— INTERIA HAS OBTAINED A LETTER SENT BY PRESIDENT ANDRZEJ DUDA TO PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK REQUESTING “GUARANTEES OF UNDISTURBED STAY ON THE TERRITORY OF OUR COUNTRY” FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. THIS CONCERNS HIS VISIT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-andrzej-duda-prosi-donalda-tuska-o-ochrone-dla-premiera-izra,nId,7888175

— ANDRZEJ DUDA WANTS TO PROTECT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FROM ARREST IN POLAND – ONET QUOTES BLOOMBERG: “Andrzej Duda reportedly asked Donald Tusk's government for protection for Benjamin Netanyahu from arrest should the Israeli Prime Minister wish to attend the 80th anniversary commemorations of the liberation of the German Auschwitz camp, according to Bloomberg. The politician is being sought by the International Criminal Court for war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/nieoficjalnie-andrzej-duda-chce-uchronic-binjamina-netanjahu-przed-aresztowaniem-w/n8scybb,79cfc278

— THE LEFT WANTS TO BLOCK THE X PLATFORM: “Magdalena Biejat, Deputy Speaker of the Senate and a candidate for President of the Republic of Poland from the Left, responded to the question of whether she would want the X platform blocked in Poland. ‘I would consider it and I encourage it. I know, because I spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Gawkowski, our Minister of Digitization, that such discussions are already underway regarding what we can do to better control these platforms, so that they care for the democratic process and are not used to influence it,’ said the politician in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on Radio Zet.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/717980-blokada-x-biejat-rozwazylabymtakie-dyskusje-juz-sie-tocza

— WASSERMANN: I AM WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH PIS, BUT I LOOK WITH GREAT SYMPATHY TOWARDS THE CONFEDERATION, I OFTEN AGREE WITH POLSKA 2050 – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/01/09/

— IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THE SPIRIT OF DONALD TRUMP, WHO KNOWS BETTER HOW COURT RULINGS SHOULD BE, DID NOT OVERARCH THE RULING COALITION'S DECISIONS. EIGHT YEARS OF PIS RULE SHOULD BE THE STRONGEST WARNING AGAINST ADOPTING THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS RIGHT AND SEE NO ROOM FOR DISCUSSION – PROF. JAROSŁAW FLIS FROM THE JAGELLONIAN UNIVERSITY TELLS GAZETA.PL IN AN INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL DROB.

— IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR PO TO UNDERSTAND THIS TOO, IT IS FOOLISH TO DO WHAT THE PREDECESSORS DID, ONLY MUCH MORE SO, MUCH STRONGER – PROF. FLIS CONTINUES WITH DROB AT GAZETA.PL: “Is there anyone who will stop him? The only thing that might work here is if he understands beforehand that it’s not worth pushing the limits. It would be good for PO to understand this too; it is foolish to do what the predecessors did, only much more so, much stronger. After all, Law and Justice thought the same way when they were in power – that we can do whatever we want because we have a colossal moral advantage over the other side, and this other side will never win again, we will plough it under, there will be nothing left to harvest. We'll broadcast 'Für Deutschland' a thousand times, we'll milk state-owned companies, we'll set up umpteen investigative commissions. Who will stop us? 'The howling is heard – excellent!'. And yet, 2023 showed that even when playing with a rigged deck, you can lose. And unequivocally so.”

— THE LEVEL OF LIFE WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, WHETHER POLES RECOGNIZE THAT THE SITUATION IN POLAND IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT – FLIS TELLS DROB: “First and foremost, the economy and Ukraine – whether and how the war ends by May. I think that Trump's policy successes, or whether his presidency will be a series of embarrassments that can be mocked, like the idea of annexing Canada, might have an influence. Nevertheless, the most important thing will be the standard of living, whether Poles recognize that the situation in Poland is moving in the right direction or not.”
https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,31599413,pieniadze-dla-pis-jak-goracy-kartofel-flis-domanski-nie-chce.html

— BAD MOODS, WARNING LEVEL EXCEEDED, BUT TRZASKOWSKI REMAINS THE FAVORITE – MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI IN OKO.PRESS: “With just over four months until the presidential elections, social moods predict a difficult campaign for the candidates of the 15th October coalition. Disaster has not yet struck, but a further deepening of voter political depression could signal serious trouble.”

— RATINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE THE ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN WORSE ONLY TWICE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS: BEFORE THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN 2015 AND 2023 – CONTINUES DANIELEWSKI IN OKO.

— ONLY ONE GOVERNMENT HAD WORSE RATINGS 5 MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS IN THE LAST DECADE: THE GOVERNMENT OF MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI BEFORE THE OCTOBER 2023 ELECTIONS – WRITES DANIELEWSKI: “Similarly, the situation is with social moods regarding the direction Poland is heading: today, 50% of respondents believe it is in the wrong direction (an increase of 8 percentage points over a year), and 32% believe it is in the right direction (a decrease of 6 percentage points compared to January 2024). In the last decade, only Ewa Kopacz's government before the 2015 parliamentary elections and – again – Mateusz Morawiecki's government before the October 2023 elections had worse ratings.”

— GREAT AND GROWING SOCIAL DISSATISFACTION WITH THE RULERS AND THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, AND WITH THE CANDIDATE OF THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY, WHO FOR NOW CANNOT (AND DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL CHANGE SOON) BECOME THE VOICE OF THESE MOODS – WRITES DANIELEWSKI: “For now, Karol Nawrocki seems to be the ideal opponent for Rafał Trzaskowski. With such an opponent, the Civic Coalition candidate can easily turn the second round into a kind of plebiscite where the question 'do you want to remove the current government?' replaces the question 'do you want PiS back?'. Given the current social moods, this would still be a polarizing axis convenient for Trzaskowski. Especially since another factor will be important: unlike in 2015, the 2025 presidential elections are ending, not starting, the electoral cycle. It will therefore be relatively easy to mobilize the voters coalition of October 15th under the slogan: 'one more effort to remove PiS from power, and then it will definitely be better'. We thus have the following situation: great and growing social dissatisfaction with the rulers and the situation in the country, and the candidate of the main opposition party, who for now cannot (and does not look like it will change soon) become the voice of these moods.”
https://oko.press/wybory-prezydenckie-faworytem-wciaz-trzaskowski

— SZYMON HOŁOWNIA SPEAKS LIKE SYLWESTER MARCINIAK – TOMASZ PIETRYGA IN RZ: “Szymon Hołownia is emerging as a politician who, as one of the few in the entire political class, sees the threats associated with the elections and seeks solutions. The question, however, is whether a step back would not be better than a step forward.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art41656721-tomasz-pietryga-szymon-holownia-mowi-sylwestrem-marciniakiem

— OVER A YEAR AFTER THE SWEARING-IN, DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT HAS 109 PEOPLE, WHICH IS ALMOST AS MANY AS MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI'S CABINET – JAKUB CEGLARZ IN BUSINESS INSIDER: 'We will reduce the number of ministers and deputy ministers' – announced Civic Coalition in its 100 specifics. Over a year after being sworn in, Donald Tusk's government has 109 people, which is almost as many as Mateusz Morawiecki's cabinet. Another matter is that the expansion of government administration is largely possible thanks to changes in the law that PiS adopted in 2023. Today, we pay almost PLN 2 million monthly for the salaries of the prime minister, ministers, and their deputies.”
https://businessinsider.com.pl/wiadomosci/rzad-donalda-tuska-to-ponad-100-osob-to-mozliwe-rowniez-dzieki-pis/

— IT IS INTERESTING WHETHER, ONCE BUSINESS REALIZES THAT A RETURN OF PIS TO POWER IS POSSIBLE, IT WILL DECIDE TO JOIN IT IN POLAND TOO? – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Zuckerberg therefore prefers to side with the new authorities, knowing that the first term was already a rollercoaster, but the second will be a wild ride indeed. Instead of fighting Trump, it's better to join him. In December, it was announced that Zuckerberg had donated a million dollars to the inauguration fund of the new president. Trump was previously supported by many investors from Silicon Valley. It is interesting whether, once business realizes that a return of PiS to power is possible, it will decide to join it in Poland too?”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41655271-michal-szuldrzynski-dlaczego-zuckerberg-woli-sie-dogadac-niz-walczyc-z-trumpem

— BIRTHDAYS: Marek Belka, Konstanty Radziwiłł, Michał Szułdrzyński.