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Mateusz Morawiecki presented during the Forum Ideas for Poland organized by the Sobieski Institute the proposals of Development Plus concerning attracting capital and investments as well as a new model of development for the country. He assessed that the model based on cheap labor is exhausted, and Poland should develop its own capital and technologies. He also pointed out that the strategy of a strong state should be based on capital, an army, and alliances and take Polish interests into account. In the dispute over debt, Morawiecki reminded that during his premiership, the debt in relation to GDP fell from 51% to 49.5%, while the state simultaneously financed social policy, local governments, and armaments. He advocated for the development of Poland as a center of trade, transport, and energy, pointing to CPK as the foundation of this strategy, also due to its military significance. He accused Minister Hetman of undermining the strategic sense of the project by limiting it and postponing deadlines. Morawiecki also called for the development of ports and reminded of the abandoned project of a container terminal in Świnoujście, which was supposed to take over trade handled by foreign ports. He described the conflict surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal as weakening the state and trust in the Polish economy, and Development Plus — as he noted — proposes a deep constitutional reset. He also pointed out the taxation of banks as a possible source of additional budget revenues. The party's proposals were presented under the slogan "#PoweredbyPoland". He listed public procurement supporting development, technologies for the economy and defense, lower energy and financing costs, and orderly public finances. He said that Development Plus was created to implement a strategy based on capital, investments, and plans for the coming decades. #Polska #Rozwój #Inwestycje (translated)

In a new partial report, the Medical Products Agency and the National Board of Health and Welfare propose that Sweden should strengthen access to critical healthcare products by building up emergency stockpiles and ensuring access to necessary emergency supplies. #sjukvård #leveranskedjor #beredsapslager (translated)

Shops have been looted, and public buildings, stores, and city halls have been attacked. Watching these recordings, we all wondered how the French can behave like this towards their own country. Macron promised on Sunday to deal with the rioters and made an emotional appeal for unity in the midst of the chaos that has engulfed the country. #neredi #pljačke #Francuska (translated)

Glenn criticized a writer in Aftonbladet for having misunderstood a Generation X attitude towards politics and music, according to him. He argued that Metallica's audience did not want political statements from the band and that James Hetfield and the other members understood their audience. Glenn asserted that Metallica's actions against file sharing via Napster were about protecting the band's music, not about politics. He recounted that a friend received a message saying she had been banned from Napster by Metallica, but they laughed about it. He called it brain-dead to describe Metallica as cowardly for not wanting to dedicate playtime to Palestine, the environment, or Russia. Glenn also wrote that Hetfield's statement about politics and music was hypocrisy. https://t.co/ZKhpjjkCKt #Metallica #musik #politik (translated)

Susanna Silfverskiöld wrote that the Social Democrats canceled a meeting that was to take place the following day, after reports emerged that the Left Party could vote for the Moderate Party's candidate to lead the Stockholm Region. She argued that the party thus wanted to prevent elected officials from dismissing a Social Democrat and called the actions democratically questionable. #Demokrati #Politik #Sverige (translated)

Residents of Alberta are voting on a referendum for independence, while Prime Minister Mark Carney warns that high turnout among supporters of secession will determine the outcome, although less than a quarter of residents support that idea. #Alberta #referendum #separatizam (translated)

Heavy rains in eastern Spain have caused severe flooding, in which at least two people have lost their lives, and authorities have issued a warning for 800,000 residents, while helicopters are rescuing people trapped on the rooftops of houses. #Poplave #Španjolska #VremenskePrilike (translated)

