-- MENTZEN: IF WE DON'T SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE SOCIAL SPENDING, POLAND WILL GO BANKRUPT; MAY THE PRESIDENT BE THE PATRON OF THE RIGHT-WING SENATE PACT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- THE PRICE OF GOLD HAS BROKEN ANOTHER BARRIER. ADAM GLAPIŃSKI HAS A NOSE FOR THIS MATTER - ANNA POPIOŁEK IN GW: “When it comes to increasing gold reserves, Adam Glapiński, the president of the National Bank of Poland, can be given credit (although he may have made mistakes in many other decisions). Over the last 25 years, gold has appreciated even faster than the American stock market. In 2018, we had 128 tons of gold, and a year later 228 tons. In 2023 - 358 tons of gold. For comparison, according to official NBP data, in 1996 we had 14 tons of gold. Now the National Bank of Poland has accumulated more gold than the central bank of the euro area. At the end of August 2025, it was 515 tons.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177151,32307788,ceny-zlota-przebily-4-tys-dol.html

-- MAZOVIA FACES LIMITATIONS ON PATIENT ADMISSIONS; REDUCED FUNDING MAY AFFECT AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY THE MAZOWIAN BRANCH OF THE NFZ WITH HOSPITALS FOR SERVICES BEYOND LUMP SUM PAYMENTS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER – AS DETERMINED BY RZ - WRITES DOMINIKA PIETRZYK: “As 'Rzeczpospolita' has learned from hospitals, contract cuts were to concern services for the fourth quarter of this year. – In this way, the NFZ wants to credit itself at the expense of hospitals – says the director of one of the Warsaw hospitals, who wishes to remain anonymous.”
https://www.rp.pl/ochrona-zdrowia/art43136151-szpitale-na-mazowszu-zagrozone-cieciem-kontraktow-kolejki-do-lekarzy-moga-sie-wydluzyc

-- A SURPLUS OF SOME VEGETABLES MEANS IT'S NOT PROFITABLE FOR GROWERS TO HARVEST THEM; PRICES OFFERED TO FARMERS AT COLLECTION POINTS ARE SO LOW THAT TRANSPORTING THE HARVEST BECOMES UNPROFITABLE - DAGMARA PAKUŁA IN INTERIA: “- Everything is at a standstill. We are trying to help farmers as best we can, we are buying potatoes from them, but we ourselves have no sales – says the owner of a fruit and vegetable stall in the Rybitwy Trade Complex in Krakow. She has been running the stall for seven years. In her opinion, this is a significant challenge for both growers and sellers.”

-- THE MINISTRY THROWING UP ITS HANDS - FURTHER IN INTERIA: “The ministry's response leaves no room for doubt. - If we were to subsidize everyone from the state budget, these payments would have to amount to tens of billions of zlotys. We know what we are focusing on today; the largest sums are being spent on arming the Polish army and securing Poland – explained Minister Krajewski in an interview with PAP.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-kleska-urodzaju-pograzyla-rolnikow-nie-wszystkim-oplaca-sie,nId,22428411

-- THE DISPUTE OVER THE FUTURE OF THE LINDLEYA HOSPITAL. "THEY WERE ALREADY CHOOSING LAMPS FOR OPERATING ROOMS, BUT THE INVESTMENT WAS HALTED" - MARTYNA ŚMIGIEL IN GW: “What future awaits the hospital at Lindleya and for how long will patients receive multidisciplinary care here? The matter of the huge sums allocated by the government for renovations and the construction of a new facility is hanging by a thread.”
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32304841,jaka-przyszlosc-czeka-szpitala-przy-lindleya-wciaz-mozliwa.html

-- "I AM FULLY AWARE THAT NOT EVERY MINISTER WILL HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN EVERY THREE MONTHS, BUT AS A RULE, WE WANT TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS WORK" - MACIEJ BEREK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GW: “We have collected priorities from all ministers and are now discussing them at meetings with the heads of individual departments. We are delving deeper into their ideas, sometimes urging ministers to speed up, change schedules, and we have agreed that every quarter we will discuss together the pace of implemented changes. I am fully aware that not every minister will have something happen every three months, but as a rule, we want to hold them accountable for this work. And we will regularly inform the public about how much has been achieved.”

-- BANAŚ, WHO CLAIMS TO BE A PATRIOT, DESTROYED THE NIK IN THIS WAY - BEREK FURTHER IN GRUSZCZYŃSKI'S INTERVIEW IN GW: “Let's move on: after five years, these acting directors entered competitions for their own positions and won them. They could do this because they already had five years of experience, as required by law. Marian Banaś, who claims to be a patriot, destroyed the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) in this way, because he showed that the president can introduce 'a caste of his directors.' These are very dangerous phenomena for individual institutions and require a lot of effort and time to remove their negative consequences.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32291394,tak-widze-te-slabosc-po-i-rzadu-od-czego-zacznie-porzadki.html

