-- EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF TUSK'S GOVERNMENT. Today marks 18 months since December 13, 2023. -- NAWROCKI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON? PRZYDACH: PRELIMINARY TALKS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, IT WILL CERTAINLY HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/06/13 -- TODAY IN ZALESIE GÓRNE, A FAREWELL TO EWA DAŁKOWSKA. -- SHE WAS THE QUEEN, THE ARISTOCRAT OF LANGUAGE, ARTICULATION, AND TIMBRE. A UNIQUE, ONE-OF-A-KIND TIMBRE IN POLISH THEATRE AND CINEMA, A TIMBRE OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AWARENESS OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, WHEN, AND WHY! – JAKUB PONIEDZIAŁEK REMEMBERS EWA DAŁKOWSKA, WHO PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 8, ON THE PORTAL TEATR-PISMO.PL. -- BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY – EWA FELT AT HOME IN THEATRE NOWY, SHE WAS AT HOME WITH US. AT HOME AMONG LOVED ONES, WITH FAMILY. SHE WASN'T EASY AND SWEET, NOR WERE WE – FURTHER FROM JAKUB PONIEDZIAŁEK: “But most importantly – Ewa felt at home in Nowy Theatre, she WAS at home with us. At home among loved ones, with family. She wasn't easy and sweet, nor were we. This never overshadowed that bond, that unbreakable bond, that love. Yes – mutual! 'I don't remember what we're playing today?' 'Ewka, seriously?' 'Seriously, I don't remember, damn it! I don't know what to do anymore...' For the last two years, she played with an earpiece. She would get angry, frustrated, curse: 'You're making me into an old forgetful woman.' But she'd put in the earpiece and then she'd kick into high gear and fly, glide, or rather – as she used to say – walk 'with dignity,' just as she advised us to bow with dignity, not rush onto the stage like show-off youngsters.” -- EWKA, I LOVE YOU, I MISS YOU, 'NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME AS BEFORE' - FURTHER FROM JAKUB PONIEDZIAŁEK: “Ewka, I love you, I miss you, 'nothing will be the same as before,' without you it's completely different, there's no one like you and never will be – all these words are appropriate here, but none of them truly express the person and how much they meant when they were here.” -- IT HURT US, IT HURT HER. IT HURT KRZYSZTOF, ONLY HE DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK INTO THOSE BEAUTIFUL, GOOD, AND GENTLE EYES AS OFTEN AS WE DID, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY HEARING ABOUT THE BLESSING THAT KACZYŃSKI AND KURSKI ARE FOR POLAND - STILL PONIEDZIAŁEK: “But it could be worse. In 2015, 2016, 2017, skirmishes turned into arguments, and quarrels – into wars. She couldn't, and we couldn't, come to terms with the fact that one could differ so much. It didn't make sense to us, it didn't make sense to her. It wasn't just disagreement; it was terrible PAIN. It hurt us, it hurt her. It hurt Krzysztof, though he didn't have to look into those beautiful, good, and gentle eyes as often as we did, while simultaneously hearing about the blessing that Kaczyński and Kurski, and Macierewicz and Duda, are for Poland.” -- SHE WANTED FREEDOM, SHE LOVED FREEDOM, AND SHE SOUGHT FREEDOM IN EVERYTHING. WITH HER WONDERFUL, AND AT TIMES UNBEARABLE, QUIRK. TODAY SHE HAS AN OCEAN OF THAT FREEDOM - STILL PONIEDZIAŁEK ON DAŁKOWSKA. https://teatr-pismo.pl/ewa-dalkowska-chciala-wolnosci/ -- I CONSISTENTLY CONSIDER TUSK THE WORST PRIME MINISTER OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC OF POLAND. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER ARE EXPECTED TO RESOLVE EMOTIONS TOWARDS EACH OTHER ON MATTERS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT - SAYS KAROL NAWROCKI IN AN INTERVIEW WITH PAWEŁ FIGURSKI AND PATRYK SŁOWIK IN WIRTUALNA POLSKA: “I consistently consider Donald Tusk the worst prime minister of the Third Republic of Poland. I believe he harms Poland and should stop being prime minister. He governs Poland by dosing Poland and Poles with hatred. I am very critical of his actions, but the president and prime minister are expected to quell their emotions towards each other on matters that are most important for Poles. So, I will sit down with Donald Tusk and we will look at the most crucial issues for Poles. (...) Tusk and his people want to blame President Duda's blockades for their lack of competence and inability to govern, which is completely untrue.” -- NEITHER BOGDAN KLICH NOR RYSZARD SCHNEPF WILL RECEIVE MY SUPPORT, AND THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT BECOME AMBASSADORS. THIS IS OUT OF THE QUESTION - FURTHER NAWROCKI TO SŁOWIK AND FIGURSKI ON WP: “They won't achieve that. Neither Bogdan Klich nor Ryszard Schnepf will receive my support, and therefore they will not become ambassadors. This is out of the question. Mr. Klich does not serve Poland in the United States. He is not a partner to anyone there. It's hardly surprising, given that he insulted President Donald Trump. Therefore, it is impossible for him to represent the Polish state well at an embassy. And Mr. Schnepf… Hmm, perhaps instead of fulfilling himself as an ambassador, he could take his wife on a long holiday?” -- REALLY, LET SAWICKI AND KOTULA, AND CZARZASTY AND KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ FIRST REACH SOME CONCLUSIONS - FURTHER NAWROCKI ON WP: “Today I can only say that I sympathize with the Civic Coalition voters. Tusk won on some social emotion. After which it turned out that he cynically exploited the electorate, and now the government is not fulfilling its promises. They are unable to agree on any issue. Really, let Sawicki and Kotula, and Czarzasty and Kosiniak-Kamysz first reach some conclusions.” -- THEY WANTED TO MAKE ME A CRIMINAL, AND DONALD TUSK IS BEING PORTRAYED AS A MASTER OF DIPLOMACY, WHILE HE WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH A HOSE AND FIGHTING IN WAYS I WOULD NEVER PARTICIPATE IN - FURTHER NAWROCKI ON WP: “I participated in one described by you in Wirtualna Polska. I will say one more thing. To you, journalists, because you are constantly testing me in recent months. For many years since the publication of information that Donald Tusk, using a hose, participated in arranged fights, has anyone been interested in what the Prime Minister of Poland was doing? I would never have taken a hose or any other object to harm another person. I fought with my own fists my whole life, only with those who wanted it, according to established rules. They wanted to make me a criminal, and Donald Tusk is being portrayed as a master of diplomacy, while he was running around with a hose and fighting in ways I would never participate in.” -- POLAND WILL HAVE AN ATHLETE PRESIDENT, WHO ENCOURAGES TRAINING, WHO CAN BE MET IN PUBLIC GYMS - STILL NAWROCKI: “I am a clean person, promoting a healthy lifestyle. Poland will have an athlete president who encourages training, who can be met in public gyms. Isn't that good?” https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/karol-nawrocki-nie-mozemy-w-sporze-politycznym-poruszac-sie-wylacznie-w-nienawisci-7166941757016736a -- EVERYONE AROUND KNOWS THAT BOTH THE MARSHAL OF THE SEJM AND THE MINISTER OF FUNDS AND REGIONAL POLICY IRRITATE TUSK - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “Donald Tusk is struggling with the leader of Poland 2050, Szymon Hołownia, who constantly makes tactical pivots and positions himself as a government critic. The head of KO can hide his dislike and keep his temper in check, but everyone around knows that both the Marshal of the Sejm and the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, irritate him. Previously, the harasser from New Left, Anna Maria Żukowska, held the top spot in the ranking of figures that irritate the prime minister. (...) But Hołownia managed to push her off the podium.” -- IT DID NOT CREATE THE IMPRESSION OF A NEW OPENING THAT WOULD CAPTIVATE THE CROWDS. THE STATEMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE A LOT, BUT HASN'T MADE CITIZENS AWARE OF IT, IS A SIGN OF DESPERATION - FURTHER WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “The speech was rhetorically skillful, motivating, and calming. And there is still no politician in the October 15 Coalition who would be more convincing in this area than the head of government. But it did not create the impression of a new opening that would captivate the crowds. The statement that the government has done a lot, but hasn't made citizens aware of it, is a sign of desperation. Although, to be fair, the government of Mateusz Morawiecki mainly focused on building its media narrative.” -- AND WHAT IS THE CIVIC COALITION'S BACKBONE DOING IN THE MEANTIME? THE FOUNDATION 'YOUR VOICE MATTERS,' CONNECTED TO THIS BACKBONE, IS RELEASING A SERIES OF SPOTS, ALLEGEDLY PRO-VOTER TURNOUT, IN WHICH VOTERS OF PIS OR KONFEDERACJA ARE PORTRAYED AS A PRIMITIVE, HATEFUL BACKWATER - FURTHER WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “Investments are starting, inflation is stabilizing. There are social programs such as the 'babciowe' (grandmother's benefit) or widow's pension. There is something to talk about. And what is the Civic Coalition's backbone doing in the meantime? The foundation 'Your Voice Matters,' connected to this backbone, is releasing a series of spots, allegedly for voter turnout, in which voters of PiS or Konfederacja are portrayed as a primitive, hateful backwater and a dark, unenlightened populace.” -- WHAT WE MAINLY HEARD WAS A CORRECTED CONTINUATION OF PIS'S ACTIONS - CLAIMS WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “The point is that Tusk hasn't proposed anything new. What we mainly heard was a corrected continuation of PiS's actions, namely the nuclear power plant, CPK (Central Communication Port), and the 800+ program.” -- A CHANGE OF PRIME MINISTER CANNOT EVEN BE RULED OUT. BUT IF IT HAPPENS, IT WILL BE ONLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE TERM - STILL WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “However, it is possible that there will be some reshuffling in the coalition before the parliamentary elections. A significant personal regrouping can be expected. A change of prime minister cannot even be ruled out. But if it happens, it will be only towards the end of the term. The defeat in the presidential election has greatly weakened Tusk, but there is still no politician stronger than him.