Today's State of Play
-- WHEN KAROL NAWROCKI CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF THE LOCKER ROOM, HIS JOINT CHEERS WITH THE FOOTBALLERS BEGAN - INTERIA:
https://sport.interia.pl/pilka-nozna/reprezentacja-polski/news-nawrocki-wszedl-do-polskiej-szatni-i-sie-zaczelo-sceny-na-na,nId,23319555
-- WHO IS THE WORST MINISTER IN DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT? THE WINNER BY A LARGE MARGIN, AND UNDISPUTEDLY AT THE TOP, IS BARBARA NOWACKA - ONET: “In light of emerging rumors about a possible government reconstruction, SW Research, in a poll for 'Wprost', asked respondents who they believe is the worst minister in Donald Tusk's government. Barbara Nowacka was at the top by an undisputed margin. It turns out that the Minister of Education, Barbara Nowacka, took first place (10.3% of the votes). In second place were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, and the Minister of Justice, Waldemar Żurek (6.9% each). In third place was the Minister of Climate and Environment, Paulina Hennig-Kloska (5.9%).”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/kto-najgorszym-ministrem-w-rzadzie-tuska-zwyciezczyni-z-duza-przewaga-sondaz/h3ctyre,79cfc278
-- ALMOST HALF A MILLION VIEWS FOR KANAŁ ZERO'S REPORT ON KŁODZKO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCk6pfYeLGc
-- WHEN IT WAS AN OPEN SECRET IN THE CITY THAT SHE FACED ZOOPHILIA CHARGES, THE PARTY GAVE HER FURTHER POSITIONS - CLAIMS ONE OF THE LOCAL CIVIC PLATFORM ACTIVISTS - JACEK HARŁUKOWICZ IN ONET: “Kamila W. was a local Civic Platform activist for years. - When it was an open secret in the city that she faced zoophilia charges, the party gave her further positions - claims one of the local activists. The head of the Civic Coalition's district structures in Kłodzko, Maciej Awiżeń, protests: - We would have to be fools to entrust her with any positions. She explained that she was unaware of what she was doing and that her husband was recording her. However, this version did not withstand confrontation with the secured material, which recorded scenes of zoophilia involving her, in which she was aware and an active participant, not just a passive one – says a prosecutor familiar with the investigation material.”
-- DESPITE THE CHARGES AGAINST HER, THE WOMAN FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. SHE ALSO CONTINUED POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN THE LOCAL STRUCTURES OF THE PLATFORM - CONTINUES HARŁUKOWICZ IN ONET: “Despite the charges against her, the woman functions normally. She also continued political activity in the local structures of the Platform.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/kulisy-horroru-w-klodzku-ojczym-gwalcil-pasierbice-matka-nie-pomogla/typcfdk,79cfc278
-- TODAY, THE POLISH PEOPLE'S PARTY (PSL) IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO FORMAL AND LEGAL CUSTOMARY CHANGE IN POLAND - ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GW: “The tradition, as befits a people's party, continues, and today the PSL is the biggest obstacle to formal and legal customary change in Poland. With different arithmetic, Tusk's coalition and left-wing forces would have sent bills to the president's desk in the first months after the last election – as the progressive wing of the party is convinced – bills that progressive circles in the country dream of, including liberalization of abortion up to 12 weeks, registered partnerships, limiting animal slaughter and extensive hunting rights, or proper sex education in schools.”
-- SMALL TOWNS ARE ABANDONED BY BIG POLITICS - A PSL POLITICIAN ON OFF AT GRUSZCZYŃSKI: “– We want to act slowly and direct the program to the residents of small towns. On the countryside, the right has taken over our electorate; young farmers are captivated by Confederation, and the very wealthy either vote for us or for Civic Coalition. And small towns are abandoned by big politics. And you must remember that people in these places are not the urban middle class, for whom rainbow marriages are the most important problem in life. They live by work, raise children, they don't live by issues from big cities – one of the government politicians from PSL told me.”
