKIN WRITES FURTHER: “However, the PSL will always have a fundamental advantage over Hołownia's and Czarzasty's parties, who fear being dissolved in the anti-PiS magma under Tusk's leadership. With a unique voter base and the ability to pivot, it has an alternative, which it is now trying to remind people of. The Peasants' Party has not coincidentally avoided ties with Kaczyński so far, because they knew what it would entail. However, from their perspective, cooperation with Tusk is also ceasing to be safe.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2266093,1,ryzykowna-gra--psl-czy-kosiniak-kamysz-juz-zaczal-flirt-z-pis-kaczynskiego -- BUDKA: TUSK IS NOT INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/07/ -- THERE MAY STILL BE CHANGES REGARDING THE NOMINATION FOR TRZASKOWSKI – SAYS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT COALITION POLITICIANS - IN IWONA SZPALA'S ARTICLE IN GW: “- Civic Platform is selling a idyllic image, but we know there are no idyllic situations in politics. There may still be changes regarding Trzaskowski's nomination – says one of the important coalition politicians.” -- BUT THE PLAN EXISTS. AND IF PO STARTS DELAYING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CANDIDATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IT WILL MEAN THAT TUSK HAS DECIDED – SUMMARIZES OUR INTERLOCUTOR FROM TRZECIA DROGA - FURTHER IN SZPALA'S ARTICLE IN GW: “He knows that there will be losses, and yet he is accumulating capital for the presidential elections. He has another political gain: perpetually conflicted coalition partners who are paying for the disputes with drops in polls. This is a good starting position for the presidential elections – argues our interlocutor from Polska 2050. After a moment, he adds that he will not prejudge Tusk's run today. – There are many questions: whether Hołownia will actually hold his ground in the presidential arena, how the PiS candidate will fare. But the plan exists. And if PO starts maximally delaying the announcement of the candidate, it will mean that Tusk has decided – summarizes our interlocutor from Trzecia Droga.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31207187,kto-kandydatem-po-na-prezydenta-koalicjanci-im-dluzej-zwlekaja.html -- ON DISPUTES IN THE COALITION - JACEK PRUSINOWSKI IN SE: “The disputes have indeed been postponed, along with the implementation of many promises. - Now, PSL, Polska 2050, and Lewica are demanding changes. They need guarantees and provisions in the agreement that subsequent points of their programs will finally be implemented. Because so far, they have nothing to boast about to their voters.” https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/wielkie-negocjacje-w-koalicji-koalicjanci-tuska-domagaja-sie-zmian-znamy-szczegoly-aa-86uZ-HuMb-PEuJ.html -- HOLIDAYS ARE HALFWAY THROUGH, AND THERE ARE FREE ROOMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE TOURISM INDUSTRY COUNTED ON MORE. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020, AUGUST IS CHEAPER THAN JULY - ACCORDING TO BOOKING PORTALS - GW. https://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,31203968,wakacje-na-polmetku-do-gorskich-kurortow-zjezdzaja-sie-niedzielni.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Jarosław Urbaniak.