Today's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Dziubka: Will Tusk Remove Pełczyńska from the Government? Ojczyk in Business Insider: Ministry of Health Neglected for 3 Years, RZ: Kacprzyk Wanted to be King of ERs

Łukasz Mężyk

-- TRZASKOWSKI'S CONFERENCE AT 11 AM, TUSK'S CONFERENCE AT 12 PM.

-- IS LEWICA READY TO TAKE OVER THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH? CZARZASTY: LET THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT NOW SIMPLY FIX IT ALL - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-07-03

-- ONE OF THE MOST PROBABLE ELEMENTS OF SUCH A RESET COULD BE AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE KATARZYNA PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ FROM THE GOVERNMENT - KAMIL DZIUBKA ON ONEW: “Unofficial reports about Donald Tusk's potential radical moves to prepare Civic Coalition (KO) and the government for next year's election campaign are increasingly coming from the ruling camp. Among these moves is reportedly the removal of Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, the leader of Polska 2050, from the government. Other individuals are also reportedly in the crosshairs. According to our unofficial information, one of the most probable elements of such a reset could be an attempt to remove Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz from the government. The Prime Minister is said to be considering removing the Minister for Funds from the cabinet, believing that her presence in the government is costing the entire coalition more and more.”

-- THE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE IN 2014 AFTER THE SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL EXPLODED, WE FELT THEN THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING VERY WRONG - AN EXPERIENCED PARLIAMENTARIAN TELLS DZIUBCE ON ONEW: “The atmosphere is like in 2014 after the surveillance scandal, the 'Sowa i Przyjaciele' tapes, exploded. Even then, we felt that everything was going very wrong,” an experienced Civic Coalition parliamentarian told Onet.

-- MINISTER OF HEALTH LIKE A 'GIFT FROM POMERANIA' - STILL IN DZIUBKA'S ONEW REPORT: “This does not mean that the Minister of Health is to be dismissed. Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda was Donald Tusk's personal choice. In Civic Coalition, she has the nickname 'Gift from Pomerania' because she comes from that region, like the Prime Minister. As we hear, Tusk expects her to bring the project to completion.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/plotki-o-radykalnych-planach-donalda-tuska-potrzebny-jest-reset/8vwrvck,79cfc278

-- KO IS BECOMING A PARTY OF VOIVODE'S DEPUTIES AND MP'S ASSISTANTS - MICHAŁ PŁOCIŃSKI IN RZ: “An MP's assistant insults a taxi driver, and old party veterans defend losing causes. The scandal with Piotr Matan, another KO councilor, has exposed a deeper problem within Civic Coalition. Is the government losing its self-preservation instinct and becoming ridiculous?”

-- KO HAS ALSO LOST ALL RESTRAINTS, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE UKRAINIAN ISSUE, BUT MORE BROADLY – THE SPOILS OF POWER - PŁOCIŃSKI CONTINUES IN RZ: “KO has also lost all restraints, not necessarily on the Ukrainian issue, but more broadly – the spoils of power. The party is being ridiculed not only by young councilors like Kacprzyk and Matan, but above all by old veterans disgracefully defending losing causes, like Roman Giertych and Bartosz Arłukowicz. One is once again unleashing a hate machine online (in this competition, he even beats Dariusz Matecki from PiS, and that's no small achievement!), while the other attacks those who reveal scandals and even holds them accountable for journalistic awards. Surely, this is not the accountability that KO promised.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art44762961-michal-plocinski-ko-staje-sie-partia-pelnomocnikow-wojewody-i-asystentow-posla

-- FICTITIOUS MINISTRY OF HEALTH - JOLANTA OJCZYK IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “After almost a year in office, it is much easier to point to declarations than to bold decisions. Sobierańska-Grenda was an excellent manager of Pomeranian hospitals, but that is not enough to be a good minister.”

-- MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS - OJCZYK CONTINUES IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “Izabela Leszczyna had political backing, but lacked experience in healthcare. Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda has the knowledge, but no political support. As a result, the Ministry of Health has been neglected for almost three years.”
https://businessinsider.com.pl/prawo/opinie/jolanta-sobieranska-grenda-pod-lupa-dlaczego-resort-zdrowia-stoi-w-miejscu/8zst9hw

-- DAWID KACPRZYK WANTED TO BECOME THE KING OF ERs IN WARSAW. HE RAN A KIND OF "WORK COOPERATIVE" - DOMINIKA PIETRZYK IN RZ: “On February 2, 2026, the Emergency Department of the Bródno Mazovian Hospital was left without part of its medical staff. Three doctors did not report for duty. Later, Dawid Kacprzyk intervened and reportedly promised to bring in new staff for the department – 'Rzeczpospolita' has established. – Kacprzyk wanted to be the king of ERs – we hear from one of the Warsaw doctors. In addition to cooperating with the Południowy and Bródnowski hospitals, the 28-year-old medic was on the verge of managing the ER at Wolski Hospital, as reported by the portal Zero.pl. 'Rzeczpospolita' has found that Kacprzyk also explored the possibility of working at the Emergency Department of Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw. Is this the last of the hospital emergency departments where he planned to conduct his professional activities?”

