-- CZARNEK DECLARES READINESS TO TALK WITH PSL AND PL2050 REGARDING HEALTH CONTRIBUTION CHANGES - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/28/ -- A QUIET CRISIS IN THE GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE NO LONGER SMILING, LITTLE WORK, MANY COMPLAINTS - featured on the front page of Fakt. -- SIKORSKI IS WARMING UP. HE WANTS TO BE A RESERVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: “Radosław Sikorski has presidential ambitions. He would like to fight for the Presidential Palace, but Rafał Trzaskowski is the favorite and natural candidate for Civic Coalition. The Minister of Foreign Affairs wants to at least be a reserve – he is warming up so that he can step into the role of a candidate if necessary.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/radoslaw-sikorski-sie-ociepla-chce-byc-rezerwowym-kandydatem-na-prezydenta/ctwy0j5 -- I REALLY DISLIKE THIS DECISION BY THE PRIME MINISTER. OR RATHER: IT IS RASH. OR PERHAPS IT WAS SOME KIND OF POLITICAL BARGAIN, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK WHAT KIND - PROF. EWA ŁĘTOWSKA IN A COMMENT FOR MAGDA GAŁCZYŃSKA IN ONET: “I really dislike this decision by the prime minister. Or rather: it is rash. Or perhaps it was some kind of political bargain, I don't even want to think what kind. But then we are talking about pure politics, not tempered by the principles of the rule of law. Either someone overlooked something, neglected to check who the president is appointing, which in itself is regrettable – says Prof. Ewa Łętowska, retired judge of the Constitutional Tribunal and the Supreme Administrative Court, former Ombudsman, to Onet.” -- THIS WHOLE SITUATION SIMPLY MAKES ANYONE WANT TO GIVE UP ON TAKING ANY ACTIONS RELATED TO RESTORING THE RULE OF LAW - PROF. ŁĘTOWSKA CONTINUES WITH GAŁCZYŃSKA IN ONET: “This whole situation simply makes anyone want to give up on taking any actions related to restoring the rule of law. After all, this was an opportunity to sort out a small part of the affairs in the Supreme Court. And it was squandered. I repeat, what happened is simply rash. Because politically, although it's not my area, there was probably something to be gained too – concludes Prof. Łętowska.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/burza-po-decyzji-donalda-tuska-ostre-slowa-prof-letowskiej-godne-ubolewania/g5gyk62,79cfc278 -- TUSK AGREES TO THE ELECTION OF A NEO-JUDGE AS PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT - HEADLINE ON WYBORCZA.PL. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31258391,tusk-przyzwala-na-wybor-neosedziego-na-prezesa-izby-cywilnej.html -- JUDGES FEEL BETRAYED AFTER PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK'S DECISION - HEADLINE ON RZ PORTAL. -- SUPREME COURT JUDGES ARE DEVASTATED, STUNNED. THEY FEEL BETRAYED” – COMMENTS IUSTITIA PRESIDENT JUDGE KRYSTIAN MARKIEWICZ IN AN INTERVIEW WITH DOMINIKA SITNICKA IN OKO.PRESS: “The situation is a complete surprise. A extremely negative surprise. Firstly, the Prime Minister of the October 15th Coalition is appointing a neo-judge to any position together with the President. Secondly, this decision paves the way for the re-election of a neo-judge as president of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court. Instead of working towards solving the huge problem with the Supreme Court, Donald Tusk is temporarily cementing the PiS pathology in the Supreme Court with this counter-signature” – says the president of Iustitia, Judge Krystian Markiewicz, in an interview with OKO.press. https://oko.press/donald-tusk-dal-zielone-swiatlo-dla-wyboru-neo-sedziego-na-prezesa-izby-cywilnej-sn -- TUSK POSTPONES ABORTION INDEFINITELY. WE ALREADY KNOW THIS - MAGDALENA CHRZCZONOWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “The issue of abortion is a whole series of unfulfilled promises by the current government, and especially Donald Tusk. It is also a difficult start for the Civic Coalition candidate for president. And above all: cementing the draconian (lack of) abortion law in Poland. We have been in this deadlock for 35 years.” -- WORDS ON CAMPUS ARE AN EPITAPH FOR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION PROMISES - CHRZCZONOWICZ CONTINUES IN OKO.PRESS: “We can even say goodbye to the discussion on this topic. Whenever someone brings up the topic now, Tusk will sadly nod his head and say – not in this term, there is no majority. He will use this to fend off attacks, just like six months ago, the MPs from Trzecia Droga dodged the