Today's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Trudnowski: Morawiecki is like the CEO of Nvidia. That's why he's experiencing a political resurrection; Dudek: PiS is favored by the situation of its right-wing competition and Tusk's pointless videos

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-- DOMAŃSKI: AT THIS MOMENT, TAX THRESHOLDS REMAIN UNCHANGED - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-04-10/

-- ROMAN GIERTYCH, A MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN WOMAN, AND TRANSFERS FROM TAX HAVENS. WE REVEAL WHAT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OVERLOOKED BEFORE DISMISSING CHARGES AGAINST THE KO POLITICIAN - SZYMON JADCZAK AND KAROLINA WYSOTA IN MONEY.PL: “Journalists from Wirtualna Polska and money.pl have obtained information about a former employee of Roman Giertych's law firm, through whom a company established in Liechtenstein received nearly one million PLN transferred to the politician's company. A Russian woman with a French passport, who handles Russian interests in tax havens, was her partner. The dates and amounts of the transfers match those described in the case files of the Polnord affair. The prosecution did not question these women. Nor did it request documents from the Liechtenstein entity. Without examining this information, they dismissed the charges against Giertych.”

-- VICTORIA BENINGER – BORN WIKTORIA OLEGOWNA KRIAŻEWA IN RUSSIAN PETROZAVODSK – CONTINUES JADCZAK AND WYSOTA IN MONEY: “Ms. Katarzyna found herself on the board of this 'establishment'. Alongside her in the management of Utriusque appeared Victoria Beninger – born Wiktoria Olegowna Kriażewa in Russian Petrozavodsk. On the board, she represented Swiss Protecta from Panama, another tax haven in this story. The Russian woman is a professional, specializing in establishing companies for wealthy Russians in tax havens. Giertych's employee likely never met her.”

-- WHILE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WERE FLOWING TO GIERTYCH'S LAW FIRM THROUGH AN ENTITY ESTABLISHED AT KIRCHSTRASSE IN VADUZ, THE OWNERS OF THE OIL TRADING COMPANY J&S, DESCRIBED BY GIERTYCH YEARS AGO, WERE ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN TRUST AT THE SAME ADDRESS – WE CONTINUE TO READ FROM JADCZAK AND WYSOTA: “In his version of the commission's report, Giertych drew attention to the activities of the company J&S. He quoted the head of intelligence, Zbigniew Siemiątkowski, according to whom the J&S company was allegedly founded by Russian intelligence, claiming it monopolized oil supplies to Orlen and avoided paying taxes by registering in Cyprus. While hundreds of thousands were flowing to Giertych's law firm through an entity established at Kirchstrasse in Vaduz, the owners of the oil trading company J&S, described by Giertych years ago, were establishing their own trust at the same address. They were served by the same lawyer as Utriusque Iuris Anstalt.”https://www.money.pl/firma/roman-giertych-tajemnicza-rosjanka-i-przelewy-z-raju-podatkowego-ujawniamy-co-przeoczyla-prokuratura-przed-umorzeniem-zarzutow-dla-polityka-ko-7273419210369280a.html

-- HOSPITAL DIRECTOR KIDNAPPED AN AMBULANCE. HE USED IT TO TRANSPORT THE RELATIVE OF A KO MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT – JAKUB STYCZYŃSKI IN ZERO PORTAL: “A Civic Platform activist and one of the directors of the hospital in Knurów used a public ambulance to transport the relative of KO Member of Parliament Krystyna Szumilas – Zero.pl has established. The hospital filed a criminal report. Gliwice investigators have already launched proceedings. The administrative director of the hospital in Knurów burst into the emergency room and took an EKG machine from one of the wards. He then got into an ambulance with the equipment and drove off, without informing the medical staff. After some time, he returned with the patient and two of her family members. This is according to the report on the possibility of committing a crime, which the hospital in Knurów filed against its employee. What's more, the director – as stated in the document – had no authorization to drive ambulances and has no medical education.”https://zero.pl/news/ambulans-dla-krewnej-poslanki-szumilas-sledztwo-w-gliwicach

-- MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI IS AS FAST, DETAIL-ORIENTED, AND SUBSTANTIVE AS THE CEO OF NVIDIIA. THAT IS WHY HE IS EXPERIENCING A POLITICAL RESURRECTION - PIOTR TRUDNOWSKI: “In my opinion, this is the main source of Mateusz Morawiecki's success – that he, by implementing the plan I mentioned, by implementing his seven points that I have reconstructed, was simply consistent, as in business. This is something that politicians often lack. This has perhaps dispelled my strong doubts regarding Mateusz Morawiecki's management methods and work approach. (…) However, I feel that the metaphor of Mateusz Morawiecki being the Jensen of Polish politics deserves serious consideration to understand the phenomenon of his political resurrection.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReL7vZ6mlc

-- THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'S DECISION TO MAKE HEALTH EDUCATION MANDATORY FROM SEPTEMBER, BUT WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SEXUALITY, CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD POLITICALLY. SUBSTANTIVELY, IT IS HARMFUL - PRZEMYSŁAW WILCZYŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The 'candle and rag' strategy – substantively indefensible – seems politically understandable. But in the long run, it might end poorly for Barbara Nowacka: with a double burn.”https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/obowiazkowa-edukacja-zdrowotna-jak-barbara-nowacka-zawiodla-uczniow-i-czarnka-193327

-- CZARNEK'S FURTHER POPULIST SLOGANS MAY PROVE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR THE RULING COALITION. ESPECIALLY IF ITS LEADER, INSTEAD OF ANTICIPATING HIS MOVES, RECORDS MORE INFANTILE VIDEOS - PROF. ANTONI DUDEK IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Czarnek will also try in the near future to build the widest possible front of support in the Sejm for the motion of no confidence against Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska, jointly submitted by PiS and Konfederacja MPs. However, it will not be the outcome of a single parliamentary vote, but Czarnek's subsequent populist slogans that may prove a real challenge for the ruling coalition. Especially if its leader, instead of anticipating his moves, records more infantile videos, which will not help him gain votes from the TikTok audience anyway.”

-- PiS IS FAVORED BY THE SITUATION OF ITS RIGHT-WING COMPETITION - CONTINUES DUDEK: “Czarnek was also favored by the situation among his right-wing competition. At the end of February, Braun announced the formation of a Polish-Indian economic coalition in the European Parliament, and his right-hand man, MP Roman Fritz, expressed hope that 'Poland will become more attractive to Indian workers.' Shortly thereafter, the leader of Korona visited the Iranian embassy to offer condolences and declared: 'Tehran–Warsaw – a common cause!' Finally, he published a joint photo with Janusz Walus and Stan Tymiński, thus implying that he sees them – as well as Monika Jaruzelska – on his party's election lists. All of this, it seems, will not only halt the outflow of PiS's current supporters towards Korona but may also trigger the opposite process. The situation within Konfederacja also shaped up favorably for the PiS candidate for prime minister, with the escalating subsurface rivalry between Mentzen's New Hope and Bosak's National Movement.”https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2338227,1,atak-kandydata-czarnek-zaczyna-rosnac-a-tusk-kreci-infantylne-filmiki.read

-- 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SMOLENSK CATASTROPHE.

-- 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JACK KACZMARSKI.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Halina Frąckowiak, Tadeusz Truskolaski, Magdalena Adamowicz, Wojciech Olejniczak, Michał Tober, Krzysztof Paszyk.
 


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