-- “THE STATE IS DOING EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER.” DUDA ON FLOOD AID, KACZYŃSKI: “I HAVEN’T SPOKEN WITH THE PRESIDENT IN 4.5 YEARS, OR EVEN MORE” -- 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/09/27 -- POLISH AI IS LOSING EXCEPTIONAL EXPERTS – BOLESŁAW BRECZKO IN GW: “- It’s a shame that officials, instead of supporting, are destabilizing AI development in the country – experts comment for Wyborcza.biz. Piotr Sankowski has resigned from his position at IDEAS NCBR. He was the founder of this center, its first president, and the leader of the research group named Intelligent Algorithms and Data Structures. He is the only Polish scientist to have received four ERC grants awarded by the European Research Council.” -- “I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AI IN POLAND WITH A NEW PRESIDENT WHO LACKS THE APPROPRIATE PROFILE – COMMENTS PROF. MARTA KWIATKOWSKA FOR WYBORCZA.BIZ – FURTHER FROM BRECZKO IN GW: “- I am surprised by this decision and I am worried about the future of AI in Poland with a new president who lacks the appropriate profile – comments prof. Marta Kwiatkowska for Wyborcza.biz. Wyborcza.biz has learned that other scientists are also planning to leave IDEAS NCBR, though they have not yet officially announced it.” https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177150,31337873,polska-ai-traci-wyjatkowych-ekspertow-piotr-sankowski-odchodzi.html -- SOLORZ IS REMOVING HIS CHILDREN FROM ALL COMPANIES – WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI AND AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: “In another version – already bordering on conspiracy theory – there is talk of the threat of Russians taking control of Solorz’s business. However, there is no convincing evidence for this.” -- SOME OF SOLORZ’S COMPANIES (ENERGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND NATIONWIDE TELEVISION) ARE STRATEGIC IN NATURE. TURMOIL WITHIN THEM IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR STATE STABILITY – FURTHER FROM THE GW AUTHORS: “This matter is not just about classic succession. Some of Solorz’s companies (energy, telecommunications, and nationwide television) are strategic in nature. Turmoil within them is not beneficial for state stability. Some of our interlocutors believe that politics is also at play in the background of the conflict. One version suggests that Kulka is behind Polsat’s pro-PiS stance during that party’s rule, and even that after the October 2023 elections, Solorz urged the leader of PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, to form an alliance with PiS. Kosiniak rejected the offer.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31338208,gdzie-jest-zygmunt-solorz-wokol-sprawy-wlasciciela-polsatu.html -- "SUPER EXPRESS" MANAGES TO OBTAIN THE BILLIONAIRE'S COMMENT ON THE MATTER: “- I rarely allow myself such confessions, but I promised my wife a honeymoon trip, which we couldn't take earlier due to professional reasons. We are on a cruise in Europe. However, I am constantly up-to-date with the companies' affairs and participate in their work. Please don't worry about me, I have everything under control – Zygmunt Solorz-Żak told us. – The children are already adults, over 30 and 40 years old, they have their own lives, and I have mine; it’s normal, isn’t it – he added.” https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/zygmunt-solorz-wyslal-list-do-pracownikow-chce-usunac-swoje-dzieci-od-wladzy-w-spolkach-aa-NBt4-CZDR-PQd9.html -- IN AN IBRIS POLL FOR RZ, THE MAJORITY FAVORS A COMMON COALITION CANDIDATE: Almost half of the respondents stated yes (24.8 percent – definitely yes, 24.3 percent – rather yes). 28.8 percent believe otherwise (14.4 percent – rather no, 14.4 percent – definitely no). The remaining group of 22.2 percent has no opinion. Trzaskowski was indicated by over half of the respondents – 55 percent. The second result was obtained by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz – 12.9 percent, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk – 8.3 percent. https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41198171-wspolny-kandydat-koalicji-na-prezydenta-nowy-sondaz-nie-pozostawia-watpliwosci -- AFTER THE FLOOD, THE COALITION'S FATE, AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT LIE IN THE HANDS OF ONE MAN. AND IT IS NOT TUSK – DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “Reconstruction after the flood is an operation from the series 'to be or not to be' for the Civic Coalition. Lower Silesia, Opole, and Lubusz Voivodeships are bastions of this party. It achieved much better results there than PiS and better than nationwide. However, the presidential elections are only a few months away – the parliamentary elections are also not far off – 2027 is already looming on the horizon – and voters will use these opportunities to assess, rather without leniency, how Tusk’s team managed the reconstruction in these areas, how effectively EU and national funds were used. Therefore, Tusk will move heaven and earth to ensure the reconstruction starts as quickly as possible. Thus, the ruling coalition's fate lies in the hands of the government's plenipotentiary, Marcin Kierwiński.