-- CIESZYŃSKI ON US SECURITY STRATEGY: IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR POLAND TO ADAPT TO IT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- ACCORDING TO 41% OF POLES, THE SITUATION OF PATIENTS IN CLINICS AND HOSPITALS HAS WORSENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE CURRENT COALITION'S GOVERNMENT - ACCORDING TO AN OPINIA24 POLL COMMISSIONED BY RMF FM. 7% of respondents noted improvement in healthcare, and 38% noticed no changes. The remaining 14% of respondents have no opinion on the matter.
https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-nowy-sondaz-rmf-fm-polacy-krytycznie-o-zmianach-w-sluzbie-zd,nId,8046969

-- 39 TO 37 - THE LAW AND JUSTICE GOVERNMENT TOOK BETTER CARE OF POLES' WALLETS - ACCORDING TO A NEW UNITED SURVEYS BY IBRIS POLL FOR WIRTUALNA POLSKA: "The PiS government wins the poll by a slight margin, and the responses favoring it are much more decisive. A total of 38.8% of respondents stand by the previous government (25.2% - 'definitely', and 13.6% - 'rather'). 36.8% of those surveyed indicate in the poll that the current government takes better care of Poles' wallets (13.7% choose the 'definitely' option, and 23.1% - 'rather'). A significant group in the poll, one in five respondents, believes that both governments performed equally well. This option is chosen by a total of 22.3% of respondents."
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/tusk-kontra-morawiecki-kto-lepiej-zadbal-o-portfele-polakow-mamy-najnowszy-sondaz-7228427653671872a

-- ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE (46.5% TO 46%) OF RESPONDENTS EXPRESS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS GERMANS - United Surveys for Wirtualna Polska: "Although only 7.1% declare strong sympathy, 39.4% respond that they feel 'rather sympathetic.' Almost as many (46.4%) think differently: 33.5% feel 'rather dislike' towards Germans, and 12.9% feel strong dislike. A small percentage (7.1%) cannot definitively assess their attitude towards our neighbor."
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/nowy-sondaz-jaki-jest-stosunek-polakow-do-niemcow-uwage-zwraca-wyrazny-podzial-7228799491722176a

-- THE LIMITATION OF UKRAINE'S SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS SUBJECTION TO MOSCOW'S INFLUENCE TO A GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE WILL LEAD TO A DEEP SOCIAL CRISIS, THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH CANNOT BE CONTAINED WITHIN UKRAINE'S BORDERS - EDWIN BENDYK IN OKO.PRESS: "Scenarios for ending the war and developing post-war reality analyzed in expert circles clearly show that any agreement signifying a limitation of Ukraine's sovereignty and its subjugation to Moscow's influence to a greater or lesser extent will lead to a deep social, political, and economic crisis. The consequences of this crisis cannot be contained within Ukraine's borders – its effects will spill over into neighboring countries, becoming an instrument of Russian destabilizing influence on European states."

-- THE SOCIAL CRISIS SPILLING OVER FROM UKRAINE MAY BE A GREATER THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF POLAND AND EUROPEAN STATES THAN THE RISK OF DIRECT ARMED CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA - FURTHERMORE, EDWIN BENDYK IN OKO: "There is no third way; weakening or abandoning any of the three indicated pillars will lead to the first component of the alternative – a lasting crisis. If it occurs, it may pose a greater threat to the security of Poland and European states than the risk of direct armed confrontation with Russia. This is why the war in Ukraine is our war. And this is why a Ukrainian victory is in line with Polish raison d'état, and commitment to its achievement cannot be held hostage by internal, domestic political disputes."
https://oko.press/bendyk-cena-pokoju-koszt-przegranej-dobry-scenariusz-ukrainy

-- REGARDLESS - THE HOLE IN THE NFZ BUDGET IS THE LARGEST IN ITS HISTORY - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: "Regardless – the hole in the NFZ budget is the largest in its history. Solutions introduced during the PiS era contributed to this, including guarantees of high annual salary increases. Large hospitals receive enormous funds for these. Thanks to this, many of them increase profits. Smaller hospitals receive much less, but must pay their employees the same. And they sink deeper into debt. The government has done nothing about this for two years."

