— MERZ IS WEAKENED FROM DAY ONE. EUROPE WILL PAY THE PRICE – POLITICO EUROPE: “The EU center appears unstable – France is in chaos, and Friedrich Merz of Germany has to fight for the chancellorship nomination. (…) Bundestag members humiliated Merz with an unprecedented insult, refusing to approve him for the position even after the coalition agreement ended. This was the last thing the centrists in the European Union needed.”

— IN SURPRISINGLY DIRECT STATEMENTS AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED ON ELECTION NIGHT, MERZ ATTACKED TRUMP AND QUESTIONED THE RATIONALE FOR NATO'S EXISTENCE – CONTINUES POLITICO EUROPE: “In surprisingly direct statements after the polls closed on election night, Merz attacked Trump and questioned the rationale for NATO's existence. Merz's critics cite former leader Angela Merkel's decision to deny him influential positions as evidence that she knew he was not good enough to hold high office.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-europe-germany-leadership-donald-trump

— CPAC CONGRESS IN RZESZÓW. PIS TRIES TO INVITE J.D. VANCE TO THE CONSERVATIVE CONGRESS – BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI AND DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “From our sources in PiS, we learn that the most important guest at the congress will be a prominent politician from the Trump administration. Who? Our interlocutors claim that the organizers are keen on the presence of J.D. Vance, an American vice-president, who in February in Munich shocked the European establishment by accusing it of alleged violations of civil liberties and persecution of conservatives.”

— THE FIGURE WHO OPENED THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE DOORS FOR NAWROCKI WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VINCE HALLEY – CONTINUES WIELOWIEYSKA AND WIELIŃSKI IN GW: “The key figure who was supposed to open the presidential office doors for Nawrocki was Vince Halley, a former Trump speechwriter, currently the head of the presidential domestic policy council.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,31911707,kongres-cpac-w-rzeszowie-pis-probuje-zaprosic-j-d-vance-a.html

— 12 APARTMENTS OF THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF ŁÓDŹ – PIOTR BRZÓZKA IN GW: “The deputy mayors of Łódź, Tomasz Piotrowski, Adam Wieczorek, Adam Pustelnik, and Małgorzata Moskwa-Wodnicka, as well as their superior, Mayor Hanna Zdanowska, collectively own or co-own over 30 properties: houses, apartments, plots of land. Some of the apartments are intensively used, generating considerable rental income. – I adhere to the principle that politicians should be financially independent, which makes them less susceptible to any pressure – argues Adam Wieczorek, who declared several apartments in his statement. He does not hide his wealth and is not afraid of the property tax, which is a hot topic in this year's election campaign: – It's been talked about for 20 years, and no one has introduced it yet. It's like not getting out of bed because death might come. Whether there will be a tax or not, I cannot block my development.”
https://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,35136,31909871,dwoch-wiceprezydentow-lodzi-ma-21-mieszkan-ile-posiada-hanna.html

— KACZYŃSKI TO JOURNALISTS: YOU'RE MAKING THINGS UP, YOU'RE POLITICAL FUNCTIONARIES, "HE HAS A PAST HE SHOULD TALK ABOUT." TRZASKOWSKI ON NAWROCKI – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/05/07

— WE HAVE PROOF THAT HE HIMSELF PAID THE CASH AT THE BANK. HE DID IT IN THE NAME OF A SENIOR WHO WAS IN SUCH A CONDITION THAT HE COULD NOT BE ENTRUSTED WITH A LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY – KRZYSZTOF KATKA IN GW: “Wyborcza” has proof that on Thursday, October 20, 2011, Nawrocki brought cash to the Gdańsk branch of Bank Millennium and ordered a transfer in his name for the amount of PLN 12,603.15. The recipient was the Municipal Office in Gdańsk. Nawrocki gave the teller the payment title – “purchase of premises [address here] Mr. Jerzy [surname],” handed over a wad of banknotes, and signed legibly under the order. He completed the transaction at 12:44 PM. This is a detail that is not worth remembering, but the visit to the bank with cash is hard to forget.” 
https://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,31912972,to-karol-nawrocki-orgnizowal-wykup-mieszkania-seniora-byl-z.html

