Today's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Kalukin: Poland 2050 Seems Redundant Today, Szułdrzyński: Don't Destabilize the State, Szymon Musisz, Kolanko: Will Pełczyńska Run with Zandberg?

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-- THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF KATARZYNA KIEŁA FROM TVN GETTING VACCINATED OUT OF TURN DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS PASSED UNNOTENTICALLY – AS WP WROTE 5 YEARS AGO: “Vaccination scandal at WUM. Katarzyna Kiela, head of Discovery EMEA, was vaccinated with her husband out of turn. The Medical University of Warsaw informed that from a pool of 450 additional vaccine doses received from the Material Reserves Agency, they vaccinated, among others, WUM hospital employees. However, this group included 18 well-known figures from the world of culture and art.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wum-i-afera-szczepionkowa-katarzyna-kieli-na-liscie-jest-zwiazana-z-tvn-6595110583319360a

-- AS PATRYK JAKI AND TOBIASZ BOCHEŃSKI WERE REPORTEDLY TO HAVE MET AT UNIVERSITIES, MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI ACTUALLY MET WITH STUDENTS AT SGHhttps://x.com/PiotrMuller/status/2011164063058047222?s=20

-- ANDRUSZKIEWICZ: STADIUMS ARE A MUCH HEALTHIER PLACE THAN THE EDITORIAL OFFICE OF GAZETA WYBORCZA – 300LIVEhttps://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- THE DISMISSAL OF EWA WRZOSTEK'S CASE IN THE MANNER AND STYLE CHOSEN HAS STRIPPED EVERYONE OF THEIR ILLUSIONS – PIOTR SZYMANIAK IN RZ: “The discontinuation of proceedings against her, moreover in such a way and style, will only further discourage the environment, which will probably shed the last remnants of illusions about the current leadership and hopes that it is capable of steering this ship in the desired direction. But how many of these prosecutors are there really? Ewa Wrzosek has her supporters not among lawyers, but among the most ardent 'lay' fans of the rule of law battles.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art43628741-piotr-szymaniak-a-ile-dywizji-ma-prokuratura-czyli-o-powodach-obrony-ewy-wrzosek

-- THE CRISIS IN POLSKA 2050, A SHAKY COALITION, AND A DIFFICULT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION ARE REASONS WHY HOŁOWNIA SHOULD RETURN TO THE RACE FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE PARTY. IT'S TIME FOR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, NOT CONVENIENT DECISIONS – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Mr. Marshal Hołownia, it's time for a decision. There isn't much time. To allude to a famous press title: Szymon, you must!”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43631421-michal-szuldrzynski-po-uniewaznieniu-wyborow-na-przewodniczaca-polski-2050-szymon-musisz

-- "THERE WAS NO ATTACK OR INFLUENCE FROM THIRD PARTIES" – THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDED VOTING SURVEYS FOR POLSKA 2050 STATED TO INTERIA – ŁUKASZ SZPYRKA IN INTERIA: “The analysis of the problem shows that the system was blocked automatically because too many people tried to log in in a short period of time. This was probably because the politicians of this formation... shared the link on social media.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-wiemy-co-stalo-sie-w-glosowaniu-partii-holowni-mamy-wyniki-a,nId,22508417

-- POLSKA 2050 SEEMS REDUNDANT TODAY. IS A RETURN FROM THE ABYSS STILL POSSIBLE? – RAFAŁ KALUKIN IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Whoever emerges victorious from this competition will have a very difficult path ahead. Not only due to the generally poor condition of Poland 2050, which has sunk to polling lows and seems practically redundant on today's political scene. The internal elections have now further confirmed that this political formula is dramatically lacking a sense of purpose. Until now, it was held together by Szymon Hołownia's charismatic leadership, and when the leader was gone, the heirs who had been in his shadow began to fight amongst themselves. The party emerges from this trial deeply divided, perhaps on the brink of collapse.”

-- KALUKIN ON SUCCESSION BY CHANCE: “In this situation, the grouping, plunged into chaos, has subjected itself to a haphazard succession. Whoever carried the marshal's baton in their backpack simply put themselves forward, and as a result, there was an absurd surge of candidates, reaching seven at its peak. The casual observer, of course, found it difficult to navigate this thicket. Few knew what options the contenders represented, how they differed from each other, what the new idea for the party was. Instead, what was heard were mainly backroom dealings, intrigues from informal 'cooperatives'. That is, politicking of the worst kind.”

-- THE SPLIT OF THE CLUB IS AN ADDITIONAL PARTNER AND TROUBLE FOR TUSK – KALUKIN FURTHER IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Prime Minister Tusk is certainly concerned today about the split of the Poland 2050 club into two parts. This would mean the appearance of an additional partner for him, with whom he would have to negotiate. Potentially capricious, demanding ever more for votes in the Sejm. A multi-member coalition is already difficult at times, especially in the field. Further expansion of the coalition would multiply the problems.”

-- KALUKIN ON THE SCENARIO OF AN ALLIANCE WITH PSL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: “There is still another alternative, which has also been discussed recently in political backrooms: a joint project by the agrarian party, the free-market wing of Poland 2050, and popular local government officials freed up by term limits. Although the broad mobilization of the latter in national politics is still mostly a fantasy, not yet backed by any facts. It is, moreover, returning quite regularly in yet another election cycle.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43627401-wstrzas-w-polsce-2050-czy-szymon-holownia-wroci-jednak-do-gry

-- DOES KATARZYNA PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ WANT TO FORM AN ELECTORAL ALLIANCE WITH ADRIAN ZANDBERG'S RAZEM PARTY? – MICHAŁ KOLANKO IN RZ: “Each side has already directly accused the other of preparing a split and allying with other parties. The so-called loyalists accused Hennig-Kloska's camp of reaching an agreement with Donald Tusk and Civic Coalition. And the other side began to spread rumors that Pełczyńska-Nałęcz wants to form an alliance with... Adrian Zandberg's Razem party for the upcoming parliamentary elections.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43627401-wstrzas-w-polsce-2050-czy-szymon-holownia-wroci-jednak-do-gry

-- WE WON'T WIN LIKE THIS, WE MUST BE LIKE TUSK IN 2007–2011, WHEN HE TOLD LEFT-WING VOTERS THAT HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT FULL ABORTION LAW LIBERALIZATION, BUT ONLY TOGETHER CAN WE REMOVE KACZYŃSKI FROM POWER – AGATA KONDZIŃSKA ON THE SCENARIO OF PIS'S APPROACH TO BRAUN – WRITES IN GW: “– A forgery is always worse than the original – I hear from a PiS politician. He believes that bidding on radicalism is not the right path. – We won't win like this, we must be like Tusk in 2007–2011, when he told left-wing voters that he would not support full abortion law liberalization and would not agree to same-sex marriages, but only together can we remove Kaczyński from power – he explains. He adds that PiS can benefit from Braun if they talk about him skillfully. – Braun draws support away from Konfederacja, slows down their polling momentum, weakens them – he believes.”  https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32525351,jak-pis-podejdzie-brauna-koncepcje-sa-dwie.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Andrzej Diakonow, Kosma Złotowski.
 


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