-- ARE THEY PROCESSING THIS PRESIDENTIAL LAW OR NOT? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS BILL, MAYBE SOMEONE CAN TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS BILL - DODA TO ALEKSANDRA PAWLICKA IN THE TVP STUDIO UNDER LIQUIDATION:
https://x.com/PersElection/status/2018816878911832167?s=20

-- DODA DIDN'T LIKE THE QUESTIONS. EXCHANGE OF WORDS ON TVP - WP: 
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/dodzie-nie-spodobaly-sie-pytania-wymiana-zdan-w-tvp-7250641872415104a

-- DODA GOT TENSE DURING HER APPEARANCE WITH A TVP INFO JOURNALIST: "I DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION, I'M SAYING STOP" - PUDELEK: 
https://www.pudelek.pl/doda-spiela-sie-na-wizji-z-dziennikarka-tvp-info-nie-podoba-mi-sie-taka-rozmowa-mowie-stop-7250536754387264a

-- ZGORZELSKI CALLS ON NAWROCKI TO REMOVE THE POINT REGARDING CZARZASTY FROM THE NRR AGENDA: "SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSING" - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live#

-- TRUMP AND THE EU ARE PRESSURING PUTIN - ON THE FRONT PAGE OF GW, ANDRZEJ KUBLIK AND TOMASZ JAKUBOWSKI.

-- TUSK NOW NEEDS A NEW PROGRAM AND A RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS. THE RIGHT HAS ALSO SLOWED DOWN AND IS LOOKING FOR BETTER MOMENTUM. A NEW GAME IS BEGINNING - MARIUSZ JANICKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Clearly, though quietly, the ‘heroic’ period of the ruling camp is ending, the one initiated by the October breakthrough in 2023. Donald Tusk now needs a new program and a renewal of the contract with voters. The right has also slowed down and is looking for better momentum. A new game is beginning.”

-- SOMETHING MUST REPLACE THE FORMER PRINCIPLEDNESS - CONTINUES THE FIRST DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “The exceptional nature of Tusk’s government, shrouded in the myth of October 15th, the ‘victory over evil’ announced by the Civic Platform leader back in 2021 after his return from Brussels, is definitively ending. This mission is weakening for practical reasons, as soldiers and officials need to be appointed, ambassadors legitimized, the budget signed, the country’s stance agreed upon internationally, and access to Trump secured, etc. These goals are important for the state, pragmatism is important, but it does not come without consequences for the symbolic sphere. If the ideological layer weakens, principles turn out to be negotiable, and former enemies increasingly become partners for behind-the-scenes talks, then something must replace the former principledness.”

-- TUSK IS ENTERING THE NEXT ROUNDS WITHOUT THE MAJORITY OF ADVANTAGES HE GAINED AS A SLAYER OF POLITICAL DRAGONS - CLAIMS MARIUSZ JANICKI FURTHER: “Tusk is entering the next rounds without the majority of the advantages he gained as a slayer of political dragons. The time for visions has come, which he will eventually have to embrace. If he doesn’t break free from the syndrome of draws and compromises, people might not miss PiS, but they will simply shrug their shoulders at the return of the right to power.”

-- TUSK’S GOVERNMENT IS, ABOVE ALL, SOMEHOW STRIKINGLY INEFFECTIVE, GREY, AND DOES NOT ASSOCIATE WITH ANYTHING TRULY POSITIVE AND DISTINGUISHING; IT IS MODELLED ON A LACK OF IMAGE AND CHARISMA - CONTINUES MARIUSZ JANICKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Objective parameters also show that little has changed in everyday life since 2023, and in many sectors, people say that things were better under PiS. Tusk’s government is, above all, somehow strikingly ineffective, grey, and does not associate with anything truly positive and distinguishing; it is modelled on a lack of image and charisma. Apart from a few exceptions – also lacking distinct personalities, energy, and ideas. It’s as if it’s consciously minimalistic, tailored so that only the prime minister dominates, and the team is anonymous and there to work, but this work is not spectacular. Times require something completely different, ostentation, self-display, playing many instruments.”

-- ALTHOUGH THE CIVIC PLATFORM STILL HOLDS A SEVERAL-POINT LEAD OVER PIS, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE WILL BE NO BREAKTHROUGH HERE, AND DONALD TUSK’S PARTY’S PATH TO 40% HAS LENGTHENED TO STANDARD PROPORTIONS - WRITES JANICKI FURTHER: “After a period of opinion poll increases for the Civic Coalition, the situation has stabilized, and although the Civic Coalition still holds a several-point lead over PiS, it is evident that there will be no breakthrough here, and Donald Tusk’s party’s path to 40% has lengthened to standard proportions. Jarosław Kaczyński’s party, on the other hand, has stopped its decline, but without any revelations. Braun’s formation has not surpassed Mentzen and Bosak’s Confederation, and together they have not yet defeated PiS, although they are close.” 

