-- DONALD TUSK WILL BE 72 YEARS OLD WHEN RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI FINISHES HIS LAST TERM AS MAYOR OF WARSAW - IN 2029. Trzaskowski will be 57 at the time. Radosław Sikorski, 66. -- WHEN ANDRZEJ DUDA BECAME PRESIDENT, Karol Nawrocki was 32 years old and since 2013, he had been the head of the Public Education Department of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Gdańsk. He was also a member of the Committee for the Construction of the Monument to Danuta Siedzikówna „Inka”, which was unveiled in Gdańsk on August 30th of the same year. A year after Duda's election, Nawrocki was involved in organizing the funeral of Danuta Siedzikówna “Inka” and Feliks Selmanowicz. -- WHEN JERZY BUZEK BECAME PRIME MINISTER IN 1997, Karol Nawrocki was in the 6th grade of primary school. *** -- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI IS STILL A KINGMAKER. HE HAS CREATED THREE PRESIDENTS OF POLAND. HE BELIEVES FOUR – JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ. -- WILL A NEW ERA OF JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI BEGIN ON AUGUST 6TH? – NIZINKIEWICZ FURTHER IN RZ: “The biggest winner of the presidential elections, alongside Karol Nawrocki, is the PiS chairman. Jarosław Kaczyński has shown that he has a knack for people, understands the social pulse, and is not afraid to take risks. And he has a good chance of ruling again and having full power. Will a new era of Jarosław Kaczyński begin on August 6th?” -- HE HAS SURVIVED EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING – NIZINKIEWICZ FURTHER: “Two things matter in politics: the art of survival and patience. Kaczyński has both. Even though his end has been predicted many times, he has survived everyone and everything.” https://www.rp.pl/wszyscy-ludzie-prezydenta/art42804541-jaroslaw-kaczynski-wciaz-jest-kingmakerem-stworzyl-trzech-prezydentow-polski-uwaza-ze-czterech -- SZEFERNAKER ON AN MPK BUS ON THE WAY TO PRESIDENT NAWROCKI'S SWEARING-IN: It will be a beautiful day! Greetings to everyone on their way to the Parliament of the Republic of Poland and to those who will be following the ceremony on social media throughout the day! https://x.com/szefernaker/status/1952976747739398300 -- SZEFERNAKER – THE MAN FOR SPECIAL TASKS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE? ARCHITECT OF NAWROCKI'S VICTORY – MICHAŁ KOLANKO IN RZ: “According to PiS politicians, he always kept a cool head, even when the campaign faced significant crises. This is one of his characteristic traits – calmness and systemic, strategic action. But what stage is beginning now, as he becomes the most important PiS person in the new president's chancellery?” -- HE IS A SUBSTANTIVE, CONCRETE POLITICIAN – SAYS ONE OF OUR INTERLOCUTORS FROM THE RULING COALITION IN THE CORRIDORS OF PARLIAMENT – KOLANKO FURTHER ON SZEFERNAKER: “It was Szefernaker whom Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski praised for his cooperation in his book “Rafał,” speaking about solving problems in a “state spirit.” – He is a substantive, concrete politician – says one of our interlocutors from the ruling coalition in the corridors of Parliament. He prefers to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, but he points to Szefernaker's work on the civil defense act and other projects within his scope of work at the Ministry of Interior and Administration.” -- HE DOESN'T PLAY FOR HIMSELF – KOLANKO FURTHER ON SZEFERNAKER: “PiS politicians also emphasize that Szefernaker – unlike many of his colleagues – does not prioritize self-promotion in the media, does not play for himself, and does not engage in pushy and boundary-crossing fights for reach on social media.” https://www.rp.pl/wszyscy-ludzie-prezydenta/art42753441-kim-jest-czlowiek-od-zadan-specjalnych-w-palacu-prezydenckim-pawel-szefernaker-architekt-zwyciestwa-nawrockiego -- NAWROCKI WILL TRY TO RESTORE THE PiS WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY, ABANDONED BY THE CURRENT COALITION IN FAVOR OF REALIZING PREVIOUS VISIONS – MARCEL WANDAS IN OKO.PRESS: “He will try to restore the PiS way of thinking about the economy, abandoned by the current coalition in favor of realizing previous visions. This is evident from two draft laws that Nawrocki announces at the start of his presidency. The intention is to restore the CPK project – both the airport and the railway lines – to its state before Donald Tusk came to power, and a 5-billion fund supporting new technologies, including AI.” -- NAWROCKI HAS REPEATEDLY MADE IT CLEAR THAT AS PRESIDENT HE WILL TRY TO GET POLAND BACK ON THE TRACKS OF AMBITION KNOWN FROM THE LAW AND JUSTICE GOVERNMENT – WANDAS FURTHER IN OKO: “Karol Nawrocki has repeatedly made it clear that as president he will try to get Poland back on the tracks of ambition known from the Law and Justice governments. In this way, he will also provide electoral fuel for Jarosław Kaczyński's formation.” https://oko.press/nawrocki-ustawy-cpk-ai -- NOTHING INDICATES THAT NAWROCKI