The conductor wrote that for the first time he felt concern that Ukraine would lose the war. He described Donald Trump's recent actions as a betrayal of Europe and the Western democratic world. He accused Trump of colluding with Vladimir Putin, whom he compared to Hitler, and of blaming Volodymyr Zelensky for problems including expensive diesel. According to the conductor, Trump was trying to cover up his own mistake in Iran. He stated that Putin wanted to involve Chinese President Xi Jinping in peace talks regarding Ukraine. He said the negotiations were only labeled as peaceful because Putin's demands would lead to Ukraine's capitulation. He compared Trump to "second fiddle" and wrote that Zelensky admitted Ukraine would not be able to win or even hold out without U.S. support if Washington sided with Russia. The conductor also noted that the Italian defense minister warned about the Russian army's strength of 1.5 million soldiers and that due to its financing from the Russian budget, the war cannot be immediately stopped. He attributed the Kremlin's lack of interest in a ceasefire. He accused the U.S. Secretary of Defense of mocking allied soldiers in Afghanistan, including the fallen, and labeled his actions as an insult. He criticized Europe for its silence and wrote that it seems to him that its representatives are afraid of both Putin and Trump. At the same time, he questioned whether they were waiting for Trump to take a break and change his mind again. #Ukrajina #Putin #Trump (translated)

If we can teach robots by showing them just a few times how a task is performed, we can reduce the need to program them for each new task. But for a robot, it is very difficult to learn from so few demonstrations, says Todor Stoyanov, a computer science researcher and one of the research leaders for the TeamRob project. #robotik #autonomaRobotar #samarbete (translated)

The writer stated that they had visited the Spanish Ceuta shortly after the migrant crisis there and wrote about their reflections in Svenska Dagbladet. They believed above all that it should be clear that Europe must regain control over its borders. https://t.co/NtLJmWdDri #migration #gränskontroll #Europa #ES #SE (translated)

Marcin Palade statistically wrote that Deividas Matulionis, the Lithuanian president’s advisor on national security, spoke about justified data indicating that the drone crossed the Polish border. Palade added that Ukraine apologized to Lithuania for the drone's fall and the explosion on its territory, but not to Poland. He suggested that Kyiv has Polish elites under control, more specifically — it possesses recordings. #Litwa #Ukraina #bezpieczeństwo (translated)

The writer stated that the French Muslim student association EMF had urged participation in the protests on October 17. According to the writer, the association was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in government reports, and the call had been published on the association's website. https://t.co/05WLsPX77S #Muslimsk #Protester #Frankrike #FR (translated)

European Parliament member Lena Schilling warns of systemic problems affecting women politicians after she and other members became victims of deepfake sexual content, and calls for stricter regulation of artificial intelligence to protect women from such defamatory actions. #Deepfake #SievietesPolitikā #EiropasParlaments (translated)

Katia Demetrashvili wrote that last week marked 12 years since the explosions in Vrbětice, which she claims were orchestrated by the Russian GRU and resulted in the deaths of two Czech citizens. She also stated that the BIS warned of a renewed increase in Russian sabotage in Europe and that Minister Macinka, despite the recommendations of his own experts, would refuse to restrict the movement of Russians. https://t.co/Rx4amIZ48O #Rusko #bezpečnost #evropa (translated)

The services in action wondered whether the armed Ukrainian drone, which crashed in Lithuania, flew over Poland without warning the residents. The author recalled a statement by the Lithuanian Minister of Defense from October 18, who was said to have informed that the object entered Lithuanian airspace from Polish territory. He added that this information was confirmed by the advisor to the President of Lithuania for National Security, claiming that there is evidence for this. The author questioned why the Polish Ministry of National Defense did not confirm a violation of Polish airspace. He wondered whether the military did not detect the drone, or whether they were aware of the Ukrainian operation and kept it secret. He recalled that according to his post, the drone crashed in Lithuania, did not explode, no one was injured, and only a civilian car was damaged. He also asked who would be responsible if the drone fell onto residential territory in Poland and an explosion occurred. #Ukraina #Polska #Bezpieczeństwo (translated)

After turbulent negotiations, the Regional Council in Stockholm may be postponed before the first meeting, as the Left Party has signaled that they intend to vote for the Moderates' candidate for the chairman of the regional board. #Stockholm #Regionfullmäktige #Politik (translated)