Today's State of Play

POLITICAL GAME: Wielowieyska: The Palace Aims for Correct Relations with PSL, Żółciak/Osiecki: PSL's Game with the Palace, Fakt: Morawiecki Has More Support Than All His Rivals

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-- POLITICAL AGENDA FOR THURSDAY: TUSK AND KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ TEST UNMANNED WEAPON SYSTEMS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- THE PEOPLE'S PARTY AND THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE LAW, THE CIVIC COALITION IS RELUCTANT - TOMASZ ŻÓŁCIAK AND GRZEGORZ OSIECKI IN WP: "The coalition has decided to make a gesture towards the President to increase the chances of his signature on the law. It is evident that there are differences of opinion, especially between the Civic Coalition and the People's Party, regarding how far to go. Both sides agreed on provisions in the law ensuring that the servicing of SAFE debt will not be a burden on the Ministry of National Defense's budget. Such a solution was submitted in the coalition agreement as a committee amendment. However, the People's Party wants to go a step further and push through another amendment to dispel the Palace's doubts."

-- SUGGESTIONS ARE ARISING THAT THIS COULD BE A KIND OF GAME PLAYED BY THE PEOPLE'S PARTY WITH THE PALACE - FURTHER FROM ŻÓŁCIAK AND OSIECKI IN WP: "Because suggestions are emerging within the Civic Coalition that this could be a kind of game played by the People's Party with the Presidential Palace. We also hear from other Civic Coalition senators that they will vote for the solution agreed upon by the coalition."
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/gra-o-podpis-nawrockiego-pod-safe-kto-w-koalicji-chce-mu-pomoc-a-kto-nie-chce-isc-na-ustepstwa-7255740637120960a

-- THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE DOES NOT WANT CONFLICT WITH KOSINIAK, IT INTENDS TO MAINTAIN CORRECT RELATIONS WITH THE PSL LEADER - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: "The former Minister of National Defense generally has a problem with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. He would most eagerly attack him – but the Presidential Palace does not want this, it intends to maintain correct relations with the PSL leader. Additionally, Mateusz Morawiecki's faction, against which Błaszczak is in opposition, dreams that one day they will form a technocratic coalition with the People's Party, excluding extreme elements from it, such as Zbigniew Ziobro's group or Grzegorz Braun's 'corona-enthusiasts'."https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32605319,wielowieyska-blaszczak-z-kaczynskim-mydla-oczy-w-sprawie-safe.html

-- LAW AND JUSTICE'S 'ROLL KINGS' ARE SHIFTING THEIR ELECTORATE TOWARDS BRAUN - MARIUSZ STANISZEWSKI IN TYSOL: "Many studies, moreover, indicate that they are even narrowing the Law and Justice's voter base. By increasingly radicalizing their message – as only such has a chance of evoking emotions – they are also radicalizing their supporters. These individuals no longer demand merely the removal of Donald Tusk from power, but Poland's exit from the European Union, the humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, or the nationalization of German media in our country. This fuels the movement. Voters no longer want to listen to the substantive Mateusz Morawiecki, the old-fashioned Jarosław Kaczyński, or even the fiery but politically nuanced Przemysław Czarnek. They demand simple recipes for improving reality, such as those offered by Grzegorz Braun. The 'roll kings' of Law and Justice are therefore largely responsible for the shift of their own electorate towards the Confederation of the Polish Crown."

-- PROVING THAT POLITICS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PRIMITIVE AND BANAL, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT SOMETHING MORE. HOWEVER, THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFICULT THAN RECORDING A ROLL - FURTHER FROM STANISZEWSKI IN TYSOL: "It is hard to believe that after Karol Nawrocki's victory, Law and Justice could not capitalize on the momentum and push Tusk's team into defense. Not through the quantity of released videos, but through tough accountability for mistakes and harmful decisions. By treating their voters as intelligent people deserving of respect. By proving that politics does not have to be primitive and banal, because it is about something more. However, this is significantly more difficult than recording a roll."https://www.tysol.pl/a154088-m-staniszewski-pis-owscy-krolowie-rolek-przemieszczaja-swoj-elektorat-w-kierunku-brauna

-- MORAWIECKI HAS GREATER SUPPORT AS A POTENTIAL PIS LEADER THAN ALL HIS COMPETITORS COMBINED - IBRIS SURVEY FOR FAKT: "In response to the question: 'Who should replace the PiS chairman?', the largest group of respondents indicated former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (29%). A full quarter of respondents chose the option 'I don't know/difficult to say' (24%). Just behind Morawiecki was former Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek (11%). Further down were former National Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, MEP Patryk Jaki, and former Warsaw mayoral candidate Tobiasz Bocheński – each receiving 5% of respondent support. In last place, also ex aequo, were former Prime Minister Beata Szydło and former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro with results of 1% each."https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/sondaz-o-nowym-liderze-pis-wiekszosc-wskazala-na-bylego-premiera/y6eyvjd

-- HUGE ABUSES OCCURRED DURING THE PIS ERA, BUT THE JUSTICE FUND STILL DOES NOT FUNCTION AS IT SHOULD AFTER THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT. NIK HAS CALCULATED THAT IN 2023, THE FUND ALLOCATED MORE TO SELF-PROMOTION THAN TO PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL AID FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME - MICHAŁ JANCZURA IN WP: "Money was spent with serious breaches of public finance discipline, which we have known about for years. Controllers explicitly state that the ministry's actions in individual cases bore the hallmarks of complicity in 'defalcation'. (...) What is worse, in the election year 2023, the fund's promotion turned out to be more important, in terms of financing, than real assistance to victims. (...) The Supreme Audit Office also negatively assessed the actions of the Ministry of Justice in 2024, i.e., after the change of power. However, the irregularities were of a completely different nature. It mainly concerns management and coordination of undertaken actions, which ultimately led to the paralysis of the Justice Fund, about which we wrote in Wirtualna Polska at the turn of 2025 and 2026."https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wiecej-na-promocje-niz-na-pomoc-poznalismy-niepublikowany-raport-nik-ws-funduszu-sprawiedliwosci-7255766334986688a

-- 104TH BIRTHDAY OF WŁADYSŁAW BARTOSZEWSKI.

 


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