-- KRZYSZTOF STANOWSKI ON X: I already said I would run. How am I supposed to do it "officially"? https://x.com/K_Stanowski/status/1868357873215881618 -- TRUMP'S INVITATION. MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI TO FLY TO THE USA: https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-zaproszenie-od-trumpa-mateusz-morawiecki-ma-poleciec-do-usa,nId,7876021 -- MELONI ON MORAWIECKI ON TV REPUBLIKA: "I've known him for years, he's my friend, a capable man, and he was a very good Prime Minister. Europe and the EKR need people like Mateusz." https://x.com/RepublikaTV/status/1868370426914648351 -- MELONI TO MORAWIECKI: THIS APPLAUSE CONFIRMS THAT WE WILL SUPPORT YOU IN THIS BATTLE THAT YOU ARE ALSO FIGHTING FOR US - GW: Meloni added that she expects her "friend" Mateusz Morawiecki to be among the candidates for this position. In response to the applause for these words, she announced, addressing Morawiecki: - This applause confirms that we will support you in this battle that you are also fighting for us." https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,31546928,meloni-rezygnuje-z-przywodztwa-w-ekr-i-zapowiada-poparcie-dla.html -- IF EUROPE DOES NOT CHANGE, WE WILL BECOME A COLONY OF ASIAN POWERS AND AN OLDER, WEAKER BROTHER OF AMERICA - MORAWIECKI SAID IN ROME AT THE FRATELLI D’ITALIA CONGRESS: We must make Europe a safe land of traditional values, a land of family, a land of normalcy, a land of development and prosperity! https://x.com/MorawieckiM/status/1868242938704126377 -- IN HUNGARY OR A MONASTERY - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI ON THE TRAIL OF SEARCHING FOR MARCIN ROMANOWSKI: "Hungary is indicated as one of the countries where the PiS MP may be hiding. Another lead is the headquarters of one of the Catholic orders, as Romanowski, as a numerary of Opus Dei, an organization connected with the Church, may use the international contacts associated with it." https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31546580,czy-romanowski-poprosi-o-azyl-trwaja-poszukiwania-bylego-wiceministra.html -- SIENKIEWICZ: IF THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION DECIDES THAT PIS WILL NOT BEAR ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, IT WILL BE A FATAL SIGNAL OF THE IMMORALITY OF THE STATE; BŁASZCZAK: I EXPECT THE WORST - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/12/16/ -- 39:23 OPINIA24 POLL FOR RMF FM: "The most people would vote for Rafał Trzaskowski - 38.6%. Such a result would mean the necessity of organizing a second round. The KO candidate would face Karol Nawrocki in it, whom 23.3% of respondents want to support. (...) In further places were: Sławomir Mentzen (10.7%), Szymon Hołownia (7.4%), the Left candidate (2.6%), and Marek Jakubiak (1.3%). 6.6% of respondents chose the answer "Other candidate," and 9.5% chose the option "difficult to say." -- VOTERS OF THE THIRD WAY AND THE LEFT SUPPORT TRZASKOWSKI IN THE FIRST ROUND - FURTHER OPINIA24 FOR RMF: "It turns out that as many as 43% of Third Way sympathizers intend to vote for Rafał Trzaskowski. 45% of TD voters indicated their candidate - Szymon Hołownia. Nowa Lewica is also divided. 36% of respondents indicated the KO candidate, 44% indicated "the Left candidate" (Biejat's name did not appear in the poll)." -- 49 FOR TRZASKOWSKI, 34 FOR NAWROCKI IN A HYPOTHETICAL SECOND ROUND: "If it were to happen, 79% of Poles would participate in the vote. 48.9% of respondents answered that they would vote for Rafał Trzaskowski; 34.1% supported Karol Nawrocki. The answer "I don't know, difficult to say" was chosen by 17% of respondents." https://www.rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-prezydenckie-2025/news-kto-wygra-wybory-prezydenckie-w-polsce-sondaz-opinia24-dla-r,nId,7876021 -- 46% OF RESPONDENTS WHO BELIEVE KACZYŃSKI'S ACTIONS DO NOT REQUIRE LEGAL INTERVENTION, A TOTAL OF 45.8% OF RESPONDENTS SUPPORT HOLDING THE PIS CHAIRMAN ACCOUNTABLE - UNITED SURVEYS POLL FOR WP: https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-kara-dla-kaczynskiego-za-incydenty-na-miesiecznicach-polacy-,nId,7875953 -- KAROL NAWROCKI CAME TO THE OATH OF HIS RING COLLEAGUE, HE IS THE POLISH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION - SE: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/lekkie/karol-nawrocki-przyjechal-na-przysiege-kolegi-z-ringu-to-mistrz-polski-wagi-ciezkiej-aa-6R27-Mh6D-YrD2.html -- WP ON ERRORS IN MINISTER WIECZOREK'S ASSET DECLARATION: https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/nieprawdziwe-oswiadczenie-majatkowe-ministra-dariusza-wieczorka-7103565748837088a -- THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAMPER THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN POLAND - MICHAŁ DUSZCZYK ON JEDYNKA RZ: "The use of AI can increase Poland's GDP by 8% in the next decade and bring approximately EUR 55 billion annually – according to the latest research by Implement Consulting Group commissioned by Google. However, to benefit from this boost, we need thoughtful regulations that will ensure artificial intelligence is safe on one hand, but on the other hand, will not hinder the development of this technology. The AI industry on the Vistula is therefore appealing to the government for prudence and urgent action. Experts from this sector have just sent their remarks to the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MC) – "Rzeczpospolita" has learned. https://pro.rp.pl/raporty-ekonomiczne/art41581971-boty-do-piaskownicy-tego-chce-branza-ai -- VIDEO RECORDING OF THE RECENT MEETING WITH ANTONI LIBERA AT THE THREE SEAS HOUSE: During the evening, the author read some of his poetry translations and fragments of his new prose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNqcseL1vY -- MARSHAL ANDRZEJ WIELOWIEYSKI TURNS 97 TODAY! When World War II broke out, he was 12 years old. -- Photo: 1st National Congress of the Civic Movement - Democratic Action (ROAD). From left: Zofia Kuratowska, Jacek Kuroń and Andrzej Wielowieyski. Photo: Mieczysław Michalak, Ośrodek KARTA archives -- 8 YEARS AGO – the beginning of the so-called parliamentary crisis, known as the putsch. -- 19 YEARS AGO, outgoing President Aleksander Kwaśniewski applied the pardon to the former Deputy Minister of Interior, Zbigniew Sobotka, who was convicted for his involvement in the so-called Starachowice affair. -- BIRTHDAYS: Andrzej Wielowieyski, Anna Nehrebecka-Byczewska, Wojciech Szarama, Jacek Świat, Mirosław Czech.