-- BALCZUN: ORLEN IS MINIMIZING MARGINS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, OPERATING PRACTICALLY AT THE LIMIT. BALCZUN ON FUEL PRICES: IT'S A MATTER OF EXCISE DUTY, A MATTER OF VAT, AND IN THE FUTURE, PERHAPS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX IS ALSO POTENTIALLY BEING CONSIDERED - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-03-23/projekt-dot-nadmiarowych-zyskow-w-zwiazku-z-sytuacja-na

-- PIS IS NOT AFRAID OF THE POLEXIT TOPIC, “IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PLAY THE EUROPEAN UNION CARD, THEY SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY HAVE GOOD CARDS THEMSELVES” - PIS POLITICIAN QUOTED BY KAMILA BARANOWSKA IN INTERIA: “PiS actually has its own idea for a counteroffensive regarding Polexit, which it intends to launch when it deems the topic starting to harm it. - We will begin to hold Donald Tusk accountable for his commitments to Brussels. Tusk thinks in old patterns, and at the right moment, we will show him that we understand the changing reality better, also in the context of the Union - announces one of our interlocutors. - First, the Prime Minister should explain his stance that he wants Ukraine to join the Union. We know the public mood. If someone wants to play the European Union card, they should make sure they have good cards themselves - he concludes.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-temat-polexitu-mieczem-obosiecznym-politycy-pis-premier-moze,nId,23188847

-- EVEN CIVIC COALITION POLITICIANS MORE OFTEN ATTACK PIS FOR THE ALLEGED OR REAL COURSE TOWARDS POLEXIT THAN THEY SENSIBLY TALK ABOUT THE VALUES OF EU MEMBERSHIP - LESZEK JAŻDŻEWSKI IN INTERIA: “Anti-EU emotion is attractive. It is based on fundamental values: sovereignty, freedom, Christian values, tradition. Meanwhile, pro-EU emotion is a defense of the status quo, calculating, partial. It lacks persuasive power. Apart from groups that directly benefit from subsidies, such as farmers, a large part of society feels the benefits of membership indirectly or has gotten used to them. Even Civic Coalition politicians more often attack PiS for the alleged or real course towards Polexit than they sensibly talk about the values of EU membership.”

-- CAUTIOUS EURO-REALISM FROM PO DOES NOT COUNTERBALANCE THE OPEN EURO-SKEPTICISM OF THE RIGHT-WING - JAŻDŻEWSKI FURTHER IN INTERIA: “One of the serious problems with our debate is its imbalance. PO's cautious euro-realism does not counterbalance the open euro-skepticism of the right-wing. This is evident, for example, in the fierce opposition to any prospect of joining the Eurozone - which would bring Poland economic and geopolitical benefits, not to mention tens of billions of euros in NBP reserves denominated in euros, real money, not accounting profit like 'SAFE 0%', which could be invested in defense, the CPK, or the nuclear program.”

-- POLAND TODAY RESEMBLES HEWELIUS SAILING WITH A 30-DEGREE LIST TO STARBOARD. IF IT DOES NOT QUICKLY CORRECT ITS COURSE, IT WILL SINK IN A SEA OF ANTI-EUROPEAN HATE - JAŻDŻEWSKI'S CONCLUSION IN INTERIA: “There is a lack of a European and modern message that would show the sense for Poland of accelerating the shift away from coal (which we buy abroad anyway, once mainly from Russia) and from fossil fuels, which make us dependent on unstable regions of the world. A message that would build on national pride and the development of the Polish economy, creating opportunities for expansion and influence throughout the European Union. A message about Poland - no longer as a poor recipient of aid, but as a Poland that is acquiring more and more companies in Germany and selling its products worldwide, leveraging the strength of a bloc of 27 wealthy countries. Poland today resembles Heweliusz sailing with a 30-degree list to starboard. If it does not quickly correct its course, it will sink in a sea of anti-European hate.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-autostrada-do-polexitu,nId,23188934