— IF THE APARTMENT WAS PAID OFF, AND THERE ARE SOME HANDWRITTEN RECEIPTS FOR IT, OR SOMEONE CAN TESTIFY TO IT, THEN THERE IS NO FRAUD – SAYS ADVOCATE MAREK JAROSIEWICZ FROM THE LAW FIRM WÓDKIEWICZ SOSNOWSKI IN AN INTERVIEW WITH DOMINIKA MACIEJASZ IN GW: “– We would talk about a crime if there was no intention to pay the price for the apartment from the beginning, or if the senior who signed the sales contract was deceived into it. If, however, the apartment was paid off, and there are some handwritten receipts for it, or someone can testify to it, then there is no fraud. If, however, the full amount was not paid, then the seller is entitled to a civil claim for the payment of the missing part – says Advocate Marek Jarosiewicz from the law firm Wódkiewicz Sosnowski.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177151,31912271,przekazanie-pieniedzy-groziloby-utrata-zdrowia-a-nawet-zycia.html

— SOME MODERATE VOTERS MAY ALREADY START HAVING DOUBTS – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “No, PiS voters will probably not be outraged by this story. A significant part of the right-wing electorate will rather buy the fairytale that the media and services are tormenting Nawrocki. But some moderate voters may already start having doubts.”

— DODGING, EVADING, PRETENDING – THAT IS, WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE PiS GOVERNMENT, IS HIS MODUS OPERANDI – CONTINUES SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Because what did we learn about Karol Nawrocki after the commotion related to his apartments? That dodging, evading, pretending – that is, what we know from the PiS government, is his modus operandi. Let's recall that the whole commotion began when Nawrocki said in a debate: – I speak on behalf of ordinary Poles, like myself, who have one apartment.”

— SINCE PIS HAS HAD SIGNALS FOR A LONG TIME THAT THE SERVICES WOULD HIT NAWROCKI, WHY DIDN'T THEY PREPARE SOME SCENARIO TO DEFUSE THIS AFFAIR? – FURTHER SZUŁDRZYŃSKI: “Since PiS has had signals for a long time that the services would hit Nawrocki, why didn't they prepare some scenario to defuse this affair? Because they did the opposite: with each subsequent step, Nawrocki and his team sank deeper, and the versions changed like a kaleidoscope. First, Nawrocki admitted that he received the right to an apartment from an older person he was taking care of, but lost contact with her when she got into trouble with the law. Then journalists found that person – Mr. Jerzy – in a Gdańsk care home.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42236021-michal-szuldrzynski-trzy-mieszkania-i-jeszcze-wiecej-klamstw-co-afera-mieszkaniowa-mowi-nam-o-karolu-nawrockim

— THE PRESIDENT POORLY TOLERATED CRITICISM AND COMPLAINED ABOUT A RESIDENT TO HER EMPLOYER – PRZEMYSŁAW JEDLECKI IN GW: “I submit for consideration the initiation of disciplinary action – wrote to the court where Mrs. Mirosława works, the president of Ruda Śląska, Michał Pierończyk. The woman considers the president's behavior pathetic.”
https://katowice.wyborcza.pl/katowice/7,35063,31910831,mieszkanka-skrytykowala-prezydenta-a-ten-poskarzyl-sie-na-nia.html

— THE WAY THE CIVIC COALITION MANAGES STATE TREASURY COMPANIES TODAY IS "PIS BIS" – ASSESSES DEPUTY MINISTER OF DIGITIZATION FROM POLSKA 2050, MICHAŁ GRAMATYKA – IN THE ARTICLE BY PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “This clash between Hołownia and Kropiwnicki is not surprising. The Marshal of the Sejm and his party have had a "falling out" with the deputy head of the Ministry of Assets for many months, whom they consider the main brake on the depoliticization of state treasury company boards and, at the same time, Platforma's "main personnel manager" in these companies. This issue has become one of the hot campaign topics, and a debate on the next Polska 2050 bill to regulate the situation is planned for the upcoming Sejm session. – The way the Civic Coalition manages State Treasury companies today is "PiS bis" – assesses the Deputy Minister of Digitization from Polska 2050, Michał Gramatyka.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/spolki-skarbu-panstwa-dlaczego-tak-trudno-o-transparentne-konkursy-190550

— BIRTHDAYS: Jan Okoński, Stanisław Żółtek, Monika Antkiewicz.