-- "NOW WE ARE GETTING THE ŻUREK TREATMENT" - EWA SZADKOWSKA IN RZ: “Someone please explain to me how embedding a provision in a ministerial regulation tailored to literally a few people is supposed to help restore the rule of law in Poland and reform the courts, which is the main driving force behind Minister Żurek's actions. Such 'flowers' tailored for colleagues – at a time when retirees are being called back from retirement because there are vacancies in the courts and no one to adjudicate – is an excellent way to squander that capital. Not to mention the rest of society, which has just been reminded of what lies behind the infamous acronym TKM.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art43139861-ewa-szadkowska-lex-markiewicz-czyli-teraz-k-my

-- "THE AUTHORS OF THE PROJECT ARE BECOMING BENEFICIARIES OF THIS REGULATION, AS THEY WILL ADJUDICATE AT 5%, RECEIVING FULL SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES FOR WORK IN COMMISSIONS" - SUMMARIZES A JUDGE - CITED BY PIOTR SZYMANIAK IN RZ: “Judges who are members of codification commissions will have their caseload reduced by up to 95%, even though they receive additional remuneration for this activity. Those who work in problem teams do so voluntarily and without a reduction in their workload in the courts.”
https://www.rp.pl/sady-i-trybunaly/art43136191-sedziowie-z-komisji-kodyfikacyjnych-nie-napracuja-sie-w-sadach

-- OCTOBER 15TH, TWO YEARS AFTER ELECTION VICTORY, THE COALITION HAS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE - JERZY BACZYŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “The October 15th coalition, two years after its election victory, has nothing to celebrate. An antagonistic president, a 'Hołownia-esque' crisis, low approval ratings, a rightward shift in public sentiment. But if there is no certainty about what to do, then one must do one's job.”

-- ŻUREK IS INVALUABLE - FURTHER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Here, the example of Minister Waldemar Żurek is invaluable; he has genuinely taken up the task of regulating the status of neo-judges (among other things, by modifying the so-called 'ziobrolotek'), and has a coherent plan to (finally) improve the work of courts and prosecutor's offices. Żurek is conducting his reform of the justice system, devastated over eight years, in such a way as to circumvent probable blockades from an indignant president.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2317503,1,historia-holowni-jest-wielce-pouczajaca-a-w-polsce-jakby-juz-rzadzila-konfederacja

-- CONFEDERATION HOLDS THE CONTROLLING STAKE IN POLISH POLITICS TODAY - MARIUSZ JANICKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “As a fresh idea, only Confederation remains, with its 14–15% of supporters – and it holds the controlling stake in Polish politics today. Therefore, various events in the public sphere in recent and upcoming months can be seen as elements of a game for Confederation. For years, liberal parties have been concerned with 'what PiS will say'; now, what 'Confederation will say' matters, although no one will admit to it.”

-- THE COMING MONTHS WILL SHOW WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE TO POACH ANY CONFEDERATION VOTERS - FURTHER FROM THE FIRST DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Kaczyński likely believes he is losing nothing by persecuting Mentzen; there is still plenty of time until the elections. He can therefore freely grill his smaller partner and test his psychological resilience. The coming months will show whether it is possible to poach any Confederation voters, or whether it is an impermeable resource to be used only in a coalition, with the acceptance of autonomy.”

-- WILL CONFEDERATION WITHSTAND THIS ZONE OF DOUBLE SQUEEZE, OR WILL IT TURN OUT TO BE ANOTHER SEASONAL GROUPING THAT STARTS TO LOWER ITS POLLING FLIGHTS - FURTHER FROM JANICKI: “Will Confederation withstand this zone of double squeeze, or will it turn out to be another seasonal grouping that starts to lower its polling flights and eventually dissolves, like Palikot, Kukiz, Petru, Biedroń, and most recently Hołownia's parties. They too once had double-digit results. According to this unwritten rule, Confederation should eventually weaken and fall below the threshold. However, this formation has certainly entered the political mainstream, despite its program being extreme in many points, which has not been changed by getting rid of Grzegorz Braun, who, incidentally, is still remembered with nostalgia in Confederation.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2317527,1,konfederacja-w-strefie-zgniotu-kaczynski-chce-ja-zadusic-tusk-lawiruje-bo-ma-trudniej

-- IS THE WAR BETWEEN PIS AND CONFEDERATION A PRETENCE? - PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “Is the war between PiS and Confederation a charade for the masses? Will the two formations, after the next two years of maliciousness and distancing themselves from each other, quickly reach an agreement to seize power? Everything indicates so. Today, the public is being fooled by the illusion that Jarosław Kaczyński and Sławomir Mentzen with Krzysztof Bosak are separated by a chasm. In fact, they are divided by trifles presented as great obstacles, but united by a common and far-reaching goal.”

-- LIKE TRUMP AND VANCE - FURTHER SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “But why should this media conflict be artificial? Why should it end like JD Vance's war with Donald Trump, when after the former called the latter an 'idiot' and compared him to the darkest figures in history, today they govern America together as Vice President and President?”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-czy-wojna-miedzy-pis-i-konfederacja-to-gra-pozorow,nId,22427327

-- 25 YEARS AGO, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, running for re-election, won the presidential election in the first round with 53.90%. Andrzej Olechowski came in second with 17.30% support. Despite a total campaign, Marian Krzaklewski obtained only 15.57%.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Ewa Drozd, Czesław Siekierski, Zbigniew Siemiątkowski.