-- SZEFERNAKER ASKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PEACE COUNCIL'S INAUGURAL MEETING: HE WILL OBSERVE THE SITUATION, TUSK ON THE PEACE COUNCIL: NOT ALL ASPECTS OF THIS INITIATIVE ARE SUITABLE FOR POLAND - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- ANOTHER GOVERNMENT IS CUTTING COSTS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND SAFETY, IT'S NOT PROFITABLE TO TREAT WOMEN, HOSPITALS ARE LOSING MONEY ON IT - MAJA STAŚKO IN GW: “Another government is cutting costs on women's health and safety. And not just for pregnant women. In towns where entire maternity and gynecology wards are being closed, women are also being deprived of access to necessary gynecological procedures: removal of fibroids, cysts, or oncological gynecology for patients with cancer. For years, gynecological procedures under the NFZ (National Health Fund) have been among the lowest valued. It's not profitable to treat women, hospitals are losing money on it.”

-- AND SINCE IT IS "PROFITABLE" TO PAY MPS FOR HOUSING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY – PERHAPS WE SHOULD ALSO START PAYING FOR HOTELS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN NEAR MATERNITY WARDS, SO THEY ARE SURE TO REACH THE WARD WHEN LABOR STARTS? - CONTINUES MAJA STAŚKO.

-- THE HELL OF PREGNANT WOMEN. WHY AREN'T THERE ANY PROTESTS? - MAJA STAŚKO AGAIN: “Under PiS, we lost the sense that our lives would be saved in case of danger, as doctors were afraid to perform necessary abortions. Several women in Poland died because of this. Under PO, women giving birth in smaller towns are being denied access to maternity wards and specialists. At the top, we see only contempt and patronizing dismissal of our fears. These hysterical women, they're imagining things, exaggerating, they don't understand anything, it's probably pregnancy hormones! And this is the hell of women.”
https://www.wysokieobcasy.pl/wysokie-obcasy/7,163229,32590560,zapadniemy-sie-finansowo-bez-rodzenia-dzieci-czy-przez.html

-- YOU HAD, COALITION, SPOTS IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL… - EWA SIEDLECKA IN OKO.PRESS: “It appears that the ruling coalition has just lost the opportunity to fill the vacant seats in the Constitutional Tribunal. And for now, that's where the current parliamentary majority's possibilities of appointing judges to the CT end. Had it not been for the scheming with stockpiling these vacancies, at least three seats vacated in December 2024 by Julia Przyłębska, Mariusz Muszyński, and Piotr Pszczółkowski could have been filled… It is not impossible, however, that PiS is willing to negotiate with the ruling party on the division of seats in the CT and – if an agreement is reached – withdraw the motion from the Tribunal. Although it is unlikely that the coalition would agree to this before the elections, fearing rebellion from the so-called hard electorate.”
https://oko.press/mialas-koalicjo-miejsca-w-trybunale-konstytucyjnym-siedlecka

-- PTBS IN POZNAŃ HAS A NEW PRESIDENT. HE IS A KO ACTIVIST. INSIDE STORY OF CHANGES IN THE MUNICIPAL COMPANY - MARIA BIELICKA AND TOMASZ CYLKA IN GW: “- The president planned to retire this year. He was fired overnight. They simply told him to pack his things and leave. Like someone caught committing a crime – adds a “Wyborcza” interviewee.

-- THE CIVIC PLATFORM CIRCLE IN MUNICIPAL COMPANIES - GW FURTHER ON KO ACTIVISTS IN POZNAŃ: “Stępień is not the only member of the Civic Platform's local government circle who works in a municipal company. Former councilor Dominika Król now heads the municipal company Aquanet Laboratorium. Former deputy mayor Maciej Wudarski is also employed at Aquanet in a management position. Konrad Zaradny became director of POSUM a few years ago and is currently mentioned among the successors of Mariusz Wiśniewski.”
https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,32586523,byl-wiceprezydentem-za-grobelnego-teraz-jest-czlowiekiem-jaskowiaka.html

-- LET MISZALSKI HANDLE IT HIMSELF - MONIKA WALUŚ IN ONEZ TE CALLS A KO POLITICIAN AT OFF: “The referendum issue is Miszalski's problem. It sounds brutal, but he has to deal with it himself. It is up to the mayor to de-escalate tensions in the city, and further party steps will depend on his success – says a KO politician who predicts that if a referendum occurs, tensions within the party will rise. In his opinion, two elements of the referendum initiative are particularly dangerous. The first is the ridicule of the mayor by his opponents and turning him into a "meme personality." Mayor Miszalski began his term in a completely different style than Krakow's residents were accustomed to from his predecessor, Jacek Majchrowski, who felt most comfortable in the privacy of his office. Miszalski, on the other hand, met with residents, recorded short videos, and answered questions (and provocations) online. His political opponents used this aspect to create an image of Miszalski as an unserious politician, unprepared for the presidency of Krakow.”