-- FINALLY, TUSK SHOWED UP, AND THANKS TO THAT, THE GOVERNMENT SUMMIT WON AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL ONE - FURTHERMORE, WATOŁA IN GW: "Tusk decided that the government would convene an 'anti-summit.' It took place on Thursday, December 4, under the slogan 'Safe Patient.' From behind the scenes, we know that the Prime Minister once wanted to appear at it, and another time he didn't. Sobierańska-Grenda insisted. Finally, Tusk showed up, and thanks to that, the government summit won against the presidential one. It was the Prime Minister who delivered the words that the media later quoted most willingly: that the NFZ 'is not bankrupt,' that it is solvent and pays reliably."
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32453429,pojedynek-na-zdrowie-wygral-tusk-ale-skoro-jest-tak-dobrze.html

-- IN TWO YEARS, MY FATHER MAY NOT ONLY BECOME A DEPUTY OF A NICHE PARTY, BUT MAY ENTER PARLIAMENT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A GROUP CO-CREATING THE GOVERNMENT - EWA WALUŚ, DAUGHTER OF A POLE CONVICTED IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR MURDER IN A REPORT BY MAŁGORZATA RUSEK AND RAFAŁ GÓRSKI IN GW: "I look at my father's actions through the prism of what is happening in the world: the growing radicalization of the right. Konfederacja Korony Polskiej currently has 10 percent support. In two years, my father may not only become a deputy of a niche party, but may enter parliament as a representative of a group co-creating the government."
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32445468,tak-grzegorz-braun-gra-januszem-walusiem-corka-mordercy-urwalam.html

-- PRESIDENT KAROL NAWROCKI'S VETOES ARE MORE KONFEDERACJA VETOES THAN PIŚ VETOES, BUT THEY MAKE NAWROCKI A POLITICIAN WHO CAN BE A LINK BETWEEN PIŚ AND KONFEDERACJA - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: "By blocking the bill on the cryptocurrency market and the so-called chain bill, President Karol Nawrocki signals that he wants to be the leader of the entire Polish right, which today extends far beyond PiS. (...) This makes Nawrocki a politician who can be a link between PiS and Konfederacja in the case of likely difficult negotiations regarding the creation of a coalition after the 2027 elections. All these benefits are worth the risk of being labeled a 'veto machine.'"
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43465291-artur-bartkiewicz-weta-prezydenta-karola-nawrockiego-to-bardziej-weta-konfederacji-niz-pis

-- SOONER OR LATER WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT DEBT KAROL NAWROCKI IS PAYING OFF - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: "The upholding of the presidential veto on the bill intended to regulate the cryptocurrency market indicates that PiS and Konfederacja have lost their basic self-preservation instinct. They have also lost their sense of social mood. Especially PiS. MPs of a party that champions the welfare and security of ordinary citizens have decided to leave those citizens in the lurch. Without state intervention, without any help in case of money loss. And the president? Sooner or later, we will find out what debt Karol Nawrocki is paying off."
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32453363,prezydent-splaca-kryptodlugi-pis-stracil-instynkt-samozachowawczy.html

-- UNTIL THE PARTY LEADER OFFICIALLY DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM TRUMP, LIKE ENVER HOXHA DID FROM MAO ZEDONG IN THE 70S, WE ARE FAR FROM IT, ALTHOUGH I DOUBT JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI TRUSTS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT - WITOLD GADOMSKI IN GW: "I do not doubt that many PiS politicians share the views of Radziejewski and Skwieciński, but they prefer not to express them until the party leader officially distances himself from Trump, as Enver Hoxha did from Mao Zedong in the 70s. We are far from that, although I doubt Jarosław Kaczyński trusts the American president. However, he cannot present an alternative. He once proposed the creation of a European army, and even its financing at the expense of smaller agricultural subsidies, but that was at a different political stage. Today, he claims that Germany and France are threats to Polish sovereignty, implying that Germany is possibly arming itself against us, so cooperation in defending Europe against Russia is out of the question."  
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32453258,polska-prawica-czyli-sieroty-po-trumpie.html

-- 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOLANTA SZCZYPIŃSKA'S DEATH. She passed away in 2018 after a serious illness, at the age of only 61.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Katarzyna Sławińska, Marek Pol, Jacek Michałowski, Tomasz Lenz, Joanna Kos-Krauze, Michał Królikowski.