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31335592,po-powodzi-los-koalicji-oraz-wynik-wyborow-prezydenckich-leza.html -- THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND HOW THE STATE AND SOCIETY ARE FIGHTING IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER AND SHAPED IN HIS OWN WAY BY DONALD TUSK – WITOLD GŁOWACKI IN OKO.PRESS: “The coalition leaders, the most important ministers of Donald Tusk’s government (perhaps with the exception of Tomasz Siemoniak), and the heads of state services have been pushed to the second, third, and fourth plan. The opposition – led by PiS – not without its own contribution, has been pushed into a corner. The story of the flood and how the state and society are fighting it has been completely taken over and shaped in his own way by Donald Tusk.” -- DESPITE ALL THESE RED LIGHTS, IT WAS CERTAINLY A VERY EFFECTIVE METHOD – FURTHER FROM GŁOWACKI: “Despite all these red lights, which frequently illuminated for more astute observers the crisis management methods adopted by Tusk, it was certainly a very effective method. Communication regarding the flood was indeed almost entirely monopolized by Tusk. In this sense, the Prime Minister and his team truly managed to 'win the flood'.” -- THE SOMEWHAT FORGOTTEN TERM ‘SUN KING’ IS CASUALLY RETURNING TO THE DAILY LANGUAGE OF PLATFORM POLITICIANS – FURTHER FROM GŁOWACKI IN OKO: “However, the impressions from observing the standards of single-person rule over complex structures remain mixed. And the somewhat forgotten term ‘Sun King’ is casually returning to the daily language of Platform politicians (and along with them, the coalition).” https://oko.press/bojarzy-zli-premier-dobry-tylko-te-bobry-o-powodziowej-komunikacji-rzadu-slow-kilka-widze-to-tak -- KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ FURIOUS AT TUSK. "THIS IS NOT RIGHT" – JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: “- What a good tsar and bad boyars – sighs one of the Peasants' Party members who observed the crisis staff meetings chaired by Prime Minister Tusk. The Prime Minister also cast the Deputy Prime Minister in the role of a bad boyar. – That was very poor. Donald Tusk tried to shift the blame onto those who were actually doing the most, i.e., the Ministry of National Defence – we hear from PSL. (...) This is already Donald Tusk’s normal practice, although in our opinion, it is not right – says one of the well-known PSL politicians, who wishes to remain anonymous.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/kulisy-sztabowe-jak-premier-rozmawia-z-wicepremierem-to-nie-jest-w-porzadku/essy1je -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY NOW PRIMARILY MEANS STRENGTHENING THE DIVISION OF ROLES – JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “PiS strove to completely erase it in a Putin-esque system of electorally legitimized unitary state power, in which one center (the Leader!) tells everyone what to do. Building democracy now primarily means strengthening the division of roles. It is worth considering whether the model of crisis management adopted in the face of the flood and its communication method serves this purpose.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31338363,spor-o-transmisje-ze-sztabu-powodziowego-kiedy-demokraci-moga.html -- MARCIN PRZYDACZ IS GROWING INTO THE ROLE OF THE NOVGORODKA'S FAVORITE AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FROM THE SECOND POLITICAL TIER – "NEWSWEEK" HAS ESTABLISHED – JACEK GĄDEK: “Marcin Przydacz, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and former minister in the President's Chancellery, is growing into the role of the Nowogrodzka’s favorite as a presidential candidate from the second political tier – "Newsweek" has established. Looking at Przydacz’s political activity in recent months leads to interesting conclusions. It appears he has been actively trying to curry favor with Nowogrodzka.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/rosnie-nowy-faworyt-pis-do-startu-na-prezydenta-ujawniamy-nazwisko-tylko-u-nas/6q61bw9 -- "IF I WANTED TO CREATE A HYPER-MODERN MUSEUM, MARCIN NAPIÓRKOWSKI WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD TURN TO. HOWEVER, THE PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTING AND DISMISSING THE DIRECTOR OF THE MHP FORCES US – INSTEAD OF CONCEPTS – TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE CURSE OF POLARIZATION" – MICHAŁ OKOŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY. https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/napiorkowski-zamiast-kostry-czy-dobra-zmiana-w-muzeum-historii-polski-188449 -- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Ast.