-- UKRAINIAN SUSPECTED BY GERMANY IN NORD STREAM BLAST ARRESTED IN POLAND – RMF FM REPORTER KRZYSZTOF ZASADA REPORTS: “Volodymyr Z., a Ukrainian citizen suspected by Germany of involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, has been arrested in Poland – RMF FM reporter Krzysztof Zasada has learned. The man was sought under a European Arrest Warrant issued by a German court.”

-- THE ARREST OF Z. INDICATES POLAND HAS CHANGED ITS STANCE ON THE MATTER, POSSIBLY DUE TO GERMAN DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE – GRAŻYNA ZAWADZKA AND IZABELA KACPRZAK IN RZ: “Today’s arrest of Z. shows that Poland has changed its attitude towards the matter (perhaps as a result of diplomatic pressure from Germany, which prioritizes this investigation). As 'Rzeczpospolita' reported, Germany accuses Poland of aiding a Ukrainian sabotage group (precisely by not arresting Volodymyr Z.), as it has always opposed the construction of Nord Stream.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43098861-zadziwiajace-losy-wolodymyra-z-nurka-ktory-wysadzil-nord-stream-co-robil-w-polsce

-- PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? CZARZASTY: PERHAPS WE SHOULD WAIT FOR PRIME MINISTER TUSK'S OPINION ON THIS MATTER – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/

-- FOR A LONG TIME, IT HAS LOOKED AS IF THE GOVERNMENT IS IMPLEMENTING AN AGENDA THAT IS NOT ITS OWN, BUT RATHER THAT OF PiS AND KONFEDERACJA, ALBEIT IN A SOFTER VERSION – JERZY BACZYŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “For a long time, it has looked as if the government is implementing an agenda that is not its own, but rather that of PiS and Konfederacja, albeit in a softer version. A priority for armaments, generous social spending, a frosty relationship with Germany – blocking the border against alleged hordes of migrants from the West, growing 'Ukrainophobia', distancing itself from so-called leftist madness (Warsaw's prohibition, the Green Deal), etc. The argument is invoked that this is how it must be because 'the whole world has shifted to the right' and become 'Trump-ized'. But this is more of an excuse than the truth. Democrats lose to populists mainly due to timidity, an inability to adapt to current conditions and communication methods, a lack of self-confidence, emotion, authenticity, and directness.”

-- COALITION LEADERS OFTEN GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE OPPOSITION'S ELECTORATE THAN THEIR OWN – JERZY BACZYŃSKI FURTHER: “The governing camp's image-related failures – and there have been many recently – generally follow the same pattern: fear of what politicians and voters of the opposition will say. Coalition leaders often give the impression that they are more concerned with the opposition's electorate than their own.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2316695,1,totalne-wku-dlaczego-rzad-wciaz-ulega-hurapatriotycznemu-szantazowi-prawicy

-- CULTURE IS NOT AMONG THE GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITIES. KEY PROJECTS ARE MISSING FROM THE TASK LIST – PIOTR KOSIEWSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “With such defined areas, it was difficult to expect a significant presence of culture among the government's priorities. However, what has been presented is less than modest. It prompts questions about the actions of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage under the leadership of Marta Cienkowska and her political standing within the government. What has been included from the cultural sphere in the priorities is even more significant. It also leads one to question its role for our state. After the way culture has been treated in recent days, it appears to be of little importance to our authorities once again.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/kultura-poza-priorytetami-rzadu-na-liscie-zadan-zabraklo-kluczowych-projektow-191786

-- DONALD TUSK WILL NOT ALLOW A JOINT TO BE LIT. THERE WILL BE NO LIBERALIZATION OF DRUG LAWS – RZ: “Although before the 2023 elections, Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk announced a loosening of drug laws, and a special team is working on it in the Sejm, the government has sent a decisive letter to the Parliament: there will be no liberalization, 'Rzeczpospolita' has established.”
https://www.rp.pl/kraj/art43098341-donald-tusk-nie-pozwoli-zapalic-jointa-liberalizacji-prawa-narkotykowego-nie-bedzie

-- THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT TO DECRIMINALIZE SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA. THE 'ZERO TOLERANCE' POLICY IS A MISTAKE – JAKUB GESSLER NOWAK IN GW: “In this situation, the arguments about fighting addiction, voiced by members of a party whose councilors once set up barricades with backpacks against the night-time alcohol ban in the capital, seem absurd. However, it's not about the extent to which cannabis is addictive. The Secretary of State relies here on common sense, according to which decriminalization means increased consumption of the substance.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32281594,rzad-nie-chce-dekryminalizacji-niewielkich-ilosci-marihuany.html

-- 16 YEARS SINCE RZECZPOSPOLITA EXPOSED THE GAMBLING SCANDAL.
https://www.rp.pl/kraj/art7507851-wplywowi-politycy-i-afera-hazardowa

-- 11 YEARS SINCE EWĄ KOPACZ'S EXPOSÉ.
https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/stenogram-expos-premier-ewy-kopacz

-- BIRTHDAYS: Karol Lutkowski, Jerzy Meysztowicz, Krystyna Danilecka-Wojewódzka, Karolina Wigura.