-- DEFENSE OF CZARZASTY DURING RBN? KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ: FACTS DEFEND HIM - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- IS TOLERATING BRAUN'S PRO-RUSSIAN NARRATIVES STILL PLURALISM AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR IGNORING A REAL THREAT DURING RUSSIA'S HYBRID WAR AGAINST POLAND? - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “No, I am not advocating for the internment of Grzegorz Braun's Confederation of the Polish Crown politicians during peacetime. But in a situation where they are openly working for a state that is hybridly attacking us and constantly threatening us, the last thing one should do is invite them to a meeting dedicated to crucial state security matters, namely the RBN.”

-- SZUŁDRZYŃSKI TARGETS KANAŁ ZERO: “At a time when anything can be questioned, when every truth is challenged, when reporters can be sent to Russia to talk about the hardships of ordinary residents of a country under our sanctions, we need some clarity in public life.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43775871-michal-szuldrzynski-czy-to-juz-czas-na-kordon-sanitarny-wokol-partii-grzegorza-brauna

-- THE RUSSIAN AUCTION HOUSE IN ST. PETERSBURG, WHERE CZESTNYCH WORKS, DEALS NOT ONLY WITH ART BUT ALSO WITH THE SALE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION ASSETS - IZABELA KACPRZAK AND GRAŻYNA ZAWADKA IN RZ: “The Russian Auction House in St. Petersburg, where Czestnych works, deals not only with art but also with the sale of Russian Federation assets. There is much indication that this also includes FSB assets. As "Rzeczpospolita" has established, the main shareholder of RAD is another company from St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg CJSC Russian Jeweller (holds 59 percent). According to the official SPARK Interfax database, it belongs to two women: Dinara Useinova and Maria Marakovskaya. Interestingly, information about them is hard to find. The Russian Auction House in St. Petersburg, where Czestnych works, deals not only with art but also with the sale of Russian Federation assets. There is much indication that this also includes assets of the FSB, the service responsible for sabotage operations in Poland and Europe.”

-- SHOULD ŚWIETŁANA CZESTNYCH BE ADDED TO THE POLISH SANCTIONS LIST? - KACPRZAK AND ZAWADKA CONTINUE IN RZ: “Why is it so important who Świȩtłana Czestnych works for in Russia? The Sanctions Act (its full name: Act on Special Measures to Counter Support for Aggression against Ukraine and Ensuring National Security), introduced by the Polish government in April 2022 after Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, lists individuals who, in various ways, contribute to the financing or support of this aggressive war instigated by Russia.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43779321-kim-naprawde-jest-rosjanka-z-biznesowej-orbity-wlodzimierza-czarzastego-ustalenia-rzeczpospolitej

-- THE LEVEL OF ASPIRATION HAS BEEN CLEARLY LOWERED, AND THE GOAL IS TO SCRAPE TOGETHER POINTS TO GET OUT OF THE RELEGATION ZONE - RAFAŁ KALUKIN IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Pełczyńska-Nałęcz wants to replace rhetoric with concrete action. Her favorite word is 'agency,' which has replaced her predecessor's lofty declarations. And rightly so, because it's difficult for a one-percent party to weave imperial narratives without exposing itself to ridicule. The level of aspiration has been clearly lowered, and the goal is to scrape together points to somehow get out of the relegation zone and stay in the political top league.”

-- IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT SUCCESSES FOR PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ IN FORCING ANYTHING UPON A CALCULATING POLITICAL POKER PLAYER LIKE TUSK - RAFAŁ KALUKIN CONTINUES: “Unlike Hołownia, who has an almost extraordinary gift for provoking the hard electorate of Civic Coalition, which was likely more a result of a peculiar psychological fixation on Tusk than a well-thought-out strategy. Pełczyńska-Nałęcz also has a problem with the Prime Minister, as well as with her own emotionality. Therefore, it is difficult to predict successes for her in forcing anything upon a calculating political poker player like Tusk.”

-- IF POLSKA 2050 DOES NOT QUICKLY IMPROVE IN THE POLLS – AND THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY – THE CONFLICT WILL SOON RETURN WITH DOUBLE FORCE - KALUKIN STILL IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “With the fundamental question of whether this formation still has the capacity for autonomous action, which sooner or later will most likely lead it straight onto the rocks. For Pełczyńska-Nałęcz's opponents, this is a harmful illusion that closes the path to more realistic planning of a political future within broader alliances. Therefore, if Polska 2050 does not quickly improve in the polls – and this seems unlikely – the conflict will soon return with double force.”

-- IF HOŁOWNIA HAD THOUGHT ABOUT HIS FORMATION, HE WOULD HAVE LET VOTERS REST FROM HIM FOR A WHILE - KALUKIN'S CONCLUSION: “With his battered ambitions, he will become even more unstable. Like recently, when he allowed himself to freely speculate on air about withdrawing his supporters from the coalition. Without the slightest political sense, context, or concrete stake to achieve. Just so that Hołownia would be reckoned with. If he had thought about his formation, he would have let voters rest from him for a while.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2331633,1,deszymonizacja-co-zostanie-z-polski-2050-holownia-z-poharatanymi-ambicjami-szkodzi-jego-ego-cierpi.read

-- MACRON PROPOSES DEBT FOR EUROPE. JUST WHEN FRANCE IS DROWNING IN DEBT, HE WANTS TO COVER UP POLITICAL POWERLESSNESS - JAROSŁAW KUISZ IN INTERIA: “If Eurobonds are to be the foundation of a powerful Europe, they must stem from strength, credibility, and the stability of the project, not from desperation and the end of someone's term. Otherwise, they will only be another elegant word covering up political powerlessness. And this is precisely why Poland should be among the leading countries that independently propose European development initiatives. There is no point in waiting with folded hands. Nor in blindly agreeing to the European Union's indebtedness.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-wesole-zadluzanie-europy,nId,22598837

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