state of play: 10/04/2024

THE STATE OF PLAY: Solorz's Children Hope for Government Aid, but Civic Platform Sees Polsat's Election Influence as a Delusion; Flieger: The Left Stumbled on Artificial Intelligence

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-- EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN IN ALMOST 1.5 YEARS, WE WILL MAKE PERSONNEL DECISIONS IN 1.5 YEARS – SAID WŁODZIMIERZ CZARZASTY ON TOK FM - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/10/04 -- THE LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR REPLACEMENT IS SHORT. - HENNIG-KLOSKA, ZIELIŃSKA, WIECZOREK, AND PERHAPS SIEKIERSKI TOO - SE: “We hear from one of Civic Platform politicians that the list of candidates for replacement is short. - Hennig-Kloska, Zielińska, Wieczorek, and perhaps Siekierski too. I bet it will end with two names. If not for this complicated coalition puzzle, the Prime Minister would juggle the cabinet more – we hear”. https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/tusk-szykuje-czystke-w-rzadzie-ci-ministrowie-moga-sie-powaznie-obawiac-aa-6KUr-YzVT-24aa.html -- THE ANTI-PIS FACTION IN POLSAT COUNTS ON THE GOVERNMENT – IT BETS THAT WHEN A STRONG SIGNAL IS SENT THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES, IT WILL NOT BE WITHOUT INFLUENCE ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS OF CYFROWY POLSAT AND OTHER COMPANIES - AGNIESZKA KUBLIK AND WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: “The anti-PiS faction counts on the government – it bets that when a strong signal is sent that the children have good relations with the authorities, it will not be without influence on the state of affairs of Cyfrowy Polsat and other companies, and thus on ownership decisions. And it has arguments that should encourage the government to send such a signal. After all, the rulers know – one can suspect such a line of reasoning – that Cyfrowy Polsat is a very important point on the economic and political map of Poland. Access to such a powerful nationwide television station is very important for politicians; Solorz has a fiber optic network (Netia) in his assets; he is an important investor in renewable energy sources, which the current team is betting on”. -- SUPPORTERS OF THE BILLIONAIRE'S CHILDREN POINT OUT THAT THE RULING TEAM CANNOT REMAIN PASSIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE POWER STRUGGLE IN THE SOLORZ EMPIRE – CONTINUES KUBLIK AND CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: “Supporters of the billionaire's children point out that the ruling team cannot remain passive in the matter of the power struggle in the Solorz empire, because as it turns out, it is not entirely internal – it is important for the state who and how will manage these resources”. -- THE CONVICTION THAT POLSAT HAS THE POWER TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IS CONSIDERED A DELUSION - CONTINUES KUBLIK AND CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: “Civic Platform has observed these maneuvers with undisturbed calm from the very beginning. It believes that Solorz's various maneuvers are of little importance. And regarding the conflict between father and children, it intends to do… nothing, while observing the development of the situation. The conviction that Polsat has the power to influence the outcome of next year's presidential elections is considered a delusion. It was possible to win parliamentary elections despite Polsat favoring PiS and despite the pro-government TVP, which attacked the opposition, so it will be possible to win presidential elections as well. This kind of thinking dominates the ruling team”. https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31355412,dzieci-solorza-licza-ze-rzad-im-pomoze-bo-ojciec-nadepnal.html -- RESEARCH RESULTS INDICATE THAT BOGDAN RYMANOWSKI AND KONRAD PIASECKI ARE THE MOST POSITIVELY PERCEIVED JOURNALISTS IN TERMS OF SOCIAL TRUST - WRITES CBOS IN A COMMUNICATION: “Research results indicate that Bogdan Rymanowski and Konrad Piasecki are the most positively perceived journalists in terms of social trust. From a statistical point of view, the leaders of the trust ranking are also matched by Andrzej Stankiewicz, Robert Mazurek, Dorota Gawryluk, and Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska (their averages are only slightly lower than the average obtained by Bogdan Rymanowski). Furthermore, Grzegorz Jankowski achieved a result close to Konrad Piasecki's and that of another four from the top of this ranking, but significantly worse than Bogdan Rymanowski's average. Generally, with the exception