One of the standout facts in this great data-driven piece by @tomcalver.bsky.social is that the Warsaw region has higher GDP per capita, adjusted for cost of living, than any part of the UK other than central London

A lovely Polish saying I've just learned: jak szczur na otwarcie kanału.

Literal meaning: like a rat for the opening of a sewer.

Figurative meaning: being dressed in an ostentatious or overly formal way

...directly on any of Poland's presidential candidates and instead giving a general answer about why supporting Ukraine's EU and NATO accession is important

It was also odd that he granted an award to Trzaskowski for Warsaw's support for refugees now, three years after the main refugee crisis 2/3

Among Poland's various aims during its EU presidency, by far the hardest will be teaching Europe to speak Polish in six months

Last December, after elections that removed PiS from power, the proportion of Poles who said they were satisfied with the functioning of democracy reached its highest ever level of 55%.

Now, after a year of Tusk's government, the figure has fallen back to the norm

Święczkowski: nieopublikowane orzeczenia TK są nadal ważne, a premier, który ich nie publikuje, łamie prawo.

cc BeataSzydlo @pisorgpl.bsky.social

Now that you're all leaving X, Kaczyński - who has famously had zero social media presence - has finally set up an account there