— GIORGIA MELONI AT DONALD TRUMP'S. DONALD TUSK'S DEFEAT. AND ANDRZEJ DUDA'S – JĘDRZEJ BIELECKI IN RZ: “Now, however, with Trump having regained the White House, contacts with Duda, who will fall into political oblivion in a few weeks, do not serve him much. But the meeting between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni is also a defeat for Donald Tusk. After all, the Polish Prime Minister wants to use his six-month presidency of the Union to develop its defense policy and make it an important geopolitical player, especially concerning the war in Ukraine. A plan for a joint trip to Mar-a-Lago by the foreign ministers of Poland, France, and Germany was even drafted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art41645571-jedrzej-bielecki-giorgia-meloni-u-donalda-trumpa-porazka-donalda-tuska-i-andrzeja-dudy

— “I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS.” BIELAN SUGGESTS DUDA'S VISIT TO TRUMP – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/01/07/

— POLITICO EUROPE WRITES ABOUT PRESSURE ON THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ELON MUSK: “French President Emmanuel Macron quickly accused Musk of going too far in his vocal support for the AfD. ‘Ten years ago, who would have thought we’d be told that the owner of one of the world’s largest social networks would support a new international reactionary movement and directly intervene in elections, including in Germany,’ he said in a speech at the Elysée Palace. Now, the pressure to react rests with the European Commission, as it is responsible for enforcing the European Digital Services Act.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-interference-alice-weidel-x-livestream-afd-germany-eu-digital-services-act/

— BIDEN DECORATES SOROS – BBC: “The White House stated that the billionaire, philanthropist, and major Democratic donor George Soros ‘supported organizations and projects worldwide that strengthened democracy, human rights, education, and social justice.’”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced87711zlno

— THE PRIORITY OF THE POLISH PRESIDENCY IN THE EU IS TO LIMIT FREEDOM OF SPEECH – KRZYSZTOF BOSAK: “The priority of the Polish presidency in the EU is to limit freedom of speech – a value constitutionally protected in Poland. Hey wise guys in the government, give us your definition of fake news, and we'll have something to laugh at!”
https://x.com/krzysztofbosak/status/1876344668621021530

— IS THIS AN ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE SOVIET-STYLE CENSORSHIP? – BEATA SZYDŁO: “The Ministry of Climate has made… ‘fighting disinformation that questions energy and climate policy in the Union’ its ‘priority’ during the Polish presidency in the EU. What does this mean? Is it an attempt to introduce Soviet-style censorship? Well, our ‘progressives’ are, as always, two steps behind Brussels and Berlin’s current line. They want to hunt down thoughtcrimes against the Green Deal, while in Germany, a panic retreat from previous climate dogmas is beginning. Coal is returning to favor. It's returning so broadly that Germany is already pushing for Polish coal deposits.”
https://x.com/BeataSzydlo/status/1876314123039818183

— WILL HE ALSO BEHAVE LIKE ANDRZEJ LEPPER AS PRESIDENT OF THE RP? – BOGUSŁAW CHRABOTA IN RZ: “But how to reconcile solidarity with a narrow, rebellious professional group and aspiring to the role of leader of the state and nation? Of course, Nawrocki can chant slogans aimed at Mercosur or the Green Deal together with the farmers, but – potentially – as president, he will have to deal with these phenomena. Not as a new Andrzej Lepper, but as the first citizen of the state and nation, who must function in these important dimensions of economic and political reality.”
https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art41646381-boguslaw-chrabota-karol-nawrocki-krol-rolnikow

— DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND UNFULFILLED PROMISES, CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION MAY LEAD TO REAL VICTORY SCENARIOS APPEARING ON THE TABLE – JAKUB MAJMUREK IN NEWSWEEK: “For now, the path to Nawrocki's potential victory in the second round remains very distant and winding. The President of the IPN has shown Poles that he exists, but he has not yet presented himself as a politician of presidential caliber. On the other hand, disappointment with the government and unfulfilled promises, and concerns related to the economic and geopolitical situation, may lead to real victory scenarios appearing on the table.”
https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/pis-wyszlo-z-badan-ze-polacy-maja-dosc-konfliktu-w-co-gra-wiec-nawrocki/z8rbb08

— INSTEAD OF PRETENDING TO BE A CONSERVATIVE, HE MUST TAKE UP THE GAUNTLET AND, LIKE BARACK OBAMA IN 2008 ON THE ISSUE OF RACE, CONFRONT THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIAL CHANGE – LESZEK JAŻDŻEWSKI IN INTERIA: “Instead of pretending to be a conservative, he must take up the gauntlet and, like Barack Obama in 2008 on the issue of race, confront the challenge of social change. On his side, he will have many disappointed PO voters from 2023 – young people and women. But also many residents of smaller towns who have different aspirations and needs than a decade ago. A modern candidate can appeal to them. As long as he doesn't speak the language of shame and exclusion like a large part of Warsaw's elites.”

— ON EVERY DIFFICULT ISSUE, TRZASKOWSKI MUST SIDE WITH HIS VOTERS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT – EVEN IF THIS GOVERNMENT MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY HARMED IN THE SHORT TERM – JAŻDŻEWSKI FURTHER IN INTERIA: “On every difficult issue, Trzaskowski must side with his voters against the government – even if this government may be significantly harmed in the short term. But the defeat of the KO candidate by a PiS no-name will be a disaster for which temporary inconveniences are worth enduring.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-ustawienia-domyslne,nId,7883329

— THE STATE IS US, WITH THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – SAYS TUSK. WHAT LESSON OF DEMOCRACY IS THIS, AND WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM IT – PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “What does Donald Tusk's declaration on the evening of December 30th, that ‘there is no money and there won’t be,’ mean for the course of the elections, including the determination that they were valid? Does the government’s refusal to pay PiS money fall within the legal standards of a transition period? And what lesson of democracy will this be? How will the electorate of Karol Nawrocki react to such a dictum, and how will the voters of Rafał Trzaskowski react, especially in the second round of elections? Who will the row over money for PiS mobilize, and who will it discourage?”

— THIS SOUNDS LIKE PROVOCATION AGAINST THE PROCEDURES OF THE RULE OF LAW AND MAY EVOKE ASSOCIATIONS WITH JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI'S “I WITHOUT ANY PROCEDURE” FROM JULY 2017 IN THE SEJM, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS AN ATTACK OF FRENZY, AND THIS IS A LIGHTLY THROWN REMARK IN THE STYLE OF COMMUNICATION TYPICAL FOR DONALD TUSK – continued Pacewicz in OKO.

— WILL SOME VOTERS OF KO, AND ESPECIALLY TD AND THE LEFT, DESPITE THEIR CLEAR ANTI-PIS STANCE, NOT FEEL DISAPPOINTED BY A STYLE OF POLITICS SO FAR FROM WHAT THEY IMAGINED – continued Pacewicz in OKO: “Will some voters of KO, and especially TD and the Left, despite their clearly anti-PiS stance, not feel disappointed by a style of politics so far from what they imagined during the elections of October 15, 2023? Not to mention the group of undecided voters. Will they like the dictate of force and will it not evoke sympathy for the ‘aggrieved’?
https://oko.press/panstwo-to-my-z-ministrem-finansow-mowi-tusk

— BIRTHDAYS: Magdalena Środa, Tomasz Garbowski, Janusz Cichoń.