In the new issue of the weekly magazine “Sieci”, Marek Pyza and Marcin Wikło analyze what should be Donald Tusk’s long-heralded march on June 4. What lies behind the slogans of the event that divides even opposition politicians? Must Donald Tusk’s show of street power cover up a past of political betrayal and a cynical plan for the future? the journalists ask.
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Marek Pyza and Marcin Wikło note in the article “Teraz ulica” that since the return of Donald Tusk to Polish politics, it is clear that his views are changing day by day. The leader of the opposition is trying to get as much support as possible for the upcoming elections.
A few weeks ago, Tusk called PiS voters drunks and women boxers who do not work and are kings of life (meaning: thanks to 500+), demanding immediate and unconditional valorization of monthly benefits after a few days. Will people buy a politician who rises to the heights of inconsistency? We ask Paweł Kukiz, who once had great hopes for Tusk. (…) – There is a certain group of people who really buy everything TVN talks about. But there are also thinkers with a not very good memory, and they will certainly not be fooled by Tusk again. I belong to the latter. I remember very well how passionately he spoke of the need to change the electoral law, to increase citizens’ control over the authorities, to abolish the Senate, to lower the VAT. In each of these cases, he did the exact opposite when he came to power. Now he is still paying for his role as President of the European Council. It only changes the form of action. Just like an actor – one day he plays one role, the next – another. And it is his job to attract as many people as possible to the theater, the profit of which goes to Brussels
– we read in the weekly magazine “Sieci”.
Conversation with Prof. Krysiak
In an interview (“Social programs don’t cause inflation”) with Dorota Łosiewicz, Prof. Zbigniew Krysiak, chair of the program board and founder of the Schuman Thought Institute, explains why family benefits, such as 500+, can be treated as investment programs.
To explain this, it is necessary to examine how the funds and support aimed at families work. And by that I mean all instruments of family-friendly policy, including Family Care Capital or expanding the number of places in day care centers. It looks like this: we invest the generated funds in instruments aimed at families. This money is not thrown away, but is used to purchase products and services. Most families behave rationally and spend their money on basic necessities, not luxuries. These purchases are mainly made from Polish small, medium and small producers. So the vast majority of the cash flow goes to Polish companies, so it is not transferred to Western companies (only to a certain extent). […] Often the owners of small, local businesses are members of households and families. And this is how economic leverage arises as a result of increasing economic turnover. This in turn translates into an increase in revenue from the state budget: both from VAT and income tax
sums up the professor.
Jakub Augustyn Maciejewski refers in the weekly to the dispute in the United Right camp. It says that:
Opposition media have long hoped that tension between Zbigniew Ziobro and Mateusz Morawiecki will contribute to PiS’s election defeat. They got fodder for their speculation again, as the Minister of Justice gave an interview to the weekly “Do Rzeczy”, in which he sharply criticized his own coalition partner […]. The deputy chairman of the Sejm, Ryszard Terlecki, was also touched in the conversation, who does not spare the politicians of sovereign Poland in public statements. The author informs that Prime Minister Morawiecki has commented on the interview with Ziobro […]: “You don’t have to whine, moan. Got to work. The Minister of Justice has a lot to do […]The opposition roared with joy, the liberal media was beating this drum and basically mocking both sides of the dispute, Donald Tusk also picked up on this […].
Maciejewski notes that not everything in this dispute is binary.
The Minister of Justice accuses the Prime Minister of making concessions in the negotiations with Brussels, which led to the suspension of payments for the National Reconstruction Plan. Ziobro is not without reason – Solidarna Polska […] predicted that Brussels would mislead the Polish side […]. The prime minister also refers to a specific reproach directed at the coalition partner: the reform of the judiciary has stalled […].
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