of Michał Rachoń, the journalists included in this study are more often perceived positively than negatively”. https://cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/flashe_tekst.php?nr=41/2024 -- A SHAKE-UP IN THE PIS POLLS MAY OCCUR IN A YEAR, WHEN AFTER WINNING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, THE CURRENT COALITION STARTS DELIVERING ON ISSUES ONE AFTER ANOTHER - DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ ON NEWSWEEK PORTAL: “A shake-up in the PiS polls may occur in a year. Exactly in the middle of the term. If everything goes according to the ruling coalition's plan, a new occupant will sit in the Presidential Palace in August next year. Likely from Civic Platform. And from the beginning of the next political season, the legislative steamroller will start rolling. Everything that cannot be done now will be done in a year. The coalition in the middle of its term – when voters will seriously lose patience and start wondering if they really entrusted their vote to responsible people – will start delivering on issues one after another. And PiS, without a president – which will automatically mean changes in the Constitutional Tribunal and the Supreme Court, as that is the coalition's plan – will only be left to sit and shout about the death of democracy. They will lose their last vestiges of agency. This, in turn, may cause voters to fall into delayed political depression”. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/w-pis-dzieje-sie-fatalnie-a-poparcie-ani-drgnie-dlaczego-w-partii-maja-trzy/e297s42,452ad802 -- ACCORDING TO OUR INFORMATION, THE BLOW AGAINST DWROCZYK HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER THE PIS CONGRESS ON OCTOBER 12 IN PRZYSUCHA - JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: “– Dworczyk's suspension has been put on hold – we hear from one of our sources. According to our information, the blow against Dworczyk has been postponed until after the PiS congress on October 12 in Przysucha. That is when – according to the plan – PiS and Sovereign Poland are to be united. Why was the decision to suspend postponed? According to our information, there is no trust at the top of PiS in Morawiecki, who is suspected of potentially using Dworczyk's suspension or expulsion as a pretext to leave the party, along with a group of even 20-30 MPs. Kaczyński therefore prefers not to create such a pretext, and secondly: just before the PiS congress, a signal would go out to the public that there is a war and mutual elimination within the United Right camp”. https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/nagla-narada-na-szczycie-pis-jaroslaw-kaczynski-bal-sie-rozlamu-w-partii/hwhhb5r -- WHY ARE ALCOHOL SACHETS IN SHOPS? DUE TO STATE INCOMPETENCE. POLITICIANS ARE NOW MAKING A CABARET, AND A NOT VERY FUNNY ONE AT THAT - PIOTR MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “The government brought out the Abrams tanks and started shooting sparrows with tanks. (...) I'll omit the fact that for a moment I wished the Prime Minister would get so angry about housing prices. Maybe then something would move. I'll omit that we've had floods, missiles from Iran are flying towards Israel, and the Prime Minister has spoken twice about alcohol in sachets, manually directing ministers on a matter of featherweight importance. I'll omit that the customers also did not disappoint. Alcohol in sachets was being bought out of shops yesterday 'as a souvenir'”. -- I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SENDING A FLOOD OF INSPECTIONS TO A COMPANY BECAUSE A POLITICIAN DECIDED SO. BECAUSE TODAY IT'S THEM, AND TOMORROW IT COULD BE YOU - CONTINUES PIOTR MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “Do I like alcohol being introduced for sale in packaging resembling healthy food for children? No, I don't like it. And I don't like it at all. But I also don't like the idea of sending a flood of inspections to a company because a politician decided so. Because today it's them, and tomorrow it could be you. The whole affair resembles a cabaret. The worst part is that it's not funny”. https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147743,31352237,skad-sie-wziely-saszetki-z-alkoholem-w-sklepach-z-bezradnosci.html -- THE LEFT STUMBLED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - ESTERA FLIEGER IN RZ: “Deputy Minister of Science Maciej Gdula, who has become the face of the widely criticized personnel changes in the center, has achieved success. Although he chose a specific path of popularizing knowledge about the development of AI in