issue with President Duda – they claimed there was no need to rush with abortion because Duda wouldn't sign it anyway. As could have been predicted – he didn't even have anything to sign.” https://oko.press/tusk-odklada-aborcje-na-wieczne-nigdy-juz-to-znamy-co-z-tego-wyniknie -- AS WE HEAR - THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION INTENDS TO CALCULATE PIS'S FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES VERY CAREFULLY AND IMPOSE A MODERATE PENALTY - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ IN ONET: “According to Onet's estimates, PiS may lose several to a dozen million zlotys, while over the entire term, the party will still receive about PLN 100 million from the state budget.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/zrodla-onetu-sprawozdanie-wyborcze-pis-zostanie-odrzucone/w07qh4v,79cfc278 -- PIS POLITICIANS ADMIT THAT THE WORST FOR THE PARTY IS THE LACK OF DECISION AND PROLONGING THE MATTER INDEFINITELY. ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PARTY'S COFFERS ARE EMPTY, AND THE BANK DEMANDS REPAYMENT OF THE LOAN AND CONTINUOUSLY CHARGES PENAL INTEREST - KAMILA BARANOWSKA IN INTERIA: “The prolonging and lack of decision is the worst scenario because of the huge penalty interest that is being charged to us on the loan taken out for the election campaign. ~ Henryk Kowalczyk, treasurer of PiS.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-pis-pewne-utraty-pieniedzy-ale-nie-tego-boi-sie-najbardziej,nId,7765403 -- THERE IS FULL AWARENESS IN THE MINISTRY THAT THERE IS NO ROOM TO CUT INCOME FROM CONTRIBUTIONS; PLN 4 BILLION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FIXED ASSETS IS THE MAXIMUM - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: “- There is full awareness in the ministry that there is no room to cut income from contributions; PLN 4 billion for the cancellation of contributions from fixed assets is the maximum. Possibly, PLN 100-200 million might be found to offer something to a small portion of entrepreneurs, but that's all – a person involved in the ministry who participates in budget planning tells us.” https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147582,31256584,z-pustego-nawet-domanski-nie-naleje-czego-o-obnizeniu-skladki.html -- SIMPLIFICATION OF THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTION. WILL THE ELECTION PROMISE NOT BE FULFILLED? - PRZEMYSŁAW WOJTASIK IN RZ: “– I am disgusted by the fact that work on changes is constantly at the stage of ideas and discussions, and the government is not presenting any specifics – says Beata Boruszkowska, president of the National Chamber of Accounting Offices.” https://www.rp.pl/zus/art41031631-uproszczenie-skladki-zdrowotnej-nie-bedzie-realizacji-obietnicy-wyborczej -- THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING AND FULFILL SOME PROMISES, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DRAWING LONG-TERM DEBTS, PREVIOUSLY MOVED OUTSIDE THE BUDGET BY THE PIS GOVERNMENT, INTO THE BUDGET, TO SHOW HOW POORLY IT INHERITED THE STATE'S FINANCES - JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: “The goal is to include in the state budget the real debts that were moved outside the budget framework by the previous ruling team. Now the debt is to return to the budget. Similarly – we hear – the government wants to play with open cards with the European Commission, which has already initiated excessive deficit procedure against Poland (and six other EU member states – it is initiated when the deficit exceeds 3% of GDP; in the last year of PiS rule, it was 5.1%).” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/spotkanie-u-tuska-newsweek-odslania-kulisy-rozmow/qptlwl6 -- BEST-RATED MINISTERS IN THE POLITYKA WEEKLY RANKING: BEREK, DZIEMIANOWICZ-BĄK, PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ, SIEMONIAK. -- SLIGHTLY WORSE: BODNAR, DOMAŃSKI, PASZYK. -- LITTLE CAN BE SAID ABOUT GAWKOWSKI'S MINISTRY - AUTHORS OF THE POLITYKA RANKING (Szacki, Sawicka): “However, the leader of PSL knows how to use his position politically, which cannot be said about the second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitization, Krzysztof Gądkowski (Lewica). Little can be said about this ministry, apart from the fact that its day-to-day operations are managed more by Deputy Minister Dariusz Standerski than by its boss.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2268459,1,ranking-ministrow-rzadu-tuska-wedlug-polityki-kto-jest-silny-kto-sie-chowa-a-kogo-jesien-wymiecie.read