-- TUSK POSTS VIDEO: WE LIVE BETTER IN POLAND WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER, KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ: I DON'T SHARE ALL THESE FEARS THAT THE USA WILL LEAVE EUROPE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM „TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY”, DONALD TUSK INTENDS TO SOON TRANSFER 14 POLISH MIG-29 FIGHTERS TO UKRAINE, WHOSE "RESOURCES" ARE RUNNING OUT - ZBIGNIEW PARAFIANOWICZ: “As per ‘Tygodnik’ information, Donald Tusk intends to soon transfer Polish MiG-29s to Ukraine (we have 14 in total). These are the fighters whose technical resources will expire in 2026 and they will no longer be able to serve in our air force. The same applies to obsolete, decommissioned Su-22 attack aircraft. – Kyiv itself insisted on their transfer, and we agreed because our pilots won't be flying them anyway. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians will still make use of them – a source in the Ministry of National Defence assures us.”

-- A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER OFFER FROM THE POLISH GOVERNMENT TO KYIV IS THE READINESS TO COVER GUARANTEES FOR BELGIUM TO FACILITATE THE USE OF FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS IN THAT COUNTRY - PARAFIANOWICZ CONTINUES IN „TYGODNIK”: “A significantly larger offer from the Polish government to Kyiv is the readiness to cover guarantees for Belgium to facilitate the use of Russian assets frozen in that country. These assets would serve as collateral for EU loans for future war reparations from Russia to Ukraine. Poland is pledging €10.3 billion to cover guarantees for Belgium, which constitutes 4.9 percent of the total amount of €210 billion.”

-- THIS SHOULD GIVE POLAND A SEAT AT THE EUROPEAN TABLE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF UKRAINE - PARAFIANOWICZ CONTINUES IN „TYGODNIK”: “This places Poland fifth in terms of contribution to these guarantees, which should naturally give it a seat at the European table discussing the future of Ukraine. These €210 billion, if activated, will become Ukraine's war budget for the next two or three years.”

-- THE PRIME MINISTER'S AND PRESIDENT'S CIRCLES AGREE ON ONE THING. THE LONGER THE WAR IN UKRAINE LASTS, THE MORE TIME POLAND HAS - PARAFIANOWICZ AGAIN IN „TYGODNIK”: “No one will admit this, neither in the Prime Minister's Chancellery nor in the Presidential Palace, but the circles of the Prime Minister and the President agree on one thing. The longer the war in Ukraine lasts, the more time Poland and the eastern flank of NATO have to prepare for a potential confrontation with Russia, which is currently tied down in the Zaporizhzhia steppes and the Donetsk region.”https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/polska-przekaze-ukrainie-swoje-posowieckie-samoloty-bojowe-192402

-- WE HARBOR A QUIET HOPE THAT ALL OF TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL IDEAS WILL BE REJECTED BY THE GERMANS, FRENCH, BRITISH, AND – MOST IMPORTANTLY – THAT THIS WILL NOT COOL POLAND'S RELATIONS WITH THE USA - ROMAN SZOSZYN IN RZ: “So, do we quietly hope that all of Trump's controversial ideas will be rejected by the Germans, French, British, and – most importantly – that this will not cool Poland's relations with the USA? Or perhaps we are also waiting for Western Europe to open its wallet for Ukraine, and only then will we possibly voice our comments, proposals, and doubts? However, we must be absolutely certain that the key players in the EU, who have recently been at the negotiation table in London and have been bearing all the costs and risks, will remember us.”https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43474881-ruslan-szoszyn-dlaczego-polska-nie-siedzi-przy-stole-rozmow-pokojowych-powodow-jest-kilka

-- SASIN HAS GIVEN KO AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT - JAKUB MAJMUREK IN WP: “Jacek Sasin is probably a very generous man. So generous that, despite it being over two weeks until Christmas, and Tusk being his political opponent, if not enemy, Sasin has given KO an early Christmas present by stating on TVN 24 that he doesn't rule out a coalition with Konfederacja Korony Polskiej and prefers Grzegorz Braun to the current Prime Minister. KO campaign strategists only need to record such statements, save them on their hard drives, take screenshots, and keep them until the election. Such declarations from PiS politicians are pure political gold for the main party of the ruling camp.”https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wypowiedzia-o-braunie-jacek-sasin-podarowal-ko-przedwczesny-gwiazdkowy-prezent-opinia-7230687957773248a



-- THE "BUTTERMONGERS" IN PIS ARE LIKE FROM THE CZECH CARTOON “NEIGHBOURS,” THEY'LL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE - AS DOMINIKA WIELOWIEJSKA WRITES: Jacek Sasin is having a bad run. First, he angered Mateusz Morawiecki's supporters by stating that MM would no longer be Prime Minister. Nowogrodzka [PiS headquarters] gave him a dressing-down, so he changed his version: we are not discussing the future PiS government Prime Minister. But then he dropped a bon mot about a coalition with Grzegorz Braun. It caused an uproar again, so now Tobiasz Bocheński, on behalf of the "buttermongers," is trying to backtrack.https://x.com/DWielowieyska/status/1998660602961519013?s=20

-- BRAUN REACHES 10% IN OPINIA24, KONFEDERACJA SUFFERS LOSSES:
KO 32.9 (+1.2)
PiS 24.6 (-0.5)
Konfederacja (-1.4) 13.2
Braun 9.6 (+3.4)
Lewica 4.7 (-1.9)
Razem 2.5 (-2.1)https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32458015,opinia24-dla-gazety-wyborczej.html

-- CZARZASTY'S COALITION-RAISING STRATEGY - IWONA SZPALA IN GW: “- Before the Marshal's exchange, we consulted within the party on how the government should look. Czarzasty was a proponent of a strategy that elevates the coalition – informs his associate. - Why? Because you travel around the constituencies and listen, and people say: you're stewing in Warsaw, there are always races and arguments, where is the coalition?”https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32459668,nawrockiemu-trzeba-bylo-odpowiedziec-koalicja-szykuje-pojedynek.html

-- 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIEŁSAT.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Aleksander Smolar (85).