state of play: 04/07/2025

STATE OF PLAY: GW: Sołowow Made Highest Offer for TVN, Danielewski: Lowering Health Contributions a Very Bad, Populist Idea, Trzaskowski at Military Training

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— PHOTOS FROM THE MILITARY TRAINING COMPLETED BY RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI PUBLISHED BY SE:
https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/tak-rafal-trzaskowski-szkolil-sie-na-poligonie-mamy-zdjecia-aa-B7x1-aN4q-MH6Q.html

— SE WRITES ABOUT THE TERRITORIAL OFFENSIVE OF THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY (PIS): PARTICULAR EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON SOUTHEASTERN POLAND. THIS REGION IS ACTIVELY VISITED BY JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI, WHICH INDICATES ITS STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE FOR THE PARTY: “Law and Justice is not letting up. Initiated by Mariusz Błaszczak and Chief of Staff Paweł Szefernakera, a nationwide territorial offensive is launching. The goal is to provide maximum support to Karol Nawrocki. – ‘There is full mobilization!’ – we hear from the PiS headquarters. All PiS parliamentarians and MEPs will be involved in the campaign, including well-known figures such as Przemysław Czarnek, Patryk Jaki, and Dominik Tarczyński. As politicians emphasize, this will be a campaign based on direct meetings with Poles. Particular emphasis will be placed on southeastern Poland. Jarosław Kaczyński is actively visiting this region, which indicates its strategic importance for the party. – ‘The election results will be decided there,’ – claim PiS strategists.”
https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/politycy-pis-ruszaja-w-polske-wszyscy-maja-wspierac-nawrockiego-aa-ih2z-nFUu-q9gB.html
— “POLES CANNOT BE TREATED WORSE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY THAN IMMIGRANTS.” NAWROCKI ANNOUNCES BILL PROJECTS, PAPROCKA: VETO REQUESTS ARE ALREADY COMING IN. THE PRESIDENT WILL ANALYZE SUCH VOICES – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/04/07

— SOŁOWOW MADE THE HIGHEST OFFER FOR TVN – PIOTR MĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “Warner Bros. Discovery needs to prove to banks now that its assets are undervalued, and selling TVN (if the price is high) serves this purpose perfectly. There will be no sentimentality (freedom, democracy, etc.) here; the owner will choose whoever offers the most. End of story.

— SOŁOWOW'S POTENTIAL VICTORY IS NOT TO MANY PEOPLE'S LIKING. – THE GOVERNMENT? – I'M GUESSING. – THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID – FURTHER IN MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW ABOUT THE CVC AND RASP OFFER: “Our informant says this: ‘I wasn’t surprised that such an entity came forward. I was surprised that it happened now, because it’s very late for such a dash. They asked for documents last Sunday. They didn’t even have an investment advisor or a law firm yet, and in this situation, that’s standard. It looks like someone asked them to participate.’ Who? Well, you can guess that. Sołowow’s potential victory is not to many people's liking. – The government? – I'm guessing. – That's what you said’.”

— AFTER SUCH A TRANSACTION, SOŁOWOW WOULD BE – AS IT IS NICELY PUT IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES – “THE SECOND SOLORZ” – FURTHER IN MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “After such a transaction, Sołowow would be – as it is nicely put in government circles – ‘the second Solorz,’ who changed the leadership of the information and commentary segment depending on where the political wind was blowing at the moment.”

— THE FORMER RALLY DRIVER WANTS LEVERAGE OVER THE RULING PARTY – STILL MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “The former rally driver wants leverage over the ruling party. TVN is perfect for this. Thanks to the television station, he would become as powerful as almost no other entrepreneur in Poland before. Almost as powerful as… Jan Kulczyk.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177151,31826731,kim-jest-alchemik-z-kielc-ktory-wlasnie-stal-sie-najpowazniejszym.html

— THE SEJM MAJORITY MANAGED, WITH A SINGLE VOTE, TO MAKE TWO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES: REDUCE THE INCOME OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH FUND BY OVER 5 BILLION AND INTRODUCE PROFOUND INJUSTICE IN THE LABOR MARKET – MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI IN OKO.PRESS: “The deficit in the NFZ is to be covered by the budget, which means that an employed person will not only pay a much larger contribution but will also contribute to the privilege of entrepreneurs through their taxes. So, in practice, a poorly paid clerk employed on a contract will financially sponsor a high-earning corporate specialist working ‘on a company’ for tax reasons every month.”

— WE REGULARLY WRITE IN OKO.PRESS THAT LOWERING HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS IS A VERY BAD, POPULIST IDEA – FURTHER IN DANIELEWSKI: “For simple reasons: the public healthcare system in Poland is drastically underfunded compared to the European Union, in terms of spending relative to GDP, we are at the very bottom of the EU.”
https://oko.press/wojna-celna-trumpa-czyli-gdzie-sie-zgina-dziob-pingwina

— OBSERVING THE SUBSEQUENT STEPS OF THE CIVIC PLATFORM (KO), IT IS BECOMING LESS OBVIOUS WITH WHOM THE CONFEDERATION CAN FORM AN ALLIANCE. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY (PIS) – ESTERA FLIEGER IN RZ: “While Przemysław Czarnek recently invited Sławomir Mentzen's formation to create a coalition, Witold Tumanowicz from Konfederacja did not rule out entering a government with KO in the future. Konfederacja, of course, plays coy: it cares about an attractive image of an anti-system party. Although it declares that it will flip the table, it simultaneously wants to govern. And observing the subsequent steps of the Civic Platform, it is becoming less and less obvious with whom Konfederacja can form an alliance. Because it doesn't necessarily have to be PiS.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art42069991-estera-flieger-donald-tusk-wolalby-koalicje-z-konfederacja

— WE HAVE OBTAINED REPORTS FROM PATIENTS OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND ADMINISTRATION (MSWIA), INDICATING THAT THEY WERE FORCED BY PROF. MAREK DURLIK TO PAY INTO A FOUNDATION OPERATING AT THE HOSPITAL IF THEY WANTED TO BE OPERATED ON WITH THE DA VINCI ROBOT – PATRYK SŁOWIK AND JAKUB STYCZYŃSKI IN WP: “Pancreatic cancer patients, to receive modern treatment at the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, had to pay tens of thousands of PLN as donations to a foundation operating at the hospital. Such an expectation was formulated towards them by the head of one of the hospital clinics and chairman of the institute's scientific council, Prof. Marek Durlik – according to an investigation by Wirtualna Polska and Rynek Zdrowia.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/ujawniamy-bog-od-trzustki-panstwowy-szpital-i-pieniadze-od-pacjentow-7143272201210848a

— BIRTHDAYS: Grzegorz Furgo, Wiesław Janczyk.


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