-- ON THE EPIDEMIC OF FAVORITISM IN KRAKÓW - WALUŚ CONTINUES IN ONEZ: “Supporters of recalling the mayor, however, describe this problem as an "epidemic of cronyism." After Aleksander Miszalski became mayor, people associated with the October 15 Coalition found jobs in prominent positions. The list is really long, which is why the situation in the city was called an "epidemic of cronyism." But – importantly – it's not just about employment in the city hall or municipal companies, but also in companies dependent on the State Treasury, and the Małopolska voivode from PSL, Krzysztof Klęczar, also had a part in this – as local media reported.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/ko-nie-liczy-na-cud-z-referendum-w-krakowie-leca-pierwsze-glowy-dwa-elementy-sa/kv0b14n,79cfc278

-- MISZALSKI CHANGES COURSE ON THE CLEAN TRANSPORT ZONE. AN URGENT CORRECTION WAS ANNOUNCED, ALTHOUGH AS RECENTLY AS MID-JANUARY – HE RULED OUT SUCH CHANGES IN AN INTERVIEW WITH INTERIA - DAWID SERAFIN IN INTERIA: “Miszalski's change of mind may also be related to the ongoing signature collection for the recall referendum against the Mayor of Krakow. Some of the people who signed the document openly stated that they did so because of the introduction of the zone and the way the city authorities handled it. So far, over 40,000 signatures have been collected for the referendum motion.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/malopolskie/news-prezydent-krakowa-zmienia-zdanie-dymisja-dyrektora-strefa-cz,nId,22599171

-- LOBBYISTS IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH POSE AS SOCIAL ACTIVISTS - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: “It's one thing when lobbyists come to the ministry on behalf of corporations to advocate for favorable solutions. That's an open game. But it's another thing when they almost pose as social activists. And that was the case during a meeting about obesity, which was also attended by Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka from Lazarski University, her colleague Marta Pawłowska, and Ewa Godlewska, president of the Foundation for Obesity Treatment (FLO). Gałązka-Sobotka and Pawłowska founded the "Partnership for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity – STOP OBESITY". This initiative is co-financed by corporations Novo Nordisk and Lilly, manufacturers of "obesity drugs." The FLO foundation also participates. Novo Nordisk and Lilly are the main sponsors of the foundation.”

-- THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH THROWS DEPUTY MARSHAL WIELICHOWSKA UNDER THE BUS - AS WE FURTHER READ IN WATOŁA'S ARTICLE IN GW: “Its purpose was to “discuss the potential of systemic actions, also carried out outside healthcare.” Lobbyists and influencer Ewa Chodakowska “were guests of the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, Monika Wielichowska,” and “their presence was informational and non-binding.”

-- TO GIVE THE MINISTER A PLEASANT SURPRISE - WATOŁA CONTINUES IN GW: “No, no, and no again. There is no decision to create a National Obesity Reduction Strategy! It was just some "non-binding" meeting, to which the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, on her own initiative, invited lobbyists and an influencer "for informational purposes" to give the Minister a pleasant surprise. Yes, there were "sweet photos" and "reels," but unfortunately, dear "VIVO!", it was "not the moment Ewa Chodakowska had been waiting for years.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32591019,ministerstwo-tlumaczy-sie-z-wizyty-lobbystek-i-ewy-chodakowskiej.html

-- A BITTER BATTLE IN LOWER SILESIA'S CIVIC PLATFORM. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAS INTERVENED, THE STAROST'S MATURA IS UNDER SCRUTINY - MAGDALENA KOZIOŁ IN GW: “The issue of the education of Krzysztof Wiśniewski, the starost of Karkonosze, has become a trigger for a sharp fight between factions within the Lower Silesian Civic Platform. The starost is a supporter of the regional leader and Deputy Minister of Finance and Development, Michał Jaros, who is now accused of doing nothing in this matter, despite receiving all the documents a month and a half ago.”
https://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,32590334,wyborcza-bitwa-w-ko-na-noze-do-akcji-wkroczyla-prokuratura.html

-- SŁAWOMIR MENTZEN'S RISKY GAME WITH PIS. HE MAY OVERBID - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “Mentzen may try to score small points today by needling Kaczyński, but when the election dust settles, it will be with him that he will have to talk about a future coalition. And – returning to 2005 – when there is too much bad blood between potential coalition partners, they can easily become would-be coalition partners.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43786761-artur-bartkiewicz-ryzykowna-gra-slawomira-mentzena-z-pis-moze-przelicytowac

-- KANAŁ ZERO IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT TVN WAS ACCUSED OF FOR YEARS - GALOPUJĄCY MAJOR IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “Meanwhile, such an assessment does not seem particularly difficult. Kanał Zero is doing exactly what TVN has been accused of for years. Namely, while feigning a certain pluralism and posing as independent, it is in fact directing its criticism against specific political and ideological opponents. It was not PiS, but Stanowski who finally managed to create a right-wing TVN. Nothing more, nothing less. So, Stanowski is not exceptionally worse than traditional media. But let's not fool ourselves, he is not a new media quality either. It's a typical "old wine in a new bottle," which will probably even shed its new, marketing bottle over time.”
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/kanal-zero-krzysztofa-stanowskiego-to-nowy-prawicowy-tvn/

-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Magierowski (54) Bix Aliu, Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Rafał Baniak, Szymon Gutkowski, Krzysztof Strzałkowski.