-- A YEAR AGO, KULTURA LIBERALNA PUBLISHED SYLVIA KAUFFMANN'S BOOK "BLINDED. HOW BERLIN AND PARIS GAVE RUSSIA FREE REIN".

-- OPERATION SEDUCTION WAS SUCCESSFUL - KAUFFMANN WROTE ABOUT THE WEST'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN: “When talking about Putin, two conflicting images quickly emerge before Berlin diplomats: Putin the modest and charming olive branch from his 2001 Bundestag speech, and Putin the accuser, threatening during the Munich Security Conference in 2007. In reality, however, even this surprising contrast did not prompt the Germans to rethink their strategy towards Moscow. Thus, after the first decade of Putin's rule, the three largest EU countries had strong ties with Russia: Germany through gas, England through finance, and France through its security ambitions. Operation 'Seduction' was a success.”
https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/12/17/operacja-uwiedzenie-fragment-ksiazki/

-- WHAT HARM IS THERE IN READING BOOKS PUBLISHED BY KULTURA LIBERALNA BEFORE ACCUSING BRONISŁAW WILDSTEIN OF BEING PRO-RUSSIAN?

-- WHAT TUSK SAID AT THE CIVIC COALITION CONVENTION: “Some other 'brilliant' theses were published there about how Russia had to attack Ukraine because the rotten West led to it. Mr. Wildstein seems to have invented that. These are their official documents and papers.”

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-- DESPITE POLLS, A GIGANTIC VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT MILEI'S PARTY IN ARGENTINA: https://x.com/MikolajPisarski/status/1982720796738175403

-- PRESIDENT: UNDER THE GUISE OF FIGHTING ILLEGAL CONTENT AND DISINFORMATION, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO RESTRICT FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY INTRODUCING A MECHANISM TO BLOCK STATEMENTS,

PRZYDACZ: IF ZELENSKYY WANTS TO SEE NAWROCKI, NOTHING PREVENTS HIM FROM GETTING ON A TRAIN AND COMING TO WARSAW
- 300LIVE:
https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2025-10-27/

-- ZELENSKYY UNSUCCESSFULLY SEEKS CONTACTS ON THE RIGHT-WING - WIKTORIA BIELIASZYN, BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI, AND MICHAŁ OLSZEWSKI IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “And consternation in Kyiv. – The president’s administration is seeking a meeting. There are two reasons: first, Zelenskyy wants to establish contacts with his protocol counterpart in Warsaw, and second, he is considering the possibility of a change of power in Poland and wants to have relations with PiS [Law and Justice] people. But so far, nothing is coming of it – says our source in Kyiv. He emphasizes that there is no despair, but there is surprise.”

-- THE CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS UKRAINE, NOT UKRAINE TOWARDS US, LINGERS - GAZETA WYBORCZA QUOTES MARCIN PRZYDACZ: “After his speech, we asked Marcin Przydacz when, in that case, the President of Poland would visit Kyiv. The minister devoted a lot of time to explaining how flawed the perspective of those asking similar questions is. – Polish elites involved in Eastern policy are not asking today when Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Karol Nawrocki. The conviction that we have obligations towards Ukraine, not Ukraine towards us, lingers – he replied.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,32352125,nawrocki-nie-odpowiada-na-zaproszenia-zelenskiego-kontakty.html

-- IS POLAND EXPERIENCING A RECORD WAVE OF LAYOFFS IN YEARS? IF WE LOOK AT AGGREGATE DATA, THEN YES - JOLANTA OJCZYK AND ZUZANNA STASZEWSKA-JEDYNASTY IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “Is Poland experiencing a record wave of layoffs in years? If we look at aggregate data, then yes. By the end of September, employers reported their intention to lay off over 88,000 employees. That is as much as 53.8 thousand more than in the entire previous year. Only one province, and even one district, is responsible for such a large increase. It is Warsaw. The situation is also difficult in two other provinces: Silesian and Lesser Poland.”
https://businessinsider.com.pl/praca/rekordowa-fala-zwolnien-w-polsce-tysiace-osob-zagrozonych-wzrosty-rok-do-roku-mapy/tbyr3lq

-- PRICES HAVEN'T BEEN THIS HIGH IN A LONG TIME - MATEUSZ MADEJSKI IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “We are seeing a rather sudden price increase in stores. Data from PanParagon for Business Insider Poland shows that prices haven't been this high since the beginning of August this year.”
https://businessinsider.com.pl/poradnik-finansowy/tak-drogo-juz-dawno-nie-bylo-mamy-nowe-dane/rfspxke

-- PROF. DUDEK OFFERS TUSK A 100 PLN BET THAT CIVIC COALITION WON'T STAY IN POWER - AS HE SAID IN HIS PODCAST QUOTED BY RZECZPOSPOLITA: “Mr. Prime Minister, I propose a bet, I think 100 PLN is an appropriate and not exorbitant amount. I believe that the Civic Coalition will not remain in power after 2027 – said Dudek. – I emphasize, it will not remain in power, because it may win elections like PiS did in 2023 and have the largest club in the Sejm, but it won't govern – he added, noting that he 'hopes the prime minister will accept the bet'.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43238621-tusk-twierdzi-ze-wygra-wybory-w-2027-r-prof-dudek-mozemy-sie-zalozyc

-- IF THERE WERE A MOTION TO REMOVE MARSHAL HOŁOWNIA, AND I WERE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, I WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT - HEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CHANCERY ZBIGNIEW BOGUCKI IN AN INTERVIEW WITH GRZEGORZ OSIECKI AND TOMASZ ŻÓŁCIAK IN MONEY: “If there were a motion to remove Marshal Hołownia, and I were a Member of Parliament, I would vote against it. In a difficult situation of political pressure, he acted as he should have. He convened the National Assembly and ensured the inauguration of the President of the Republic of Poland – this is, of course, his duty as Marshal of the Sejm, but the pressure was immense, and he stood against it. However, moving from the position of Marshal to Ambassador within the same term is a rather uncomfortable situation.”

-- END TO THE EXCLUSION OF SOME JUDGES BY OTHERS, END TO THIS CHAOS - ALSO FROM THE HEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CHANCERY IN MONEY: “Some political and legal circles must finally understand that the President – by saying during the campaign how the judiciary should look in a state of law – convinced the majority of Poles, and today he has full legitimacy to say: end the exclusion of some judges by others, end this chaos that infringes on the rights and freedoms of citizens and undermines the constitutional foundations of the state system, which is extremely dangerous.”
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/te-ustawe-rzadu-prezydent-zapewne-podpisze-szef-jego-kancelarii-mowi-o-planach-palacu-7214977538329248a.html

-- BELGIUM IS ESSENTIALLY A NARCO-STATE - WARNS A SENIOR JUDGE FROM ANTWERP - POLITICO EUROPE: "'Extensive mafia-like structures have taken root in Belgium,' writes the judge in an anonymous letter, describing how crime permeates every part of Belgian society.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/antwerp-judge-belgium-evolving-narco-state

-- BIRTHDAYS: Janusz Korwin-Mikke (83), Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (60), Tomasz Kamiński.