state of play: 12/03/2024

STATE OF PLAY: Trump in Europe on Saturday, Walendziak's Grand Return to Political Circles, Stankiewicz: CBA on Kurski's Trail

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-- PRIME MINISTER EWAS KOPACZ'S 68TH BIRTHDAY. -- ON SATURDAY, DONALD TRUMP MAKES HIS FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE SINCE HIS PREVIOUS PRESIDENCY. He will attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral after renovations: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113586046394556777 -- POLITICAL AGENDA FOR TUESDAY: TUSK WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU, NAWROCKI IN ŻYWIEC, COMMITTEES ON ZIOBRO, ŚWIRSKI, AND GLAPIŃSKI, GOVERNMENT SESSION - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/12/03/ -- JOE BIDEN DELIVERS A SOLID BLOW TO LIBERAL DEMOCRACY - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “After all, it was Trump who said during the campaign that the so-called deep state rules, and that Biden or Harris are merely its puppets. That the real enemy is an internal enemy, and that this entire system must be destroyed. And his close advisor Elon Musk claimed that the media lies, and that the current media model should be replaced by social platforms, such as his X (formerly Twitter). It was precisely X users that Musk congratulated on Trump's victory, writing: ‘You are the real media.’ And now, Joe Biden makes a move that perfectly fits this narrative.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41526071-michal-szuldrzynski-joe-biden-wymierzyl-liberalnej-demokracji-solidny-cios -- NEW LUXURY: BUTTER. PRICES ARE GOING WILD, IT'S NO LONGER A BLOCK, IT'S A GOLD BAR. AND IT WILL SOON BREAK 10 ZŁ - PIOTR MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “Butter is heating up and getting more expensive. For weeks, there has been an unstoppable price surge for butter in stores. The prices for a block are so high that chains are limiting promotions because they are losing too much on them. When will butter cross the 10 zł barrier? Dialogue over the phone. - There's a butter promotion at Lidl tomorrow. It hasn't been on sale for a while – sighs the mother during a ritual Sunday conversation with her daughter over the phone.” https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147743,31510894,nowy-luksus-maslo-ceny-szaleja-to-juz-nie-kostka-to-sztabka.html -- FICTITIOUSLY EMPLOYED MP, LOST EQUIPMENT INTENDED FOR UKRAINE, FINANCING OUTDOOR EVENTS WITH PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES, TENS OF MILLIONS SPENT IN VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS. WE REVEAL THE SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE REPORT ON STATE FORESTS - ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI AND JAKUB CHEŁMIŃSKI IN GW: https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,31511494,jutro-na-wyborcza-pl-ujawniamy-szokujacy-raport-nik-o-lasach.html -- IF THE PIS CANDIDATE SPEAKS OF ENDING THE POLISH-POLISH WAR AND DOES NOT FIND HIS CONFLICT WITH TRZASKOWSKI, HE WILL COME EVEN CLOSER TO DEFEAT - PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “Law and Justice built itself on the Polish-Polish war and only because of it does it exist. If the party's candidate speaks of ending it and does not find his conflict with Rafał Trzaskowski, he will come even closer to defeat.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-wojna-i-pokoj,nId,7867322 -- WIESŁAW WALENDZIAK'S GRAND RETURN TO POLITICAL CIRCLES – he is visible in a photo from Rafał Trzaskowski's tweetup in the week leading up to the major KO convention. https://x.com/DorotaLoboda/status/1863688973098287109 -- SUDDENLY, BY ZYGMUNT SOLORZ'S DECISION, HE RETURNED TO THE SCENE AT THE INTERSECTION OF POLITICS AND MEDIA – PIOTR SEMKA WROTE ABOUT WALENDZIAK 3 WEEKS AGO IN TYGODNIK DO RZECZY: “For over 20 years, he tried not to draw attention to himself. He reluctantly gave interviews, avoided television studios from afar, and deliberately enjoyed the luxury of remaining in the shadows. He was mainly written about in specialized business sections. And suddenly, by Zygmunt Solorz's decision, he returned to the scene at the intersection of politics and media. In late October, he received a nomination for the management board of Polsat, which reignited emotions around him.” -- ONE OF THE PSL POLITICIANS SAYS: “BY SENDING WALENDZIAK TO THE POLSAT BOARD, SOLORZ IS CONSTANTLY WAVING A OLIVE BRANCH TOWARDS TUSK'S TEAM” - SEMKA CONTINUED WRITING IN DO RZECZY: “One of the PSL politicians says: ‘By sending Walendziak to the Polsat board, Solorz is constantly waving an olive branch towards Tusk's team. Walendziak is a man who has a very close acquaintance with Radosław Sikorski and can arrange things with people in Tusk's immediate circle. But he also always ensures a degree of symmetry. He offers friendly solutions, but does not let us forget that his main sovereign is Solorz.’ Walendziak's place on the Polsat board is also a kind of demonstration that the well-known businessman is sidelining Dorota Gawryluk. There was once a persistent rumor at Polsat that while Solorz was considering supporting Gawryluk's presidential candidacy, he promised her a place on the Polsat board later. Today, he is appointing someone to this position who is not poorly perceived in Platforma.” -- SOLORZ HAS PEOPLE IN HIS CIRCLE FOR EVERY OCCASION. WALENDZIAK IS KNOWN TO THE PLATFORM TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT GET IN THEIR WAY – SEMKA CONTINUED WRITING: “Once again, the truth that Solorz has people in his circle for every occasion is confirmed. Walendziak is known to Platforma today as someone who will not get in their way, but platformers also know that he will not betray Solorz. Therefore, Solorz, a master of survival, by nominating Walendziak, extends a hand of reconciliation, but at the same time demonstrates that he was able to withstand the media attack and will continue the game as an equal. The question is: Will such a modus vivendi satisfy Donald Tusk's team?” https://dorzeczy.pl/kraj/653809/polsat-powrot-wieslawa-walendziaka.html -- CBA ON KURSKI'S TRAIL - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ IN ONET'S STAN WYJĄTKOWY: “Well, TVP and Polsat mutually bought broadcasting rights for sporting events from each other. Kurski paid Polsat 90 million euros for volleyball matches and Champions League games. At the same time, he received only 5 million euros from Polsat for the rights to the Polish national football team matches. The difference to TVP's detriment could reach 360-370 million PLN. (...) However, the CBA is very seriously investigating the temporal correlation between Kurski's conclusion of the favorable agreement for Polsat in 2018 and the employment of his new Catholic wife at Netia, a telecommunications company controlled by Zygmunt Solorz. That is why agents from the CBA recently visited the headquarters of TVP and Polsat, taking away a lot of interesting documents.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/stan-wyjatkowy-ciemne-strony-nawrockiego-dotarlismy-do-wewnetrznego-raportu-ktory/sqn3eds -- BIRTHDAYS: Ewa Kopacz, Bogusław Sonik, Małgorzata Sadurska, Jacek Gądek, Jakub Rutnicki.

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