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Environment Minister Igor Červený filed a criminal complaint regarding contamination in the former military area of Zhůří, where up to a thousand tons of contaminated soil and hazardous chemicals are located, leading to an investigation into suspicions of endangerment of the environment and neglect of duties. (translated)

I'm already a bit tired of this war Nawrocki–Tusk over who wants to lower fuel prices more and who will hit their opponent harder. On a daily basis, I deal with law and legislation, so instead of another press conference, I prefer to try to do something more useful. Let's think about whether it is possible to create a mechanism that works independently of who is currently in power and who lives in the Presidential Palace. Let's tentatively call it the Fuel Price Stabilization Mechanism - nothing more spectacular comes to mind. I’m not talking about flashy slogans like administrative price setting or the prime minister should lower it, or the president presented a bill, so the problem is solved. I’m talking about an automatic system established in law. I imagined it so that if for a certain period, the reference price of oil or wholesale fuel exceeds a set threshold, a temporary reduction in excise tax is automatically triggered. Without a political decision being made anew each time, because that leads to endless arguments at the expense of citizens. The law specifies in advance: - when the mechanism is triggered, - by how much the burden is reduced, - how long it operates, - when it automatically expires. Of course, within the limits of EU law. Because it is worth reminding a rather prosaic fact - a member state cannot arbitrarily eliminate fuel taxation. Here the 2003/96/EC directive comes in, determining minimum levels of taxation for gasoline and diesel. So just as it should be done - first the law and only then the slogans - I’m directing this to my favorite camp, the surroundings of the office. Now there remains a more important problem. If we lower the excise tax, the budget receives less money. This cost does not disappear, it does not magically evaporate. You can't just move it to the "someone may pay later" column. That’s why the mechanism should have a second arm - a temporary levy on the truly extraordinary portion of profits in the fuel sector. But not on the entire profit and definitely not on the normal operation of the enterprise. Not because the company dared to make a profit but solely from that portion that exceeds the previously defined reference level. The current government project wants to use a similar construct - the reference point is margins from 2025 increased by 20%, and only the excess is taxed. The tax rate in the project is 60%, and the projected revenues are about 4 billion PLN. The government indicates that the funds are meant to compensate for the loss of VAT and excise tax revenue resulting from protective actions. However, I would change one fundamental thing. Only PROSPECTIVELY. First, we establish the rule, then we apply it. Not the other way around. This significantly reduces the dispute over retroactivity and legal safety - the reason for Mr. Nawrocki's veto. Revenues from such a levy should be additionally separated and accounted for solely for the purposes of the stabilization mechanism. Then we can show the citizen a simple calculation: - the budget lost X from the temporary excise tax reduction, - the extraordinary levy brought Y, - and the difference is Z. No miracles or political alchemy - simplicity in full scope. But there is still one problem. If the state reduces the burden by 20 groszy per liter, it doesn’t automatically mean that the driver will see 20 groszy less on the sign. Part of the relief may be taken by the margin because who doesn’t want to make a profit... That’s why there should be parallel, public monitoring: - raw material price, - wholesale price, - taxes, - average margin, - retail price. If there is an anomaly, we have UOKiK and competition law instruments. There’s no need to immediately create a state office to set the price of diesel at 7:43 in the morning. And a final safeguard. The price returns below the statutory threshold for a certain period? The reduction expires, the levy expires. The system returns to normal mode. (translated)

„Naše schopnost vytvářet hotovost nám dává prostor investovat do technologií, které tuto transformaci posouvají dál, a současně vracet kapitál akcionářům. Toto rozhodnutí odráží naši důvěru v dlouhodobou příležitost, která je před námi,“Zakladatel a generální ředitel Nvidie Jensen Huang spojil rekordní program s prudkým růstem společnosti během rozmachu umělé inteligence. #Nvidia #zpětnýodkup #akcie

A nice story straight from the locker room of the Polish national team... Wiktor Nowak met a LEGEND - Tymoteusz Puchacz! 👑 A few years ago, the midfielder of Slavia Prague wrote to the defender of Sabah Baku asking for a jersey, but recently he DELETED THOSE MESSAGES! 👀 At first, he didn't want to admit what it was about, but he eventually told the story! 🗣 🇵🇱 Tymoteusz Puchacz: "I'm such a good uncle for you, and you won't tell me?" 🗣 🇵🇱 Wiktor Nowak: "There was a story that I was at the national team match and you were playing, and I wrote to you IF I COULD GET A JERSEY AFTER THE MATCH, and I recorded you from the stands and gave you the autograph LEGEND!" 🗣 🇵🇱 Tymoteusz Puchacz: "SWEETIE! And now we are best buddies, now we are pals!" The debutant admitted that he UNNECESSARILY DELETED those messages - after all, there was nothing bad in them. And THAT'S THE TRUTH! 💪 ℹ️ Football unites us (translated)