IS BUILDING HIS TEAM WITH THE GOAL OF QUICKLY ASSERTING INDEPENDENCE FROM THE PiS LEADERSHIP – WITOLD GŁOWACKI IN OKO.PRESS: “Both Szefernaker and Bogucki will certainly have very good connections with Nowogrodzka (PiS headquarters). Not only because, as Brudziński's vassals, they are automatically Kaczyński's vassals, but also because the PiS chairman has honored both of them with his personal attention more than once. Szefernaker – as head of PiS election campaigns – has risen much higher in this regard, but Bogucki also gets emotional in the media about meetings with the PiS chairman that decided on the next rungs of his political career.” -- CONTRARY TO INITIAL EXPECTATIONS, PiS MEMBERS WITH GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE PARTY LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRIMARY POSITIONS IN NAWROCKI'S CHANCELLERY, BUT THEY ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ITS MOST EXTREME AND FAR-RIGHT WING – GŁOWACKI FURTHER IN OKO: “Szefernaker and Bogucki are also united by the fact that both have an image of relatively moderate politicians for PiS, and to some extent capable of cooperating with representatives of opposing political camps. Szefernaker has been praised as deputy minister of the interior, and Bogucki as voivode – especially during the ecological disaster on the Oder.” https://oko.press/nawrocki-rowno-z-pis-sklad-jego-administracji -- TUSK IS COUNTING ON CONSTITUTIONAL FLEXIBILITY, BUT ALSO STRONG DETERMINATION TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY IF COOPERATION FAILS – KAMIL DZIUBKA IN ONE: “As we hear, the government has prepared a strategy of action, flexible in terms of cooperation, but not excluding clear boundary-setting with President Nawrocki if he significantly hinders it. Tusk is therefore counting on constitutional flexibility, but also strong determination to act independently if cooperation fails. - We will send test balloons, i.e., signals indicating that we are ready to talk in several important areas such as security and foreign policy. We will see what the other side answers – says one of the ministers to us.” -- TUSK MAY TRY TO MAKE NAWROCKI A "SCAPEGOAT" – SOMEONE WHO BLOCKS CHANGES SUPPORTED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY AND THUS HARMS SOCIETY – DZIUBKA FURTHER IN ONE: “Donald Tusk may try to make Nawrocki a “scapegoat” – someone who blocks changes supported by the parliamentary majority and thus harms society. Such a narrative is already emerging: Donald Tusk recently warned against “political sabotage” by the future president. The government could also deliberately send popular bills for signature, knowing that Nawrocki would veto them, and then publicize it as acting against the citizens' interests. Incidentally, the first test will take place soon.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/donald-tusk-szykuje-sie-na-zwarcie-z-karolem-nawrockim-spodziewaja-sie/etyxqxs,79cfc278 -- “WHETHER THE PRESIDENT LIKES IT OR NOT, HE MUST COOPERATE”. SZŁAPKA: THE ACT ON ENERGY PRICE FREEZES IS A 'CHECKMATE' – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/06/ -- DIMMED MOODS IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH – JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: “Although the prime minister announced two weeks ago that “the entire health resort would be depoliticized,” coalition deputy ministers remain in their positions. The new minister, Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda, is having difficulty finding their successors and has not yet made any personnel decisions.” -- WATOŁA ON THE THREAD OF KAROLINA HYTREK-PROSIECKA AT LESZCZYNA'S: “The dismissal of Monika Latoszek, who has been professionally associated with the ministry for 18 years, was a surprise to the employees of the Ministry of Health. She most recently worked as deputy director of the Department of Education and Health Promotion. Karolina Hytrek-Prosiecka, who presents herself as a journalist and “word management trainer,” is responsible for her dismissal. Leszczyna hired her at the ministry a few months ago as an advisor. Hytrek-Prosiecka was supposed to examine the functioning of the communication office and the department of education and health promotion. Previously, these tasks were carried out by the communication and promotion office, but a year ago Leszczyna ordered the tasks to be separated and a new department to be established. Latoszek became its deputy director. Earlier, thanks to Hytrek-Prosiecka, Małgorzata Dziak-Masny, director of the communication office, was dismissed from the ministry.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32156331,przygaszone-nastroje-w-ministerstwie-zdrowia-zurek-szaleje.html -- THIS IS HOW KRZYSZTOF STANOWSKI MOCKED STONOGA AND THE MEDIA A YEAR AGO: https://x.com/K_Stanowski/status/1820699119859446182 -- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Zagórski, Jerzy Żyżyński, Jacek Poniedziałek, Violetta Porowska, Alicja Kaczorowska, Tomasz Smolarz.