state of play: 03/21/2025

STATE OF PLAY: OKO.PRESS: Unprecedented Opposition to Ministry of Culture Grants After Eight Years of PiS Rule, Bosak: Youth Are Tired of Ideological Radicalism, Hołownia Threatens Mentzen with Romania

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— YOUTH ARE TIRED OF LEFT-WING IDEOLOGICAL RADICALISM – KRZYSZTOF BOSAK, COMMENTING ON OGB RESEARCH: Young people are tired of left-wing ideological radicalism. Support for partnership unions among the youth has fallen by as much as 16 percentage points in the last 2 years.
https://x.com/krzysztofbosak/status/1902985487523921960

— HOŁOWNIA THREATENS MENTZEN WITH ROMANIA… – 300LIVE: Hołownia: We have seen various things in Romania, I would like to know where these tens of thousands of Mentzen's banners came from: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/03/21/

— A MAP OF MOSQUES IN EUROPE, ON WHICH POLAND DISTINCTLY STANDS OUT FOR ITS LACK THEREOF, IS MAKING WAVES ONLINE:
https://x.com/GPW_Trader2022/status/1902437012210086058

— MINISTRY OF CULTURE GRANTS FOR THE RICH INSTEAD OF A NEW BEGINNING – MARCEL WANDAS IN OKO.PRESS: “In previous years, doubts focused, among other things, on the political orientation of the funds, which often supported Catholic, patriotic, or nationalist organizations. After more than a year since the change of power, creators had hoped for a new beginning. Unfortunately, there is again a lot of noise surrounding the results of the competition distributing money for musical activities.”

— SUCH DECISIVE OPPOSITION TO THE RECRUITMENT RESULTS HAS NOT BEEN SEEN FOR THE ENTIRE EIGHT YEARS OF PiS – WANDAS CONTINUES IN OKO: “Once again, doubts concern the distribution of funds, although it is difficult to pinpoint an ideological turn of the ministry now. Despite this, the community of creators and event organizers is protesting loudly. The money went to the wealthy who could easily manage without it, and substantial amounts significantly exceeding the estimated costs flowed to initiatives whose potential value is debatable. Such decisive opposition to the recruitment results has not been seen for the entire eight years of PiS.”
https://oko.press/granty-ministerstwa-kultury-muzyka

— UNFORTUNATELY, PRACTICE HAS VERIFIED IDEALS. NOW, WHEN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS HEADED BY PEOPLE FROM LEX SUPER OMNIA, THERE IS NO END TO “DELEGACY,” AND PROSECUTOR EWAS WRZOSEK, WHO WAS DELEGATED, HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE MOST POLITICAL CASE IMAGINABLE – EWA IVANOVA IN GW: “Unfortunately, practice has verified ideals. Now, when the prosecutor's office is headed by people from Lex Super Omnia, there is no end to 'delegacy,' and delegated prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek has been entrusted with the most political case imaginable. Even members of Lex Super Omnia, when asked about their assessment of this situation, are unwilling to comment on the leadership's decision by name and cannot logically explain the reasons why, with nearly 6,000 prosecutors, the case involving PiS and the Srebrna company was assigned specifically to Wrzosek. Many say that in her place, they would file a motion for recusal.”

— FURTHERMORE, MY INTERLOCUTORS SAY THAT THE NATIONAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAS RECOGNIZED THAT WRZOSEK CANNOT MERELY SIT IN A COMFORTABLE BOX OF MOCKERS – IVANOVA CONTINUES IN GW: “Further interlocutors tell me that the National Prosecutor's Office has recognized that Wrzosek cannot simply sit in a comfortable box of mockers. And since she so readily reviews others' work publicly, she should show how she handles an important investigation herself.”

— IT APPEARS THAT ANOTHER PROJECT TO MANAGE EWAS WRZOSEK HAS FAILED – IVANOVA'S CONCLUSION IN GW: “It appears that another project to manage Ewa Wrzosek has failed. True, the prosecutor does not have time for criticism of her superiors, urging other investigators involved in audits, reports, and settlement investigations. However, her decisions in a sensitive investigation do not build trust in the prosecutor's office, and PiS has treated her involvement in the settlements as 'political gold.'
​​https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31786558,kto-wymyslil-projekt-ewa-wrzosek-twarza-rozliczen-pis.html

— IN WHAT DEMOCRATIC STATE WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DEPRIVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL OF FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES FOR ITS JUDGES? – JACEK KARNOWSKI ON WPOLITYCE: “Reprisals against constitutional bodies are taking a form unknown in the Western world. In what democratic country would it be possible to deprive the Constitutional Tribunal of funds for the payment of salaries for its judges? And this is happening in Poland right now. If something like this is possible, then anything is possible. This list could go on. The current government, which talks a lot about wanting to belong to the Western world, which cedes the meager remnants of sovereignty that we still have to Brussels, is simultaneously building a system whose essence is identical to what the authorities in Russia and Belarus are doing. In terms of its structure, it is simply a Putin-esque franchise.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/724086-system-tuska-czyli-putinowska-franczyza

— BIRTHDAYS: Michał Olech, Rafał Zasuń, Jerzy Jaskiernia, Krzysztof Varga.


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