-- BY THE END OF THE WEEK, THE HOSPITAL IS TO COMPLETE ITS CHECK OF THE 28-YEAR-OLD'S SCHEDULES FOR POTENTIAL BILOCATION - RZ CONTINUES: “By the end of the week, the hospital is to complete its check of the 28-year-old's schedules for potential bilocation. Given the number of hours worked at Szpital Południowy revealed by the Zero portal and the hours reported by Szpital Bródnowski, the doctor would have had to work an average of about 16-17 hours a day.”
https://www.rp.pl/ochrona-zdrowia/art44760371-dawid-kacprzyk-chcial-zostac-krolem-sor-w-warszawie-prowadzil-swoista-spoldzielnie-pracy

-- DE-ESCALATION THAT IS ESCALATION, UKRAINE'S PROPOSAL REGARDING THE NATIONAL PANTHEON IS A TRAP SET FOR POLAND - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “The dispute is not about whether Polish allies from 1919-1921, who are evidence that Poland and Ukraine have had common interests in the past, will be included in the National Pantheon of Ukraine, but about Ukraine's decision to place the UPA, perpetrators of genocide against Poles, in a central place in its national mythology. And if Bezruczko were to appear in the Ukrainian National Pantheon alongside Stepan Bandera, it would be difficult not to consider it a fig leaf covering an elephant that is standing in the middle of the room and stubbornly refusing to disappear.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art44760081-artur-bartkiewicz-propozycja-ukrainy-ws-panteonu-narodowego-to-pulapka-zastawiana-na-polske

-- ABSURD MOVEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT REGARDING UKRAINIANS. UNASSAILABLE - KAMIL FEJFER IN MONEY: “Regulations are coming into force that could leave some people from the so-called collective accommodation centers, established under the special act of 2022, on the streets. This concerns Ukrainians in difficult situations and – perhaps primarily – their children. Annual savings on public expenditure? Tens to over 100 million PLN. Pennies (to be precise – a few percent) compared to, for example, fictitious self-employment, the cost of which the Ministry of Labor estimates at PLN 2 billion annually. So, it's not about any savings, but about politically capitalizing on increasingly strong anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland. This is absurd, as Ukrainians are an 'ideal migrant group'. These are simply facts, and anyone who claims otherwise is either manipulating or does not understand the subject they are discussing.”
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/niepodwazalne-fakty-o-ukraincach-w-polsce-wymarzona-grupa-opinia-7303201272400224a.html

-- KYIV IS GETTING RID OF SUPERFLUOUS BALLAST IN THE FORM OF INCREASINGLY TROUBLESOME AND UNWANTED ADVICE AND GROWING WARSAW EXPECTATIONS. REALPOLITIK IS ALREADY ELSEWHERE - WITOLD GŁOWACKI IN OKO.PRESS: “The time has come to take stock of the first stage of the symbolic war that the vast majority of the Polish political and commentary class has decided to wage with Ukraine. This assessment is solely bitter. We are losing this war resoundingly, losing far more than the previous dominance of the Polish historical narrative over the Ukrainian one. And Ukraine is quite effectively practicing its 'rising from its knees' on Poland. This, incidentally, resembles the turn towards the cult of the 'cursed soldiers' and other heroes of the far-right, which took place in our country in the mid-previous decade. Back then, every self-respecting football hooligan wore a t-shirt with the slogan 'death to the enemies of the fatherland' or with the cross of the National Armed Forces.”
https://oko.press/polska-przegrywa-na-kazdej-linii-taki-jest-bilans-wojny-o-upa-i-ordery

-- PRIME MINISTER JERZY BUZEK TURNS 86. LESZEK MILLER 80.

-- 16 YEARS AGO, Bronisław Komorowski defeated Jarosław Kaczyński in the second round of the presidential election following the tragic death of President Lech Kaczyński.

-- 37 YEARS AGO, the inaugural sessions of the 10th-term Sejm and the 1st-term Senate were held.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Jerzy Buzek, Leszek Miller, Czesław Ryszka, Barbara Bartuś, Dorota Masłowska, Krzysztof Pacewicz, Małgorzata Naukowicz.
 


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