-- DONALD TRUMP AND ANDRZEJ DUDA WILL PRAY IN THE SAME TEMPLE, THOUGH OUR PRESIDENT SHOULD BE IN LOWER SILESIA - IRENA LASOTA IN RZ: “Speaking of Polish-American relations, I am just reading the news that 'former US President Donald Trump will visit the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in New Britain Township, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. On the same day, President Andrzej Duda is also scheduled to visit the shrine.' I hope this is disinformation. Trump is going to Pennsylvania to solicit votes from Poles, to whom Kamala Harris recently appealed in a debate and in campaign spots. A potential joint prayer by Trump and Duda could sway Polish-American voters to Trump's side.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art41155341-irena-lasota-trwa-powodz-a-gdzie-jest-prezydent-andrzej-duda -- POLISH INDUSTRY IS RUNNING OUT OF BREATH - GUS DATA AGAIN DISAPPOINTED. PRODUCTION FELL MORE THAN EXPECTED IN AUGUST - GAZETA.PL: https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,31317377,przemysl-na-jeszcze-wiekszym-minusie-niezbyt-dobre-dane-gus.html -- "THE DIFFERENCE IS SUBSTANTIAL. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WE THOUGHT 8 HOURS AGO." TUSK ON THE FLOOD SITUATION - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/09/19/ -- ACCORDING TO ONET INFORMATION, THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IS TO DISCUSS NOT ONLY AMOUNTS BUT ALSO DATES. THERE IS A FEAR THAT THE EU MILLS WILL GRIND SLOWLY - KAMIL DZIUBKA IN ONET: “This is not the end, however. According to Onet's information, the head of government is to discuss not only amounts but also dates. There is a fear that the EU mills will grind slowly and that EU funds will realistically reach the accounts of Polish offices only in a few months. This is a problem because the 2 billion PLN that the government has already allocated to combat the effects of the flood may quickly run out.” -- THE GOAL IS FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO TREAT THIS EVENT AS NON-STANDARD - DZIUBKA FURTHER IN ONET: “The goal is for the European Commission to treat this event as non-standard. This is also a signal to the new EC, which will start operating in a few months. Perhaps the existing system needs to be rethought in such a way that it is possible to disburse advances. So that one does not have to wait months – we hear from an official. This will not be easy because the Commission must ensure that these funds are disbursed in accordance with procedures. Each tranche is controlled by OLAF, i.e., the EU agency for combating financial irregularities, including those related to EU funds.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/donald-tusk-pilnie-sciaga-do-polski-ursule-von-der-leyen-chce-naciskac-na-bruksele/7s39je6,79cfc278 -- HOUSING AS A RIGHT? YES, THE RIGHT OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND - WITOLD GADOMSKI IN GW: “Those who promote the slogan of everyone's right to housing are misleading young people at the beginning of their careers into believing they will effortlessly receive a good that others work years for. Such a good – an apartment for rent at a price significantly lower than market value – would only be available to a few. The distribution of such goods according to non-market rules is never fair, and usually involves the exploitation of connections or bribes. This was the case in the Polish People's Republic, when some waited years for an apartment, others borrowed from family or went abroad to earn for an apartment, and still others joined the communist party or entered known services. Despite everything, the most fair distribution of scarce goods is through market methods.” -- POLAND RANKS THIRD IN EUROPE IN TERMS OF NEW APARTMENTS COMPLETED, AFTER FRANCE AND GERMANY - GADOMSKI FURTHER IN GW: “Poland ranks third in Europe in terms of new apartments completed, after France and Germany, and second, after Ireland, in terms of new apartments completed per 1,000 inhabitants. This is worth remembering when proposing ideas that are supposedly meant to boost housing construction.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31315206,mieszkanie-prawem-tak-prawem-popytu-i-podazy.html -- PIS HABITS OF THE NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE IN THE CASE OF FIRING ROBERT KOSTRO FROM MHP - KAZIMIERZ WÓYCICKI IN RZ: “It is not only surprising but scandalous that the minister thus sides with a private company, and her letter could cost the State Treasury tens of millions of zlotys. It is enough to show in court that even a government member believes that Kostro should pay for the delays of the contractor, which is the company Budimex. And if the minister makes such accusations, it also makes one wonder how she herself will spend state money.” https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art41148701-kazimierz-woycicki-pisowskie-zwyczaje-nowej-ministry-kultury-przy-zwalnianiu-roberta-kostry-z-mhp -- IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND AN APPLICATION TODAY THAT WOULD IGNITE GREAT POLITICS MORE THAN TIKTOK - JOANNA SOSNOWSKA IN GW: “TikTok has confirmed that through its application, it tracked journalists who spoke with former company employees and wrote investigative articles based on that information. Phone tracking was intended to reveal who was the source of information leaks. (...) However, knowing how China operates, it is difficult to believe in the independence of the application, as well as that the communist party does not want to leverage the advantages TikTok provides. As a result, Americans treat TikTok as an arm of the Chinese government, a tool of the Chinese Communist Party for transmitting propaganda to the United States and Americans' data to Beijing.” https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177150,31314272,agora-czy-opioid-czym-jest-dzis-tiktok.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Mariusz Błaszczak, Bolesław Piecha, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Rafał Matyja.