-- A DISCREET, COMMON RIGHT-WING DENOMINATOR - JANICKI COINS A NEW TERM TO DESCRIBE TUSK AND KACZYŃSKI'S SITUATIONS: "Tusk has long feared the opinion of the traditional, religious electorate or entrepreneurs more than that of the liberal-left, which he already considers his own. Rafał Trzaskowski’s loss in the presidential election only strengthened Tusk in this view. This is a discreet, common right-wing denominator.”

-- IT IS SLOWLY BECOMING CLEAR THAT THE ANTI-PIS REVOLUTION, WHICH WAS MEANT TO LEGALLY AND MORALLY ERASE THE PERIOD OF KACZYŃSKI'S FORMATION'S RULE IN 2015–23, HAS STALLED, PERHAPS FOR GOOD - CONTINUES THE FIRST DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “It is slowly becoming clear that the anti-PiS revolution, which was meant to legally and morally erase the period of Kaczyński's formation's rule in 2015–23, has stalled, perhaps for good. The reasons were, firstly, the rather weak government after 2023, and secondly, Trzaskowski’s defeat. This mood of demobilization is visible, for example, on social media. Recently, in an interview with ‘Politico,’ Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek admitted that prosecutors he spoke with told him they fear PiS revenge when that party returns to power. We have written about these fears of prosecutors and other officials of the current team in POLITYKA many times, but perhaps for the first time, a government representative has stated it so openly.”https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2330843,1,czas-korekty-tusk-lawiruje-kaczynski-tez-nawrocki-zobaczyl-sciane-zaczyna-sie-nowa-gra.read

-- THE MOST DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCE OF BRAUN'S ACTIONS IS THE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF LIES, DISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “But this institutionalization of lies and betrayal by Braun’s faction is also a test hour for the entire right-wing in Poland. It is a moment when it must openly distance itself from what is blatant falsehood. Because again, it’s not about censorship or silencing someone. It’s about the principles on which sensible discussion can be based in a civilized society.”https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43744891-michal-szuldrzynski-kongres-grzegorza-brauna-czyli-glos-wladimira-putina-w-twoim-domu

-- UNEMPLOYMENT IS RISING, SO THE GOVERNMENT IS CUTTING AID FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? - MAREK RABIJ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “There is something truly perverse in the Polish state’s tendency towards self-harm. For years, decisions by successive cabinets, regardless of their political origin, have followed the same logic: if something is temporarily not going well in a certain area of state activity, then savings must be implemented there as quickly as possible.”

-- YES, FEWER AND FEWER CHILDREN ARE BEING BORN IN POLAND, BUT THE SLAUGHTER OF MATERNITY WARDS CAN ONLY DEEPEN THIS FATAL TREND FOR THE COUNTRY - RABIJ FURTHER IN TP: “In Polish politics, you don’t gain support points for prophylaxis and foresight. It’s better to lead to a crisis and then heroically deal with its consequences. Another example: in January 2026 alone, 18 maternity wards were closed. Since 2010, their number has decreased from over 400 to about 266. Yes, fewer and fewer children are being born in Poland, but the slaughter of maternity wards can only deepen this fatal trend for the country.”https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/bezrobocie-rosnie-wiec-rzad-tnie-pomoc-dla-osob-bez-pracy-czego-nie-rozumiecie-192781?

-- GERMANY WANTED TO HAVE MEDIA IN POLAND LIKE THE ONES THAT PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR COUNTRY – THAT IS, CENTER-RIGHT AND MASS-MARKET, "COMMON SENSE" IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS WHO WERE THEN COMING TO POWER IN GERMANY – THESE WORDS APPEAR ON THE PAGES OF KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA BY ŁUKASZ ŁACHECKI: “The example of Wyrwał and Żemła shows once again that in the long term, the largest media outlets of Ringer Axel Springer Polska, such as ‘Fakt,’ ‘Dziennik Polska Europa Świat,’ Onet, or ‘Newsweek,’ are a kind of import of ideas. Germany wanted to have media in Poland like the ones that worked for them – i.e., center-right and mass-market, “common sense” in the understanding of the Christian Democrats who were then coming to power in Germany. And the entry of ‘Fakt’ and ‘Dziennik’ into the market, and what seemed at the time to be the sending of Polish post-communists to the dustbin of history in favor of well-dressed right-wingers, coincided with Angela Merkel’s rise to power.”

-- REPUBLIKA AND ONET ARE ONE EVIL - LACKECKI'S CONCLUSION IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “And what are the readers to think? They are led to believe that Republika and Onet, Wyborcza and Kanał Zero, ‘Dziennik’ and TVN24 are the behemoths of various local or even international interests, but in reality, they are ideologically unanimous titles, looking at the world similarly, and employing the same middle-aged male grumblers for a quarter of a century in service of post-Solidarity rigidity. Therefore, let us appreciate alternatives, even if by the end of the decade, only a handful of them will inevitably remain.”https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/der-onet-mundur-granica-wojsko-media-symetryzm-kanal-zero/

-- BIRTHDAYS: Joachim Brudziński, Stefan Niesiołowski, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Marek Sowa, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Grzegorz Jarzyna.