-- ALL MINISTERS FROM PSL ARE UNDER 50 - CONTINUES GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GW: “It's hard for me to stop smiling, but the undeterred politician adds: … and please note that we do not have a single minister over 50 years old. Indeed, Kosiniak-Kamysz is 44, the Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak is 45, and Miłosz Motyka from the Ministry of Energy is 33.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32681770,tusk-nie-spodziewal-sie-weta-w-sprawie-safe-namacil-maly-ale.html
-- TUSK'S RISKY FUEL CHARGE - KRZYSZTOF ADAM KOWALCZYK IN RP: “In political terms, Prime Minister Donald Tusk had no choice and had to do something about plummeting fuel prices. But tampering with the market is risky. In the Polish People's Republic (PRL), it ended with queues at dry CPN dispensers. Let's hope the slogan 'Lower Fuel Prices' (Ceny Paliwa Niżej) does not prove prophetic. The government is also introducing official control of fuel prices, and shutting down market mechanisms is always risky. Viktor Orbán learned this during the pandemic, and Daniel Obajtek before the 2023 elections. In both cases, manually limiting gasoline and diesel prices resulted in shortages at stations.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-ekonomiczne/art44048611-krzysztof-adam-kowalczyk-ryzykowna-paliwowa-szarza-tuska
-- TAX INCREASE FOR LUMP-SUM TAXPAYERS. MINISTRY OF FINANCE: BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE CHEATING - PRZEMYSŁAW WOJTASIK IN RP: “A higher tax will be paid by a partner leasing a trademark to a company and a father renting premises to his son. As well as an entrepreneur who is on the 8.5% lump-sum rate, has high revenue, and employs no one. These are the plans of the Ministry of Finance.”
https://pro.rp.pl/pit/art44044051-podwyzka-podatku-dla-ryczaltowcow-ministerstwo-finansow-bo-niektorzy-kombinuja
-- THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS DROPPING A CUCKOO'S EGG ON HOSPITALS - OLIWIA GĘSIARZ IN OKO.PRESS: “The Ministry of Health will not freeze the indexation of medical staff salaries. Meanwhile, hospitals are sounding the alarm: without a reform of service valuation, the healthcare system crisis will deepen. Already, some staff are not receiving their due salaries. The reason? Managers are unable to transfer money they do not have.”
-- HOSPITALS ARE DROWNING IN DEBT. IN SOME PLACES, FINANCIAL CRISES ARE SO DEEP THAT THEY TANGIBLY AFFECT EMPLOYEES - CONTINUES GĘSIARZ IN OKO: “Meanwhile, hospitals are drowning in debt. In some places, financial crises are so deep that they tangibly affect employees. In Lesko, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, at the beginning of the month, staff received a letter from the acting director, Mirosław Leśniewski, stating that salaries for February were reduced to 75% of their amount. The rest? Will be paid after the employer obtains funds.”
https://oko.press/waloryzacja-wynagrodzen-medykow-ministerstwo-zdrowia
-- CIVIC COALITION MP JERZY MEYSZTOWICZ PROPOSED A DRAFT LAW IN THE SEJM THAT COULD THREATEN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECURITY OF POLES - JAKUB STYCZYŃSKI ON PORTAL ZERO: “Civic Coalition MP Jerzy Meysztowicz proposed a draft law in the Sejm that could threaten the pharmaceutical security of Poles. It was entirely written by organizations lobbying in the interest of foreign companies. The draft, if further processed and turned into a law, would open a loophole for the complete takeover of the Polish pharmacy market. This is a business worth PLN 60 billion, strategic from the state's perspective. – The entry into force of these regulations would mean a catastrophe for the sector, where the safety of Polish patients is at stake – comments Marek Tomków, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council, for Zero.pl. – It is an unprecedented scandal to bring drafts written by lobbyists to a parliamentary team meeting. I hope that MP Meysztowicz will be held accountable for this – says, in turn, PiS MP Janusz Cieszyński.”
-- THE PROJECT WAS WRITTEN BY THE FRANCHISE PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, THE LEWIATAN CONFEDERATION, AND THE RP EMPLOYERS – CONTINUES ON PORTAL ZERO: “The draft, presented on March 26, 2026, at a meeting of the parliamentary team for the regulation of the pharmacy and medicinal products market, was written by the Franchise Pharmacy Association, the Lewiatan Confederation, and the RP Employers. These are organizations that primarily represent the interests of foreign pharmacy chains.”
https://zero.pl/news/projekt-ustawy-o-rynku-aptek-napisany-przez-lobbystow-sprawa-posla-ko-trafila-do-cba
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