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32013982,wielowieyska-kaczynski-boi-sie-ze-bedzie-zdany-na-laske-furiata.html -- TODAY WE HAD EVERYTHING, BUT WE LOST SO BADLY THAT IT ECHOED. AND THERE ISN'T MUCH TO SALVAGE - THEY THUNDER IN THE LUBLIN BRANCH OF PO - AGATA KULCZYCKA, ANNA GORCZYCA, JAKUB BRZUSZKIEWICZ, MACIEJ CHOŁODOWSKI, AND AGATA SAWCZENKO IN GW: “We expected someone important to come from Warsaw, to boost morale, inspire us to fight, convince the doubters – say PO activists from eastern Poland. Civic Platform ceded these provinces practically without a fight. – The result is the same as five years ago, only then PiS had public television, there weren't yet scandals with covidian theft, settlements of the Justice Fund, the women's strike after the tightening of abortion law. And we didn't have our own government then. Today we had everything, but we lost so badly that it echoed. And there isn't much to salvage – they thunder in the Lublin branch of PO.” -- IF THE PO LEADERSHIP DOES NOT PULL ITSELF TOGETHER AND SHAKE UP THE ACTIVISTS, IT WILL TURN OUT THAT PLATFORM IS A COLOSSUS ON CLAY FEET - ANOTHER VOICE IN THE GW REPORT: “In her opinion, PO's biggest sin is that it practically has no structures on the ground. There are no people who work constantly between elections. – If the PO leadership does not pull itself together and shake up the activists, it will turn out that Platform is a colossus on clay feet and will lose the next elections – believes 'E'.” https://rzeszow.wyborcza.pl/rzeszow/7,34962,31997327,koalicja-obywatelska-wschodnia-polske-oddala-walkowerem-nie.html -- DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT IS AGAIN SERVING POLES WARM WATER IN THE TAP - ESTERA FLIEGER IN RZ: “The second problem is that the government has no vision for Poland's development. It's serving warm water in the tap again – this time straight from the Adriatic. Let's consider just one issue: the minister of infrastructure is packing Poles onto a train to the Alps, while ski resorts in Poland are counting losses because the season is shorter due to climate catastrophe.” -- WHAT POLAND SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THE RULING COALITION'S POLITICIANS – IS STILL UNKNOWN - STILL FLIEGER IN RZ: “The connections have been thrown to the Polish class. And they are in a vacuum. What Poland was supposed to be according to PiS politicians – whether one agrees or not – is known. What Poland is supposed to be according to the ruling coalition's politicians – is still unknown.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42518951-estera-flieger-wsiasc-do-pociagu-byle-jakiego-czyli-jaka-wizje-ma-rzad-donalda-tuska -- THE SUPER-MINISTRY WOULD INCLUDE THE MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, REGIONAL FUNDS, AND STATE ASSETS - DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ IN NEWSWEEK: “It is said that a Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy would appear in the new government, likely to be the Minister of Finance, Andrzej Domański. The super-ministry would include the ministries of finance, regional funds, and state assets. It is reportedly also being considered whether to include the ministries of environment and industry. But there are also other possibilities, e.g., science, education, and sport in one ministry, and a combination of industry, development, and infrastructure. Or environment and industry together, and infrastructure with development.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/duze-zmiany-po-lipcowej-rekonstrukcji-rzadu-ktore-resorty-znikna/en81rgn -- SZŁAPKA AS GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON - PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “Tusk revealed that the spokesperson would be someone of 'great political weight.' Information from 'Tygodnik Powszechny' suggests that Adam Szłapka, Minister for European Union Affairs and leader of the Nowoczesna party, which co-creates the Civic Coalition, is a very serious candidate for this position.” -- KIDWA TO CULTURE, BIEJAT AS SENATE MARSHAL? - FURTHER ŚMIŁOWICZ: “Starting in July, the Ministry of Sport would be merged with the Ministry of Culture, and this structure (a similar solution existed during PiS's time in 2020-21) would be headed by the current Marshal of the Senate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska. In turn, the position of Marshal of the Senate would be taken by the Left's presidential candidate, Magdalena Biejat, the current Deputy Marshal.” https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/rekonstrukcja-rzadu-szlapka-rzecznikiem-kidawa-blonska-ministrem-kultury-i-sportu-190963 -- 23 YEARS AGO, Law and Justice was registered in court. -- 21 YEARS AGO, the first elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland, which were won by Civic Platform. -- 11 YEARS AGO, the wiretapping scandal erupted. Recordings were made from July 2013 to June 2014 in several Warsaw restaurants, and among the dozens of bugged individuals were, among others, incumbent and former ministers, businessmen, and the presidents of the National Bank of Poland and the Supreme Audit Office. -- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Bosak (43), Janusz Lewandowski, Antoni Szymański, Andrzej Morozowski (turning 68).