-- "NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE YET, BUT TUSK HAS SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER MANY TIMES". TRZASKOWSKI ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/26/ -- THE DECLARATIONS BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE OPPOSITION LEADER FROM THE PAST WEEKEND ARE A SIGNAL THAT THE HOLIDAYS HAVE ENDED AND A NEW POLITICAL SEASON HAS BEGUN. WILL IT LEAD TO EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Emphasizing that this Sejm will not fulfill the promise regarding abortion, Tusk is threatening his coalition partners with early elections – if we win the presidential election, we can look for a new majority. Paradoxically, this would benefit PiS, as accelerated elections reset the political party financing system, which Kaczyński might be interested in after a potential penalty from the National Electoral Commission (PKW)”. https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41018381-michal-szuldrzynski-donald-tusk-i-jaroslaw-kaczynski-oglaszaja-koniec-wakacji -- INFORMATION FROM „RZECZPOSPOLITA” INDICATES THAT TRZASKOWSKI'S CAMPAIGN IS ALREADY BEING PREPARED AND WE ARE TO HEAR THE FIRST IDEAS FROM HIS TEAM IN SEPTEMBER - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “The head of government has not ruled out that this decision may only be made public before Christmas. Although information from „Rzeczpospolita” suggests that Trzaskowski's campaign is already being prepared and we are to learn about the team's first spectacular ideas in September. The organizers of the Campus are also reluctant to turn the festival, whose participants are mainly young people, into a political event”. https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41018671-campus-polska-jaroslaw-kaczynski-namaszcza-mariusza-blaszczaka-ko-i-pis-chca-przejac-inicjatywe -- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI ADMITS: IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO WIN AGAINST RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI - RZ QUOTES THE PIS CHAIRMAN: “To the remark that it will be difficult for PiS to win against Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, in the presidential election, Kaczyński responds affirmatively. - I confirm your conviction. This is partly a consequence of a gigantic misunderstanding. According to our research, everyone except Warsaw residents believes that the capital is developing excellently, and this is thanks to Rafał Trzaskowski – he explains”. -- IN THIS WARTIME, IT SEEMS TO US THAT A WOMAN WOULD NOT STAND A GREAT CHANCE. IT IS HARD FOR ME TO EVEN IMAGINE A MODEL FOR SUCH A LADY WHO WOULD BE THIS CANDIDATE - KACZYŃSKI FURTHER IN RADIO MARYJA, QUOTED BY RZ: “The PiS chairman confirms that the party will not field a woman in the presidential election. - In this wartime, it seems to us that a woman would not stand a great chance. It is hard for me to even imagine a model for such a lady who would be this candidate. With a man, it's obvious – he must be young, tall, imposing, handsome. Voters place high importance on these image requirements. He must have a family. He must know English very well. Preferably, he should know two languages. We have candidates who are excellent in both English and French. Just like the likely opponent in the second round. He must be internationally experienced. He should be a person for whom the world is not something foreign, who has attended conferences and lectures – Kaczyński lists the characteristics of an ideal presidential candidate”. https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41020131-jaroslaw-kaczynski-przyznaje-z-rafalem-trzaskowskim-bedzie-trudno-wygrac -- IN THE DEMOCRATS' STRATEGY, AN ANALOGY CAN BE SEEN TO THE MESSAGE OF THE PARTIES OF THE OCTOBER 15 COALITION, WHICH CONTRASTED THE "DARK TIMES" OF PiS RULE WITH THE NEED TO RESTORE SMILES - MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI IN OKO.PRESS: “In the US campaign, there is – as sports commentators usually say – a so-called 'Polish accent.' In the Democrats' strategy, an analogy can be seen to the message of the parties of the October 15th Coalition, which contrasted the 'dark times' of PiS rule with the need to restore smiles, joy, and bright colors to Polish politics”. https://oko.press/tydzien-z-usmiechnieta-ameryka-czyli-polski-akcent -- SPEAKING THIS WAY AT AN OPENING EVENT CAN RATHER BE UNDERSTOOD AS A GESTURE TOWARDS THE PARTICIPANTS: WE STEP AWAY FROM OUR OFFICIAL DUTIES FOR A MOMENT TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT MATTERS IN A GOOD ATMOSPHERE - TOMASZ SAWCZUK IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “On social media, some people mocked the government ministers who stood on stage in casual trousers, t-shirts, and hoodies during the event's opening, comparing their appearance to a youth band; as if politicians were trying to artificially appeal to young people. This is precisely one of the differences between the view from within and from without – on-site, it doesn't create a sense of dissonance. Everyone here is dressed casually. Speaking this way at an opening event can rather be understood as a gesture towards the participants: we step away from our official duties for a moment to discuss important matters in a good atmosphere”. https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/08/26/sawczuk-campus-pyta-co-z-tym-rzadem/ -- POLAND 2050 LIKE THE SUICIDE SQUAD, ROBBING THE NATIONAL HEALTH FUND - PIOTR WÓJCIK IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “Such brazen manipulation, as presented by Szymon Hołownia and his accomplices, has probably never been seen in Polish politics before. (...) A boy suffering from bipolar disorder, terrified and disoriented by what is happening to him, will not receive help from public healthcare because Szymon Hołownia decided to have pity on small businesses”. https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/legion-samobojcow-ktory-okrada-nfz-by-rozdac-najbogatszym/ -- "I APOLOGIZE" CAN HELP A POLITICIAN - AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: “That is why Tusk uttered the magic word 'I apologize.' It is scientifically proven that a politician who can admit to a mistake, to something they cannot do, and apologize, gains credibility”. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31250755,tusk-przemowil-specjalnie-do-mlodych-czy-wroca-do-polityki.html -- PIS IS ENVIOUS OF TUSK'S HEART SYMBOL INVENTED BY OSTACHOWICZ - JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: “He was a co-creator of the campaign that ended with Tusk's return to power. He was behind the rebranding of PO. – For our heart symbol – shows one of the PO politicians, tapping his lapel. Before the June 4, 2023 march, which turned out to be one of the turning points of the campaign, leaders of PO discussed whether it could succeed. Ostachowicz lamented that there was no symbol that could unite people. Then the heart symbol in white and red colors was created – it was drawn just before the march at the PO headquarters. The party's campaign team even consulted their children to find the best symbol. During the march, Tusk could say: – Our children prepared this march symbol. It means one thing – that all of us, just as we came here today, have Poland in our hearts, all of us have our homeland in our hearts. Today, PiS envies Tusk this heart symbol”. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/mozg-donalda-tuska-to-on-wymyslil-platformowe-serduszka/n4e81vd,452ad802 -- 7th anniversary of Grzegorz Miecugow's death. -- Łukasz Lipiński would have celebrated his birthday today. -- BIRTHDAYS: Maciej Maciejowski, Paweł Potoroczyn, Jerzy Haszczyński, Adam Pęzioł.