-- A FAINT FUNEREAL SMELL IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE OVER ORBÁN, WHICH IS PROBABLY ANOTHER REASON WHY THE NEWLY APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF POLAND DID NOT WANT TO BE PROMINENT - WITOLD GŁOWACKI ON OKO.PRESS: “However, the polls do not confirm Wójcik's claims. Our above-mentioned interlocutor from PiS did, however, rightly cite them. The current average of party preference surveys indeed gives the Hungarian opposition about an 8 percentage point lead over Fidesz. A faint funereal smell is beginning to emerge over Viktor Orbán, which is probably another reason why the newly appointed President of Poland did not want to highlight his presence alongside the Hungarian Prime Minister.”
https://oko.press/nawrocki-i-pis-nadal-wspieraja-orbana-ale-juz-sie-z-tego-nie-ciesza

-- BLAST FROM THE PAST - THE TOPIC OF AMATEUR MATCH-FIXING IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE IS RETURNING - SOON IT WILL BE SCARY TO ASK KAZIMIERZ NAWROCKI ANY QUESTIONS, AND THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE WILL HAVE TO ADD ANNOTATIONS TO INVITATIONS TO PRESS CONFERENCES INDICATING WHETHER IT'S A MEETING WITH EQUIPMENT OR WITHOUT - MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI ON TYGODNIK POLITYKA PORTAL: “Referring to the president's past, it could be compared to angry hooligans calling footballers to the fence after a lost match. The footballers then stand humbly before the stands, and the hooligan leader verbally abuses them for several minutes. The whole ritual usually ends with the players giving up their jerseys, which they are not worthy of wearing. Thank God, Nawrocki did not demand this from the journalist today, but one hopes that the further customs of hooligan gangs will not permeate Polish politics. Because if it continues like this, soon it will be scary to ask Karol Nawrocki any questions, and the Presidential Office will have to make annotations on invitations to press conferences as to whether it is a meeting with equipment or without equipment, and precisely in which thicket it will take place.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2336737,1,prezydent-krzyczy-na-dziennikarza-jak-kibol-na-pilkarza-czyli-autoparodia-nawrockiego.read?

-- A YEAR AGO: Onet Forecast: Trzaskowski has a 98% chance of becoming president.
https://300polityka.pl/pl/stan-gry/2025-03-24/stan-gry-prognoza-onetu-trzaskowski-z-98-szans-na-prezydenture-danielewski-tak-mentzen-moze-zostac-prezydentem-stanowski-na-wiecu-mentzena-rozbic-beto

-- WHEN SIERAKOWSKI AND SADURA ANNOUNCED THAT TRZASKOWSKI HAD A HIGHWAY TO THE PRESIDENCY, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IN THE ARROGANCE OF TRZASKOWSKI'S CAMP, AND AS IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, THERE WAS A TRAGIC ELECTION STAFF - MARCIN MELLER IN CONVERSATION WITH DOMINIK SENKOWSKI ON WIRTUALNE MEDIA: “I remember when, at an early stage of the presidential campaign, Sławomir Sierakowski and Przemysław Sadura announced that Trzaskowski had a highway to the presidency. Based on what I saw and heard around me, I had a different opinion. I thought it would be very, very difficult. I couldn't believe the arrogance of Trzaskowski's camp, and as if that wasn't enough, there was a very weak election staff, which later proved not weak, but tragic.”

-- IT AMUSED ME TO ATTRIBUTE THE BLAME FOR TRZASKOWSKI'S DEFEAT TO SYMMETRISTS. NO, IT WAS A TRAGIC CAMPAIGN AND A FATAL STAFF - MELLER FURTHER: “There is no social demand. There is a demand for simple pounding. As volleyball player Tomasz Fornal said during the match against the USA at the last Olympics: 'We're beating them up!' It's wonderful in sports, less so in politics. It amused me to attribute the blame for Trzaskowski's defeat to symmetrists. No, it was a tragic campaign and a fatal staff. But instead of trying to understand reality, it's easier to blame the symmetrists. Magical thinking always has its takers. In reality, symmetrists could and can do nothing.”

-- THERE WAS MORE FREEDOM IN ZERO THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IN TVN24 - MELLER FURTHER IN CONVERSATION WITH WIRTUALNE MEDIA: “Szymon [Jadczak] was also ready to come, I was trying to arrange an episode where they would sit together, but I didn't manage it. There was more freedom in Zero than, for example, in TVN24. They blocked Stanowski there when I invited him. They didn't agree to Bronisław Wildstein, there were complaints about inviting Marcin Duma and a ban on his return visit.”

-- IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIBERAL-LEFT WORLD, A REAL AND WORTHY DISCUSSION MEANS THAT ONLY OUR VIEWS EXIST - MELLER FURTHER: “At the same time, I noticed that right-wing commentators were satisfied if there was at least one clear voice of theirs. It didn't work the other way around: if there were three liberal and left-wing commentators versus one right-wing one, there would be a outcry: 'How can you invite such a repulsive right-winger?!' It was not the first time I realized that in the understanding of the liberal-left world, a real and worthy discussion means that only our views exist, and at a pinch, some domesticated, gentle, toothless right-winger.”

-- THE ANTI-RIGHT-WING WORLD CANNOT BE SATISFIED AS LONG AS THE OTHER SIDE HAS THE RIGHT TO VOICE. FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WILL THEN BE WHEN THE RIGHT-WINGERS SHUT THEIR MOUTHS - MELLER STATES IN WIRTUALNE MEDIA: “I myself also like my views the most, but I am also curious about others, even if I disagree with them. If only to understand the world I live in. Complaining that 'they' are terrible yields little beyond self-satisfaction and mobilization of ultras. A year in Channel Zero showed me that the anti-PiS world, or more broadly the anti-right-wing world, cannot be satisfied as long as the other side has the right to voice. Freedom and democracy will then be when the right-wingers shut their mouths.”
https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/marcin-meller-kanal-zero-krzysztof-stanowski-tvn24-dziennikarz-media,7265776475121984a

-- TRZASKOWSKI IS MARGINALIZED IN CIVIC COALITION. THE PRESIDENT OF WARSAW HAS NO SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE PARTY - MICHAŁ WOJTCZUK IN GW: “During Rafał Trzaskowski's eight years as Mayor of Warsaw, no one politically grew in his circle; he does not have his own faction within the Civic Coalition. Because careers in Warsaw depend not on Trzaskowski, but on Marcin Kierwiński. Warsaw Civic Coalition activists received a clear signal: Trzaskowski's opinion can be ignored, what Kierwiński and Szostakowski say counts.”

-- ONE SHOULD NOT LOOK AT THESE COMPASSES IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI - WOJTCZUK'S CONCLUSION IN GW: “After the elections of the Civic Coalition authorities, the compass needles of Warsaw Civic Coalition activists will point even more strongly towards Marcin Kierwiński. One should not look at these compasses if someone is looking for Rafał Trzaskowski.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32678351,wybory-w-warszawskiej-ko-pokazaly-jaka-jest-pozycja-trzaskowskiego.html

-- ACCORDING TO MARIA KORCZ IN GW, THE PRESIDENT WILL VETO THE TRANSFORMATION OF B2B CONTRACTS INTO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS: “The critical opinion of Manowska, associated with the right-wing camp, may be (another signal, among others, after the 'Solidarity' opposition) that the president will veto the act. Even the loss of PLN 11 billion from the KPO will be easier for him to justify. Citing the assessment of the President of the Supreme Court, according to whom the provisions would violate the constitution, could potentially help the president shift responsibility for a not necessarily popular decision.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,159911,32679580,zle-zawarte-umowy-zlecenia-i-b2b.html

-- THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE LITERARY MUSEUM, CIVIC COALITION COUNCILLOR BEATA MICHALEC, CONTINUES. EXPERTS ARE LEAVING, MARSHAL STRUZIK "EXPRESSES AMAZEMENT" - MARCIN TUSIŃSKI IN GW: “Experts are 'leaving' when their contracts, not extended by the director, expire; several department heads are 'saving themselves' with sick leave. Many people are looking for new jobs. – A quiet staff change is occurring. People cannot stand the atmosphere, they are being pushed out to leave. It would be difficult to prove this in court, but we know how it works – emphasizes another person working in the institution. From documents obtained through access to public information, Kielar learned that Michalec twice hired individuals who did not meet the requirements of the Act on the Literary Museum, and even did not meet the requirements of the announced competitions they won.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/ludzie-nie-wytrzymuja-atmosfery-sa-wypychani-zeby-odejsc-co-dalej-z-muzeum-literatury-193202

-- BIRTHDAYS: Zbigniew Konwiński, Marek Wójcik, Wojciech Przybylski, Maciej Giertych, Barbara Tuge-Erecińska, Filip Łobodziński, Jakub Bojan.