Poland. (...) While artificial intelligence research is doing very well thanks to the efforts of Polish scientists, Wieczorek and Gdula lacked emotional intelligence and political imagination; furthermore, the problem divides the Left (Razem criticizes the ministers, while other politicians eagerly defend them) and further weakens it, because it is associated with a program for science more than any other grouping, yet it stumbles on it”. https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41242241-estera-flieger-lewica-wylozyla-sie-na-sztucznej-inteligencji-a-wystarczyloby-troche-wyobrazni -- THE GOVERNMENT IS PUMPING TENS OF BILLIONS INTO THE ECONOMY, WHICH WILL FURTHER BOOST INFLATION. FOR NOW, HOWEVER, THE COALITION PARTNERS PREFER TO PRETEND THAT THE PROBLEM OF HIGH PRICES DOES NOT EXIST - MAREK RABIJ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “By removing the effects of the flood, the government will pump tens of billions into the economy, which will boost inflation even more. For now, however, the coalition partners prefer to pretend that the problem of high prices does not exist. And there is little else they can do”. -- WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION, WE ARE DEALING WITH A CLASSIC PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SITUATION IN POLAND - STATES RABIJ IN THE WEEKLY: “Meanwhile, October may not be better: the escalation of the situation in the Middle East will almost certainly pull fuel prices out of their post-holiday slump, which in turn will increase production costs. When it comes to inflation, we are therefore dealing with a classic pre-revolutionary situation in Poland, i.e., a moment when the people feel that things will not get better in the near future”. https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/inflacja-rosnie-ale-rzad-juz-nie-mowi-o-trybunale-stanu-dla-prezesa-nbp-ruszajac-ten-temat-musialby -- READER'S NIKE FOR MICHAŁ WITKOWSKI: “Finally, I can speak with my own voice” – writes Michał Witkowski in “Wiara”. For this incredibly distinct voice, readers fell in love with Witkowski and awarded the first volume of his “Autobiography” the Reader's Nike”. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75517,31350030,fenomen-witkowszczyzny-nike-czytelnikow-2024-dla-michala-witkowskiego.html -- REGARDING THE DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SITUATION OF JANUSZ PALIKOT'S COMPANY, HIS DEFENDER, ADVOCATE JACEK DUBOIS, ACCUSED THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH ALLEGEDLY TOOK ACTIONS AGAINST HIM THAT WERE "DISCOURAGING INVESTORS" - ONET: “– These actions were taken during the time of a different government administration, which did not favor Mr. Janusz in any way, and large-scale actions by various organizational units, KNF and others, caused creditors to lose confidence, and this entire business ceased to function properly – said Jacek Dubois. The lawyer added that his client will present “his version of events” and appropriate documentation after the charges are filed”. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/janusz-palikot-zostal-przesluchany-i-uslyszal-zarzuty-nowe-informacje/ezv2vj4,79cfc278 -- PIOTR MĄCZYŃSKI IN GW ABOUT THE BUSINESS CHARM THAT PALIKOT PLAYED ON: “This charm helped attract more investors. For whom he organized, for example, dinners at the luxurious Nobu Hotel Warsaw in Warsaw, with a fashion show. And he paid for accommodation there. When someone started having doubts, he would send such investors, for example, a barrel of Okowita”. -- THE PRODUCTS OF HIS MANUFACTURE ARE REALLY GOOD. AND EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT EMPHASIZE THIS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT P. WAS UNABLE TO SELL THEM WELL ENOUGH AND IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY - CONTINUES MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “Janusz P. also creates excellent culinary programs on social media – and comparisons to Makłowicz are not an exaggeration here. What's more, the products of his Manufaktura are really good. And experts on the subject emphasize this. The problem is that P. was unable to sell them well enough and in sufficient quantity”. https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147743,31357238,historia-sztukmistrza-z-bilgoraja-jak-janusz-p-zarobil-i-stracil.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Czabański, Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf, Monika Wielichowska, Domicela Kopaczewska, Zdzisław Chmielewski, Marek Rząsa, Piotr Całbecki.

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