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In November, negotiations on the multiannual financial framework enter a decisive phase. Our next meeting must therefore bring us closer to consolidating the key elements needed to reach an agreement by the end of the year. I count on your leadership in a spirit of cooperation. The President of the European Council, António Costa, warned leaders in a letter that time is running out and that the deadline for reaching a compromise is getting shorter. #EU #proračun #pregovori (translated)

Žiga Turk proposed that regarding RTV, the coalition should first adopt a minor amendment that would introduce a conscience objection to paying the fee before making more significant changes to the law. According to his proposal, the fee would be reduced by 75 percent for the contributor if they stated in a justified letter that RTV does not fulfill one or more tasks from the article marked as xxx. #RTV #zakonodaja #mediji (translated)

Bartosz Lewandowski alleged that in the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, an appeal regarding a "iron-clad" letter for Marcin Romanowski was directed for consideration, bypassing 12 judges from the complaint application section. He claimed that after the change of power, Adam Bodnar led to changes in the court's leadership, and 12 judges were removed from ruling on other cases, including those concerning operational surveillance and temporary arrests. According to Lewandowski, the section was appropriate for reviewing appeals regarding iron-clad letters. He referred to a previous appeal regarding the refusal to issue an iron-clad letter for Michał Kuczmierowski, which was reviewed by the judges of that section. In Lewandowski's assessment, the prosecutor's appeal in the Romanowski case was wrongly classified as concerning arrest. He indicated that the case in the District Court was registered as concerning an iron-clad letter, and the decision on arrest was meant to be merely a consequence of its granting. He added that he appealed the decision in favor of Romanowski, and his appeal was instructed to be sent to the appellate court on October 2, 2026, a few days before the prosecutor's appeal. Lewandowski called the situation a scandal and announced that he would request explanations from the management of the appellate court. He also informed that he would notify the First President of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński about the matter and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State. He announced that he would bring up comments made by Minister Waldemar Żurek about Judge Konrad Mielcarek and the case of Judge Dariusz Łubowski after the European arrest warrant against Romanowski was revoked. He pointed out that he intended to do this in connection with the extradition request concerning Zbigniew Ziobro in the same matter. #SądApelacyjny #Sprawiedliwość #Polska (translated)

Bärbel announced this morning that she is withdrawing from the party and from her ministerial position. I have immense respect for her decision. She made it for personal reasons that I deeply respect. The head of the SPD parliamentary group, Matthias Miersch (57), addressed the party membership in a letter. #njemačka #ostavka #politika (translated)

Jagiellonia Białystok announced that it has sent an official letter to the chairman of the PZPN College of Referees requesting clarification and interpretation of five disputed decisions from the matches against Legia Warsaw in the 9th round and Górnik Zabrze in the 10th round. The club stated that the number of key situations from the last matches prompted it to seek an official interpretation to better understand the criteria and evaluation standards applied. It added that as a club, it faces direct consequences of decisions made on the field, and the request also aimed to initiate a constructive dialogue and help avoid similar controversies in the future. #JagielloniaBiałystok #PZPN #sędziowie (translated)

Devil Stockton wrote that Karol Nawrocki explained the cessation of visits to Jerzy Żywicki by taking a job in Warsaw, due to which he could not even see his mother and sister. The author noted that Nawrocki has a wife, Marta Nawrocka, née Smoleń, and an adult son. He asked Marta Nawrocka how it happened that Jerzy Żywicki — according to the author emaciated, deprived of medication, neglected, and ill — ended up in a social assistance home at the state's expense, despite a written commitment to provide him with lifelong care in exchange for transferring ownership of the apartment. #Polska #polityka #mediapolskie (translated)

He exceeded his official powers. Sobieraj-Skonieczna, in 2023, the Deputy Prosecutor General, is accused by the prosecution of "deciding not to make the invoice available to the auditors [NIK]," while Ostrowski, in 2023, the Director of the Department for Economic Crime of the National Prosecutor's Office, is accused by investigators of "overstepping his official powers," stating in writing that the invoice cannot be made available to the NIK auditors. #prokuratura #NIK #Hermes (translated)

Szymon Jadczak wrote that the answers to the senator's questions were included in his text published the day before, and it was already too late for the letters. He linked the delay to the actions of the police subordinate to Marcin Kierwiński and Donald Tusk, as well as officials of Rafał Trzaskowski. He assessed that the political support of the senator was limited to a joint photo, from which the residents of Kraków, as he wrote, gained nothing. https://t.co/uq9Csloyy7 #Polska #polityka #Kraków (translated)

The Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao later confirmed in a letter to Congress that during the mission, eight suicide attempts were recorded among the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group, which includes the aircraft carrier as well as support ships and aviation units. #USSAbrahamLincoln #AmeričkaMornarica #RatSUranom (translated)

Konrad Berkowicz wrote that Włodzimierz Czarzasty sent a letter to the Ethics Committee requesting exemplary punishment for him. He added that he has no intention of retracting his words and believes that he spoke about Dobrosz-Oracz mildly and expressed an opinion shared, in his opinion, by millions of Poles. Berkowicz emphasized that one could discuss the offensive term he used referencing sex work. He claimed it was elegant compared to how he described her connections with political circles. He also used an offensive term related to her origins and wrote that she supported herself through contacts with people he described as the worst politicians. #Polityka #Debata #Etyka (translated)

