-- THE RIGHT-WING'S GRAND LIST WITH PRESIDENTIAL PATRONAGE? KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ'S SUGGESTION, ZGORZELSKI: THE BROWN RABBLE UNDER KOWALSKI AND CZARNEK'S BANNER IS BEGINNING RACIAL SEGREGATION IN POLAND - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-06-11

-- 74 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS DO NOT WANT THE STATE TO SUBSIDIZE ARTISTS' PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS - ACCORDING TO A POLL BY THE POLLSTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR "SUPER EXPRESS".
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wiekszosc-polakow-nie-chce-doplat-dla-artystow-najnowszy-sondaz-7294536382388704a

-- THERE WILL BE NO SUBSIDIES FOR ARTISTS' CONTRIBUTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT COALITION IS DIVIDED, AND THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT SIGN THE LAW - LESZEK KOSTRZEWSKI IN GAZETA WYBORCZA (GW): "- We never reject government projects in the first reading, that would be absurd. So we will work on the project in the parliamentary committee. Only I don't quite know how we would change it in committee, because the very concept of the law is flawed. At the government level, this idea would need to be reconsidered, or work on it halted altogether - explains Petru. (...) - We expected opposition from part of society, but not such a large number of critical voices online, and now we are wondering what to do with this law next - tells us one of the Civic Coalition politicians.".

-- THE PRESIDENT WILL VETO - FURTHER IN KOSTRZEWSKI'S ARTICLE IN GW: "Information that the president will not sign the 'artists' law' was also conveyed to us by a parliamentarian associated with the president.".
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147880,32841825,nie-bedzie-doplat-do-skladek-artystow-koalicja-rzadowa-jest.html

-- THE STATE COLLECTS MORE IN TAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAN EVER BEFORE, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR INCREASES IN MAIN TAXES FOR YEARS. DUE TO THE DIRE STATE OF PUBLIC FINANCES, WE WILL PROBABLY PAY EVEN MORE - Anna Cieślak-Wróblewska in RZECZPOSPOLITA (RZ).

-- THERE IS NO ROOM FOR TAX INCREASES, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO MAINTAIN ANY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE - AN ECONOMIST FROM FOR TELLS CIEŚLAK-WRÓBLEWSKA: "– There is no room for tax increases, especially if we want to maintain any competitive advantage, even in terms of investment attractiveness – says Zieliński. The economist argues that tax hikes, whether affecting income or consumption, could prove harmful to the economy. He cites Romania as an example, whose government – struggling with the highest public finance deficit in the EU – decided on painful corrective measures, including an increase in the basic VAT rate from 19 to 21 percent. However, a side effect of such actions, among others, was a significant slowdown in economic growth".

-- INSTEAD OF ONE LARGE INCREASE, MORE AND MORE SMALL, SCATTERED BURDENS - CIEŚLAK-WRÓBLEWSKA WRITES FURTHER IN RZ: "None of these changes resemble a spectacular increase in VAT or PIT. Together, however, they show the direction in which public finances may evolve: instead of one large increase, more and more small, scattered burdens. It is these that may become one of the tools for gradual consolidation of public finances in the coming years".
https://www.rp.pl/budzet-i-podatki/art44596731-wplywy-podatkowe-rosna-ale-to-za-malo-by-pokryc-deficyt-w-kasie-panstwa

-- SO WE ARE PROBABLY WAITING FOR SOME MINOR MOVES MASKING THE ACTUAL LEVEL OF SHORTFALLS IN PUBLIC FINANCES - PIOTR SKWIROWSKI IN RZ: "And since it's not a good time to raise taxes and cut spending, major changes in this regard are unlikely. So we are probably waiting for some minor moves masking the actual level of shortfalls in public finances. Let's hope it doesn't get worse.".
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-ekonomiczne/art44598271-piotr-skwirowski-dochody-panstwa-rosna-ale-to-za-malo

