-- WILL PSL VOTE FOR THE LIFTING OF KACZYŃSKI'S IMMUNITY? KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ: THERE ARE MANY REASONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF REMOVING THE NAMEPLATE FROM THE WREATH IS THE BIGGEST ONE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/12/06/ -- NEW CONFLICT IN GOVERNMENT. THERE MAY BE NO MONEY FOR TREATMENT - JOLANTA OJCZYK IN BUSINESS INSIDER POLSKA: “Without this document, hospitals cannot plan their budgets, employment, or the number of services. They don't know how much money will be allocated to healthcare financing. This concerns the financial plan of the National Health Fund for 2025. According to the law, it should be approved by the end of July. However, it is being blocked by the Ministry of Finance. Business Insider has found out what it expects from the Ministry of Health. For over six months, there has been an exchange of letters between the ministries of finance and health regarding the approval of the NHF's financial plan for 2025. The Ministry of Finance has concerns about the possibility of financing the planned tasks in 2025, especially annual increases for staff. Therefore, it is pushing the Minister of Health to present a reform that will limit costs.” https://businessinsider.com.pl/prawo/nowy-konflikt-w-rzadzie-minister-finansow-blokuje-plan-finansowy-nfz/yfp3td1 -- NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR TEACHER PAYMENTS. SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE SERIOUS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS - KAROLINA NOWAKOWSKA IN DGP: “In Bytom, there is a shortage of as much as PLN 32 million for teacher salaries. The city authorities explain this budget gap by the too low educational subsidy. It amounts to approximately PLN 350 million annually, while approximately PLN 520 million is needed. In Siemianowice Śląskie, there was a shortfall of PLN 8 million. https://serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl/edukacja/artykuly/9683229,zabraklo-pieniedzy-na-wyplaty-dla-nauczycieli-czesc-samorzadow-ma-pow.html -- THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IS EVICTING ITS RETIREES FROM ALLOTMENT GARDENS. "CLEAN UP AND VACATE" - JACEK BRZUSZKIEWICZ IN GW: “- It's outrageous, daylight robbery. The Ministry of National Defense wants to take away our allotment gardens, which are everything to us. We have only a few, maybe a dozen years of life left, and we can't function without them. How could we, since we've had them forever? And this is what the face of smiling Poland, for which we voted on October 15th, is supposed to look like? - distressed allotment gardeners from Hrubieszów, military retirees, called 'Wyborcza'.” -- DEVELOPER IN THE BACKGROUND - SUGGEST ALLOTMENT GARDENERS - FURTHER IN THE GW ARTICLE: “And the allotment gardeners say directly: - They want to drive us out of here and take over the land. A few days ago, one of us struck up a conversation with a stranger who was hanging around. Other allotment gardeners joined the conversation. Under pressure of questions, the stranger admitted that he was hired by a developer to inspect the area.” https://lublin.wyborcza.pl/lublin/7,48724,31521410,mon-wyrzuca-z-ogrodkow-dzialkowych-swoich-emerytow-usmiechnieta.html -- BREAD AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WITH RISING BUTTER PRICES, EVEN MORE OF THE LATTER. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE IN THE USA - ESTERA FLIEGER IN RZ: “What time is it? Donald Tusk replies: 'Accountability.' Bread and accountability. And with rising butter prices, even more of the latter. We've seen this before in the USA: the vision of Donald Trump being led away in handcuffs was promoted, while the political Holy Grail lay somewhere else entirely.” -- IF THE PRIME MINISTER, WHEN ASKED WHAT TIME IT IS, SOON REPLIES: "WE WILL HOLD PIS ACCOUNTABLE," HE WILL BE IN A SIMILAR POSITION. THIS IS NOT NEW ENERGY. IT IS QUICKLY FORGOTTEN THAT PIS ALSO LOST BECAUSE IT PRIMARILY TALKED ABOUT TUSK - FURTHER IN FLIEGER IN RZ: “Dexter, the hero of a popular cartoon from the 90s, tried to learn French in his sleep: he lay down with headphones on, but the tape got stuck, and he only mastered one phrase: cheese omelette ('omelette de fromage'). He even had a spectacular career with it (becoming a teen celebrity), but eventually ended it, and above all, became very tired. If the Prime Minister, when asked what time it is, soon replies: 'We will hold PiS accountable,' he will be in a similar position. This is not new energy. It is quickly forgotten that PiS also lost because it primarily talked about Tusk.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41542851-estera-flieger-ktora-godzina-donald-tusk-odpowiada-rozliczenia -- IF WE START THE CAMPAIGN BY ACCUSING THE SERVICES OF WRITING A REPORT AGAINST ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, AND THEN ARRESTING A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL NOT BECAUSE HE IS DANGEROUS, BUT TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF THAT REPORT, THEN HOW WILL WE END IT? - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “From the perspective of Polish politics in AD 2024, Hitchcock was probably a director of boring soap operas. And the only question is, while our large eastern neighbor takes care of the appropriate level of tension in the world, wouldn't we need a bit more calm here in Poland? Because if we start the election campaign by accusing the services of writing a report against one of the candidates, and then arresting a dangerous criminal not because he is dangerous, but to strengthen the impact of that report, then how will we end it?” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41545221-artur-bartkiewicz-olgierd-l-karol-nawrocki-i-sluzby-strach-pomyslec-co-jeszcze-nas-czeka -- A PARLIAMENTARY BILL DRAFTED BY KO HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE SEJM, PROPOSING ADDITIONAL PARKING FEES ALSO IN SMALLER CITIES - MALWINA GADAWA IN MONEY.PL: “A parliamentary bill amending the Public Roads Act has been submitted to the Sejm. If the changes come into effect, then not only large cities but also smaller municipalities will be able to charge parking fees on weekends and holidays.” https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/nowe-oplaty-za-parkowanie-w-malych-miastach-jest-projekt-gminy-sa-paralizowane-7099947875383968a.html -- THE ECONOMIST ON GIORGIA MELONI: Which European leader can talk to both Donald Trump and the European establishment? Our columnist Charlemagne bets on Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy. She is right-wing enough for MAGA, but sane enough to be taken seriously by major European leaders. https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/05/will-giorgia-meloni-turn-out-to-be-europes-trump-card -- AN INTERESTING MEETING WITH ANTONI LIBERA TODAY: Prof. Zdzisław Krasnodębski will talk with Antoni Libera – writer, translator, theater director, literary critic – about his philosophical views. During the evening, the author will read some of his poetry translations and fragments of his new prose. The meeting will take place on Friday, December 6, 2024, at 6:00 PM at the Three Seas House at 39A Łowicka Street in Warsaw. -- BIRTHDAYS: Konrad Szymański, Janusz Wojciechowski, Paweł Bravo.