Karol Michalak wrote that Legia asked the police if they could play matches without away fans, and they agreed. He emphasized that in his opinion, it did not resolve the issue of PZPN licensing regulations. The author distinguished this situation from those involving Radomiak, Górnik, and Wisła, where renovations were said to result from the owners' overarching decisions. He claimed that Legia closed the away section on September 28, citing non-existent police orders and ZZW. After these documents were questioned, the club most likely asked the police if they could play the match despite the renovations. Michalak pointed out that the PZPN could suspend Legia's license due to possible violations of licensing regulations. He added that although the Ekstraklasa organized the competitions, the license was issued by the PZPN, which had the right to intervene, but — as he predicted — probably would not do so. In the end, he criticized Legia Warsaw for seeking to play a match without fans and accused them of fighting for unequal competition. He wrote that the club had nothing to do with football and described its actions as pathetic. #LegiaWarszawa #Ekstraklasa #PZPN (translated)

Szymon Jadczak wrote that the dispute over the match between Legia Warsaw and Wisła Kraków has turned into a political scandal that, in his opinion, undermines the credibility of Donald Tusk and Marcin Kierwiński. He claimed that for three years, individuals associated with Legia had tried to block Wisła fans from entering stadiums in Poland, and the boycott of their participation in matches was broken a few months earlier, after Wisła's promotion to the Ekstraklasa. According to Jadczak, the clubs provided fictitious reasons to prevent Wisła fans from entering, and Śląsk Wrocław paid a fine of one million zlotys for this. The author accused Legia of invoking a pretended renovation and letters from the Board of Greenery of Warsaw and the Polish Police to close the away sector. He wrote that in recent days the club had remained silent, and the police and officials did not oppose the arrival of Wisła fans. He added that the Ekstraklasa statement published that day indicated that Legia had a letter from the police allowing it to close the sector. Jadczak assessed that if the content of the statement is confirmed, Legia's officials achieved their goal with the passivity of the Ekstraklasa and the PZPN, as well as the assistance of the Capital City Police Headquarters. He also accused Tusk and Kierwiński of having declarations about an uncompromising fight against fan hooligans that contradicted this situation. #LegiaWarszawa #WisłaKraków #Ekstraklasa (translated)

The beloved President wrote that a talented young doctoral student from UMK was replaced by someone he described as barely literate and coming from a third-world country. He added that her maintenance was supposed to cost 2 million PLN. #polityka #edukacja #sprawypubliczne (translated)

Karol Michalak wrote that for the past three years he has been fighting against the discrimination of Wisła Kraków fans. He claimed that he sent hundreds of letters to police departments, mayors, and presidents, corresponded with the Commissioner for Human Rights, UOKiK, and international organizations, and also prepared a 40-page study on the impact of boycotts on competition. He described that clubs from all over Poland treated him as a person of lower status, and he himself was insulted and humiliated. He wrote that despite this, he did not give up on his efforts to be able to watch matches. However, he added that the post and the approach of its author discouraged him from football. He described this person as, in a sense, the face of Canal+ and pointed out that the station has long been associated with the Ekstraklasa. After years of discrimination, he felt "spat upon." Michalak also wrote that Legia should not give up and should seek documents that would prevent people from watching football. He concluded his statement by saying that he no longer wants to be part of this environment, which — in his opinion — has nothing to do with the beauty of football. #piłkanożna #dyskryminacja #kibice (translated)

The Socios Wisła Kraków Association called on the Polish Football Association (PZPN), its president Cezary Kulesza, and Ekstraklasa S.A. to urgently investigate Legia Warsaw's decision to close the away section and to take actions that would allow an authorized group of Wisła fans to participate in the match scheduled for October 11. The association stated that it represents over 5,000 people and considered that the closure of the sector directly affects the community it represents. Socios referred to the response from the spokesperson of the Warsaw Police Headquarters, Chief Inspector Jacek Wiśniewski, given to editor Bartosz Karcz. According to the association, the police clarified that the correspondence was initiated by Legia, and the response concerned changes proposed by the club. It was not a post-control protocol nor a reaction to a specific match or incident; the police did not order the closure of the sector nor set a deadline for modernization. Socios emphasized that, according to the police's position, the decision to make the sector available was up to Legia as the organizer of the mass event. The association pointed out that Legia justified the closure of the sector until the end of 2026 with the scope and urgency of the works. In its opinion, the necessity and duration of the restriction should be supported by specific documentation. Socios also cited information from the Board of Greenery of the City of Warsaw, according to which Legia had been using city land serving the sector without a contract since 2017, and discussions regarding the regulation of this situation began in the summer of 2026. The association noted that Legia indicated the September international break as a convenient time to resolve the land issue. Socios demanded an examination of the documents, an urgent site visit involving both clubs, the police, PZPN, and Ekstraklasa S.A., as well as checking the schedule of works and the possibility of implementing alternative solutions. It also called for an assessment of Legia's decision in terms of competition rules and infrastructure and licensing issues, and subsequently for the public presentation of the findings before the match. The association declared support for TS Wisła Kraków S.A. in legal actions related to the exclusion of an organized group of fans, including financing the costs of proceedings and legal services. It emphasized that clarifying the matter after the meeting will not restore the fans' ability to participate in it. #WisłaKraków #Ekstraklasa #PZPN (translated)