Good morning! If I may lie a little. Someone recently asked me what government scandal would have to come to light for that metaphorical Jagodno with Wilanów to let go of Tusk? I answered that a drunken Tusk would have to run over Kacprzyk's Porsche at a crosswalk while holding a transcript of the marital act in his hand, going on a date with Berk. And please forgive me for my lack of delicacy, but the German media have raised 30% of unconscious idiots among us, for whom there is no chance for any processes of thought anymore. For these people, there is simply no hope. They still count the votes after all. This is a diagnosis. Simply. And not to take it into account, but to never make that mistake again and not let the Germans create media in Poland. Oh right! The media! Since we live in a country of miracles and smiles, I was surprised by a certain subversive piece of information from Polsat about a 52-year-old lady Agnieszka from Piła, who had a serious accident a year ago. The woman underwent hand surgery, but over time her fingers began to stiffen. Today she has problems performing the simplest tasks, and a doctor from the Dega Hospital in Poznań allegedly recommended finger reconstruction. She received the referral urgently. The date of the operation? October 1, 2035. Yes. In 9 years. I simply do not believe it. We have fuel at 5.19 zł, and Professor Markowski insists it should be much more expensive because the poorest are losing out on how cheap it is. After all, Doctor Kacprzyk, as part of the "serious consequences" announced by Prime Minister Tusk and spokesman Szłapka after the Southern Hospital scandal, not only has to drive a Mazda, but also has to have it all in his ass. And finally, Minister Cienkowska allocated 148 thousand zł for a fashion show in which she herself performed, and at the end disgusted everyone with a statement that her participation aimed to promote the work of a designer from Ukraine and support an aid program for people with migration experience. Dear Minister! The Prime Minister of the government in which you serve has caused over a million young Poles to benefit from migration experiences through previous governments. It truly disgusts me that you had the audacity to say something like that to Poles right in the face, although I understand due to intellectual deficits. Your Germanization of our politics is manifesting itself in your ordinary, simple blatantness. However, let's get down from the theater roof to the ground. It's not easy in heels. If a person with a malfunctioning hand hears: "operation in nine years," politicians should be aware that every photograph from the next publicly funded event will simply irritate people. Not because culture is unnecessary. Because a person expects basic things from the state above all. A doctor. Security. An efficient office. A school. A court. A road. A hospital where the word "urgent" means urgent, not "maybe in the next decade." And who is to blame for this? I have bad news. Us. Let’s finally start to take our own state seriously. Not like a show, where it's enough for a politician to look good on television, post a spiteful tweet, strap a mole down in a plane, and for the next four years can do whatever he wants. The state is our money, our taxes, our hospitals, our security, and our lives. Democracy has one brutally simple rule: politicians get as much impunity as citizens are willing to give them. And when I hear that the constitutional minister will starve the Constitutional Tribunal, that the police, at the Prime Minister's command, will enter institutions, and that Ms. Agnieszka from Piła has to wait 9 years for surgery, I throw up my hands because obviously Poles do not want their own state but rather a regional EU entity. 👉 However, if you would like to have a normal state, not a Kacprzykokracja: Buy me a coffee: https://t.co/8NPL5yAO8g (translated)

Ker bo vlada @JJansaSDS 1% nedoločene dohodnine namenila bolnim otrokom, ne pa NVO-jem, je prišlo do protesta nevladnikov. Protestira tudi prestavnica Prostovojnega gasilskega društva Lj-Vič, čeprav njeno društvo v zadnjih 5 letih ni prejelo iz Sklada za NVO-je niti 1 evra.🤔 https://t.co/TBjgJe3Kpj #protest #NVO #Slovenija

Reagovalo se, bohužel, možná došlo ke zkratovému jednání. Těžko říct. Nechme, prosím, prostor vyšetřovatelům,Ministr školství Tomáš Drucker potvrdil, že škola v pondělí věnovala celé třídě dvouhodinové sezení s psychologem kvůli události nahlášené v pátek, přesnou souvislost s útokem ale nekomentoval. #Slovensko #ÚtokNaŠkole #PsychologickáPodpora

Še tole bom povedala, do sedaj je šel del moje dohodnine lokalnemu gasilskemu društvu. V kolikor se bo na TV pojavil, še kakšem pripadnik prostovoljnih gasilcv in trdil, da jim vlada jemlje denar,bom premislila, če boste še deležni moje dohodnine. #dohodnina #gasilstvo #prostovoljci

Estonský ministr zahraničí Margus Tsahkna oznámil, že srpnový žhářský útok na prostory firmy Milrem Robotics byl sabotáží nařízenou ruskými tajnými službami. Podezřelí byli zadrženi a Estonsko si kvůli útoku předvolává ruského chargé d’affaires. Je to další z kroků ruské války #Estonsko #Rusko #sabotáž #EE #RU

Bazény, mramor a honosné vily: Regavim vydal fotoknihu se stovkou palestinských rezidencí v Judeji a Samaří Izraelská organizace Regavim vydala fotoknihu Real Estate Under Occupation, která představuje stovku soukromých palestinských vil a rozsáhlých rezidencí v Judeji a Samaří. Její terénní koordinátoři je podle organizace zdokumentovali během jediného dne. Kniha zachycuje domy s bazény, fontánami, mramorovými schodišti, upravenými zahradami, saunami, kamerovými systémy i samostatnými ubytovacími prostory pro hosty. Mezi nimi je například sídlo v Šukbě o rozloze 4 800 metrů čtverečních s bazénem a zahradami nebo neoklasicistní vila v Nachalínu se sedmi balkony, věží, fontánou a okrasným jezírkem. Regavim chce knihou zpochybnit jednostranný obraz palestinského života na tzv. Západním břehu, který je v zahraničí často spojován výhradně s chudobou a strádáním. Článek Jerusalem Post zároveň připomíná, že jde o ukázky soukromého bohatství, nikoli o průřez životní úrovní celé palestinské společnosti. Ta je však dle statistik vyšší, než v okolních arabských zemích. https://t.co/ItLUo6hCuX #Izrael #Palestina #Nemovitosti