-- INTEL'S FACTORY CONSTRUCTION IN POLAND HALTED FOR TWO YEARS - JAKUB WENCEL IN GW: “2,000 jobs were to be created in Miękinia near Wrocław for microchip production. The cost? PLN 7.5 billion in budget subsidies for an investment worth over PLN 20 billion.”. https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177150,31310400,budowa-fabryki-intela-w-polsce-wstrzymana-na-dwa-lata.html -- MORAWIECKI CRITICIZES GAWKOWSKI FOR LACK OF INVESTMENT SUCCESS: “Until the last moment, they boasted that they were working on the Intel investment. Today, they are withdrawing under the cover of night. It's a shame only for Poland.”. -- TUESDAY'S POLITICAL AGENDA: TUSK AT THE CRISIS STAFF FROM THE MORNING - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/09/17/ -- PRIME MINISTER HINTED THAT WEDNESDAY COULD BE A CRITICAL DAY IN THE FLOOD FIGHT - KAMIL DZIUBKA ON ONET: “From our conversations with participants of the meeting, it appears that the prime minister made it clear that Wednesday could be a critical day in the flood fight. This is when the peak wave on the Oder will start passing through Wrocław and may continue for several subsequent days.”. https://x.com/MorawieckiM/status/1835793456012116175 -- HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WARNED MINISTERS AGAINST EXCESSIVE MEDIA ACTIVITY - DZIUBKA AGAIN: “Therefore, as we hear, the head of government warned ministers against excessive media activity during this time. The point is that ministers whose departments are not primarily involved in flood fighting should limit their media activity and refrain from commenting on the flood. Simply put, communication must be consistent and verified information must be provided,” one of the ministers tells us. -- THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS INTERNAL CRISIS DONALD TUSK HAS HAD TO FACE SINCE RETURNING TO THE POSITION OF HEAD OF GOVERNMENT - DZIUBKA STILL. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwroclaw/kulisy-nadzwyczajnego-posiedzenia-rzadu-donald-tusk-przestrzegl-ministrow/dxf6y9d,79cfc278 -- DRAMATIC SITUATION IN NYSA. SERVICES AND RESIDENTS ARE SAVING THE FLOOD EMBANKMENT - DOMINIKA SITNICKA IN OKO.PRESS: “In the afternoon, authorities declared an evacuation in the city. For many hours, an attempt has been underway to save the embankment on Wyspiańskiego Street. If the dam fails, the entire city will be flooded.”. https://oko.press/na-zywo/na-zywo-relacja/dramatyczna-sytuacja-w-nysie-sluzby-i-mieszkancy-ratuja-wal-przeciwpowodziowy -- POLAND NEEDS OUR SOLIDARITY AGAIN - ADAM MICHNIK IN GW: “In essence, one could lament that as a society, we only manage to unite beautifully in the face of great disasters. But that's precisely the situation we are currently in.”. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31309705,polska-znowu-potrzebuje-naszej-solidarnosci.html -- PIS ORGANIZES COLLECTIONS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS AND CRITICIZES THE GOVERNMENT. BUT MORAWIECKI'S CAMP HAS CHOSEN A DIFFERENT PATH - AGATA KONDZIŃSKA IN GW: “Not everyone has to rush headlong and in a herd, as Nowogrodzka dictates. Today, Nowogrodzka consists of Rau, Hoffmann, Witek, who are fueling each other – I hear from one of Morawiecki's supporters.”. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31309636,pis-organizuje-zbiorki-dla-powodzian-i-krytykuje-rzad-ale-oboz.html -- ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CONVERSATION PARTICIPANTS, THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN ZELENSKYY AND SIKORSKI WAS EXTREMELY TENSE, ONE COULD EVEN SPEAK OF A SQUABBLE - WITOLD JURASZ ON ONE.: “According to accounts obtained by Onet from conversation participants, the atmosphere at one point was so bad that one could even speak of a squabble. Importantly, the Lithuanian delegation did not try to support the Polish minister.”. -- UKRAINE IS CONVINCED THAT POLAND IS SO THREATENED BY RUSSIA THAT BY HELPING UKRAINE, IT IS ESSENTIALLY ONLY HELPING ITSELF - JURASZ FURTHER: “The Polish participants seemed at least surprised by the style in which President Zelensky conducted the conversation. The reason, contrary to appearances, is quite simple. Ukraine, as indicated by numerous Onet conversations conducted in Kyiv during the international Yalta European Strategy conference, is convinced that Poland is so threatened by Russia that by helping Ukraine, it is essentially only helping itself. This would imply that, according to the conviction of its elites, Ukraine has no reason for any gratitude towards Poland.”. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/scysja-sikorskiego-z-prezydentem-ukrainy-polacy-byli-zaskoczeni-stylem-zelenskiego/jpppe4v,79cfc278 -- IT TAKES JUST OVER EIGHT MONTHS TO BECOME CONVINCED THAT NO GOVERNMENT IS IMMUNE TO SUCH THINGS AS NEPOTISM - ERNEST SKALSKI IN GW: “Picking on trifles? Perhaps. But such facts and trivialities create an atmosphere that can be a decisive factor in politics. The same goes for blatant cronyism and nepotism. This burden, after eight years in power, drowned PiS. It takes just over eight months to become convinced that no government is immune to such things.”. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31309384,nie-wchodz-w-te-buty-koalicjo.html -- "RETENTION MARSHAL". HOŁOWNIA ACTUALLY ASKED A JOURNALIST: "WHAT DID YOU DO TO INCREASE FLOOD SAFETY?" https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/706312-marszalek-retencyjny-holownia-zaatakowal-dziennikarza -- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Sutryk, Waldemar Andzel, Teresa Lubińska, Michał Stuligrosz