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Zbigniew Bogucki wrote that the XXVI Day of the Pope was celebrated and encouraged support for the "Gift of the New Millennium" Foundation. As he pointed out, payments could be made via SMS to the number 74265 with the content SCHOLARSHIPS, through the foundation's website, or into the charity boxes of volunteers, primarily in front of churches. He emphasized that the aid was meant to support young people in acquiring knowledge and developing talents, as well as in living according to the values and teachings of Saint John Paul II. #DzieńPapieski #JanPawełII #pomoc_młodym (translated)

Simon Betschinger described BMW's decision not to provide a company car to the AfD as irrational in a contribution referencing a WELT report. He wrote that the AfD is currently polling at 30 percent voter support; the BMW Group sold 290,742 vehicles in Germany last year. BMW risks losing potential buyers who are AfD voters as a result. Betschinger warned of a similar "Go woke, go broke" effect as seen with Bud Light: Its sales in the U.S. have dropped by about 25 percent after the brand took a stance against the Republican Party. #BMW #AfD #Politik (translated)

In the circumstances of various pressures, uncertainties, and external shocks, we continue to protect citizens' standards and invest in development and security, while maintaining stable public finances with a responsible management policy. With the REBALANCE of the state budget for the year 2026, revenues are increasing to 36.6 billion euros, which is 853 million euros more compared to the initial plan, while expenditures are increasing by 745 million euros, to 40.6 billion euros, said Prime Minister Andrej Plenković at the government session. #proračun #AndrejPlenković #mirovine (translated)

Jörg Friedrich described Thuringia's Prime Minister Mario Voigt as a fraud and wrote that his official car is a BMW 740 xDrive with a diesel engine. BMW had not canceled the order for the successor vehicle; Friedrich characterized the car disparagingly as a mafia vehicle. He referred to other rulers with BMW vehicles: Libya's dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi owned an armored 7 Series, and several BMWs of this model were found in the abandoned car collection of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. There were reports in 2019 about the delivery of around 120 BMWs for the King of Eswatini, Mswati III, and his family. North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un was also seen in a Rolls-Royce Phantom in 2018, Friedrich wrote, noting that the brand belongs to the BMW Group. Finally, Friedrich asked whether the AfD is not getting a BMW and addressed Elon. #BMW #Politik #Korruption (translated)

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended the 74th birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, an event that brings Schröder's controversial ties to the Kremlin back onto the agenda in Germany. #GerhardSchröder #VladimirPoutine #RelationsInternationales (translated)

Juho Salo criticized Finland's pension system and wrote that if the retirement age were to be raised, it could, in his opinion, be increased all at once to 100 years. He argued that in the system, a worker could pay pension contributions for 50 years, which would correspond to 25 percent of their salary, and receive a pension only at the age of 74. Salo pointed out that, according to him, pension accrual could not be collected. Salo called the system an economic catastrophe. He calculated the total amount of pension contributions and other shares to be 33.7 billion euros: 28.2 billion for occupational pensions, 0.7 billion for employees' shares, and 4.8 billion euros for state contributions. According to him, this amount could be used to pay a monthly basic income of 656 euros in addition to current social benefits and wages without tax increases. He compared the current system to a model where the retirement age would be 50 years and the pension would be 900–1,100 euros per month. Salo believed that money available earlier could be invested by individuals. He also criticized that those born before 1964 would receive the promised pension, while later generations would be left with the bill. Salo proposed that an investment of about 800 euros per month for 25 years would accumulate 240,000 euros without returns and over a million euros with investment returns. He related his comparison to the MSCI World index for the years 2001-2026 and said that wealth would remain for inheritance if 3-4 percent was withdrawn annually. According to him, such a system could make Finnish workers millionaires by the age of 50-60 and free up jobs sooner. Additionally, Salo criticized trade unions for not organizing strikes against pension contributions, development aid, and financing immigration, in his view. He compared the pension system to economic development aid and described it as an even worse solution. #eläke #perustulo #kansantalous (translated)

This is the kind of "gift" Putin gave himself for his birthday. Moscow launched dozens of missiles and drones against targets in 12 regions, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Russia of consciously choosing "absolute terror" and sarcastically describing the attack as a "gift" for Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday. #Ουκρανία #Ρωσία #Πούτιν (translated)

The European Union removed a Russian company from the sanctions list at Estonia's request, which supplies rare earth metals to the Estonian company Silmet, despite adding 743 individuals and 826 companies linked to the Russian military-industrial complex. #VenemaaSanktsioonid #Eesti #EuroopaLiit (translated)

The European Court of Auditors warns that the rapidly rising EU debt, which recently reached nearly 740 billion euros and is expected to rise to 1 trillion euros, is consuming an increasing share of the EU budget, putting pressure on other expenditures. #EUSchuld #EuropeseRekenkamer #EUbudget (translated)

South Korea has announced an ambitious K-GX plan that involves an investment of 747 billion dollars in energy transformation and decarbonization by 2035, aiming to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through the development of renewable energy sources and the transformation of heavy industry. #KoreaPołudniowa #OdnawialneŹródłaEnergii #Dekarbonizacja (translated)

The author said Vladimir Putin had given himself a “present” for his 74th birthday in the form of what they described as a massive attack on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine. They wrote that sirens were still sounding in Kyiv and the attack was continuing, and claimed a Russian ballistic missile had landed among apartment buildings in the city. https://t.co/whGChqrYyf #Ukraine #Putin #Kyiv #UA #RU

The author of the entry accused Bogucki, head of Nawrocki's office, of re-publishing a fragment of Nawrocki's speech from Stargard on October 2nd on October 6th. He pointed out that the day before, Nawrocki had said in his message that he did not want "an ongoing political war," and the following day blamed Donald Tusk's government for public finance problems and stated that the government was indebting Poles by 900 million zł daily, while every day "2000 apartments" were being lost. The author questioned these calculations. He wrote that 900 million zł daily would mean about 328.5 billion zł annually, while the maximum budget deficit for 2026 is noted to be 271.7 billion zł, or about 744 million zł daily. He added that according to data from the Ministry of Finance, the debt of the sector of government and local government institutions according to EU methodology increased in the first half of 2026 by 263.2 billion zł, which—he calculated—would be about 1.45 billion zł daily on average. He asked what category of debt, methodology, and period the 900 million zł figure referred to. Referring to the 2000 apartments daily, the author calculated that at the amount of 900 million zł, it would mean 450,000 zł per apartment. He assessed such a comparison as lacking economic value without indicating which state expenditures should be limited or what revenues should be increased. He noted that a deficit means that expenditures exceed revenues, and the expenditures funded by it include, among others, defense, benefits, healthcare, investments, and debt service. The author also questioned Nawrocki's statement that Tusk's government indebted Poles by 1 trillion zł within four years. He reminded that the government was appointed on December 13, 2023, and by the day of the speech in Stargard, on October 2, 2026, it had not even been in power for three full years. He added that the statement could refer to a forecast for four years, but—as he pointed out—Nawrocki did not present it as a forecast. #Polska #Polityka #FinansePubliczne (translated)