-- POLAND IS OUT OF THE GAME FOR PEACE IN EUROPE - WITOLD JURASZ IN ONET: "Our country has unequivocally declared that it will not send any troops to Ukraine. It should be added that there was no difference between the government and the opposition on this matter. This happened because both Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Coalition politicians believed that it could cause a shock in the support for both parties. In other words, Polish foreign policy has actually been decided from the beginning by Konfederacja and Konfederacja Korony Polskiej, which have been playing on an anti-Ukrainian note. It was these parties that managed to convince Poles that we must not 'send our boys to war'. The problem is that neither PiS nor PO politicians ever had even a shred of courage to explain to Poles that Polish soldiers would not be going to war, but after the war, and not to fight, but to prevent (another) war. It is also clear and obvious that our soldiers would be stationed not at the border with Russian troops, but behind French, German, and British units. The lack of elementary courage of these politicians, who, instead of leading, merely follow a crowd incited by Russian troll farms, causes Poland to remove itself from the game for post-war arrangements in our part of Europe, it should be added".

-- THE EFFECT WILL BE THAT MAJOR POWERS WILL DECIDE ON PEACE IN OUR REGION OF EUROPE, NOT EVEN IN EUROPE AS A WHOLE, WITH RUSSIA WITHOUT OUR PARTICIPATION - JURASZ FURTHER IN ONET: "As an interviewee in Polish diplomacy tells Onet, there is a very slim chance that Poland will play any significant role in discussions about peace in Ukraine. Partly, of course, this is because major powers do not want us at the negotiating table. Unfortunately, no less a cause is our own foolishness. The effect will be that major powers will decide on peace in our region of Europe, not even in Europe as a whole, with Russia without our participation".
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/jurasz-polska-wypadla-z-gry-o-pokoj-w-europie-oto-cztery-kluczowe-powody/yf3dlp3,79cfc278

-- WE MUST AGREE WITH MARIUSZ BŁASZCZAK THAT THE NEW ASSOCIATION IN PiS IS OF AN EXPERT NATURE - INTERESTINGLY, IT CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF EXPERTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI. THE INTERNAL WAR IN THE LARGEST OPPOSITION PARTY HAS JUST BEEN FULLY FORMALIZED - MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI ON THE PORTAL OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA.

-- SASIN'S ASSOCIATION IS A PARODY, REDUNDANT. AS FOR THE "MASŁO MAŚLANE" FACTION, LET'S ADMIT, IT FITS PERFECTLY" - DANIELEWSKI FURTHER: "While Morawiecki's association 'Rozwój Plus' made some sense from a logical and structural point of view, announcing its intention to reach out to new social groups beyond PiS members and staunch supporters, Sasin's organization is a parody of an association. The ideological declaration indicates that it will not operate outside the party, will not create local structures, and will be an initiative functioning exclusively within PiS. This means it will be an association of PiS parliamentarians, communicating solely with other PiS members and acting as a group of PiS members within PiS. Indeed, a political pleonasm, or in colloquial terms, redundant. As for the 'masło maślane' (buttery butter, i.e., redundant) faction, let's admit, it fits perfectly".

-- MORAWIECKI MUST THEREFORE RESPOND, SO AS NOT TO BE SENT INTO EXILE TO THE PARTY'S WOODSHED, BUT HIS HANDS ARE WEAKER THAN A MONTH AGO - DANIELEWSKI FURTHER: "Morawiecki must therefore respond, so as not to be sent into exile to the party's woodshed, but his hand is weaker than a month ago. In the short term, he will likely focus on defending what he has achieved, as there are currently no pretexts for intensifying rhetoric and effective attacks on the 'masło maślane' faction. The former prime minister will therefore likely adopt the pose of a 'crouching tiger', but this is certainly not the end of the spectacle: the fight will continue, because ambitions and the high stakes, which are future power over the party, will not allow either side to give up this fight".
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2346321,1,stowarzyszenie-sasina-drugim-plucempis-znow-nadeszla-pora-by-zainwestowac-w-popcorn.read

-- BIRTHDAYS: Bronisław Wildstein, Krzysztof Janik, Anna Maria Żukowska (turns 43), Mirosław Koźlakiewicz.