-- "WE TOLD BRUSSELS WHAT THIS PROJECT SHOULD LOOK LIKE." TUSK: SAFE SERVES POLISH SOVEREIGNTY - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live#

-- MAZOVIA LOCAL OFFICIALS FROM KO AND PSL WOULD RATHER LOSE MONEY ON THE MUSEUM OF LITERATURE THAN GIVE UP A POSITION FOR A FEMALE COUNCILLOR - WITOLD MROZEK IN GW: "Over a year ago, Civic Coalition in Mazovia decided that their party's Warsaw councillor, Beata Michalec, must become the director of this institution. Industry organizations, experts, the Ministry of Culture, and a significant portion of the Museum's staff oppose this. However, this does not stop the party from pushing further for the former kindergarten director, a community activist-varsavianist, an employee of the Vistula Academy of Finance and Business, and the wife of the Wawer mayor, and a graduate of Collegium Humanum, Paweł Michalec. Cienkowska's decision means that the museum, which cares for the manuscripts of the greatest Polish writers, will lose direct patronage from the Polish state. And the Mazovia region will lose six million zlotys annually, which the ministry currently provides for the institution's activities. Will the local officials fill this gap with six million from their own budget, or will the Museum of Literature have to significantly limit its activities?"
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32620491,opcja-atomowa-ministry-cienkowskiej-mazowsze-moze-stracic-dziesiatki.html

-- ANDRZEJ KOHUT ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE AMERICAN TRANSACTION: "The acquisition of the CBS television network by Skydance through its merger with Paramount has brought about very significant changes – including appointing Bari Weiss, known for her fight against woke culture, to head CBS News, or removing Stephen Colbert's show, which was critical of Trump). David's father, Larry Ellison (or rather his company Oracle), recently became a major shareholder in American TikTok, following the forced sale of shares by ByteDance by the Americans. People friendly to Trump are strengthening their position in the American media market (and incidentally, they might also show up on the Vistula)."
https://x.com/aj_kohut/status/2027292248300245447?s=20

-- THE OWNER OF PARAMOUNT IS FRIENDS WITH TRUMP - ANALYSIS ON THE IMMERSJA PORTAL: "It is also worth mentioning the political context. A dimension that is difficult to ignore. The Ellison family is friends with the US president. It is a difficult friendship, but still a close relationship from which one or the other will benefit. Ellison is aiming for an easy regulatory process. Trump is counting on a conservative shift, and according to the Los Angeles Times, Larry Ellison had promised him this. I leave it to you to judge whether it is good that such vast media resources will be in the hands of one family."
https://immersja.com/paramount-wygrywa-walke-o-warner-bros-netflix-wycofuje-sie-z-wyscigu

-- THE GUARDIAN ALSO POINTS TO THE SAME THING: “Officials in the White House have long preferred the bid from Paramount, considering that the Ellison family has a friendly relationship with the president”.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/26/netflix-paramount-warner-bros

-- MARSZAŁEK SEJMU HAS ENHANCED HIS IMAGE, HE IS TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE IN FOREIGN POLICY ON THE SIDE OF THE COALITION - ŁUKASZ ROGOJSZ IN INTERIA: "Włodzimierz Czarzasty's speech in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the war with Russia is not a coincidence, but an element of a broader political plan. Before the parliamentary elections in 2027, Lewica (The Left) wants to invest heavily in foreign policy and security issues. And the Marshal of the Sejm and the opportunities that this position creates are to help the party 'gain weight in terms of image'. - This can be added political value for us - there is no doubt in the mind of a person from Lewica's leadership with whom we are discussing the new plans of this formation. - It turns out that the position of Marshal offers an option to create an image of the party that, frankly speaking, we have been lacking for a long time. It's about giving the party a certain image, a certain character - we hear."
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-czarzasty-wchodzi-do-gry-jest-podzial-rol-w-koalicji-chodzi,nId,22604464

-- AFTER MANY MONTHS, DURING WHICH KO, UNABLE TO COUNT ON SECURING A MAJORITY DUE TO THE WEAK RATINGS OF COALITION PARTNERS, TUSK REALIZED THAT BESTOWING PRESTIGE UPON LEWICA DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE VOTERS AWAY - ŁUKASZ ŁACHECKI IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: "When we add to this the announcements of building a secular, progressive wing of the ruling coalition under the auspices of Lewica, intended to be a counterbalance to the conservative PSL, we can hypothesize that after many months, during which KO has consistently won against the factions in PiS fighting for succession after Kaczyński, but without being able to count on securing a majority due to the weak ratings of coalition partners, Tusk realized that bestowing prestige upon Lewica does not necessarily have to take voters away from him. The two-month long tragicomedy surrounding the bankruptcy estate of Hołownia's party pushed Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz further down the line for strengthening, which Czarzasty took advantage of with exceptional eagerness."

-- IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THE HEAD OF LEWICA WILL MANAGE TO KEEP THIS NARRATIVE IN CHECK LONGER THAN MARSZAŁEK HOŁOWNIA'S POST-ELECTION EUPHORIA - FURTHER FROM ŁACHECKI IN KRYTYKA: "Civic Coalition needs its Konfederacja and its Braun, who, in the face of instability in PiS, do not even need to match their right-wing counterparts in terms of support. Entrusting Czarzasty with the role of a 'buffer' who gets into conflicts with Nawrocki's base, fixated on monuments, plaques, and anti-communist memory politics, relieves Tusk of many problems, and elevates the doomed Czarzasty from the position of leader of a group of communist remnants to the rank of someone 'a heartbeat away from the presidency.' It remains to be seen if the head of Lewica will manage to keep this narrative in check longer than Marszałek Hołownia's post-election euphoria – because the fact that the competition will have to revise its strategies towards him is slowly becoming almost certain."
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/wlodzimierz-czarzasty-marszalek-sejmu-lewica-polityka-zagraniczna/

-- BIRTHDAYS: Paweł Szefernaker (39), Roman Giertych (55).