Has the maverick Civic Platform MP the blessing of his party leaders?, zero tolerance for football hooliganism but not for match rigging and more Poles study at the Universities of the Third Age.
 
Press reviewed by Michal Kubicki

Janusz Palikot, the maverick MP of the Prime Minister’s Civic Platform party, is the man in the news today, following his public abuse of president Lech Kaczynski. The case has been referred to the public prosecutor. RZECZPOSPOLITA quotes Palikot’s party colleagues as saying that calling the president ‘an uncouth lout’ is absolutely unacceptable. In an interview with DZIENNIK, a PR expert says that Palikot’s behaviour is part of a clear-cut strategy of the Civic Platform. ‘Palikot is not a decision-maker. If the leaders of the  Civic Platform had not been behind what he’s doing, he would have been got rid of a long time ago’, Eryk Mistewicz told DZIENNIK.
 
POLSKA says that Poland will adopt British-style ‘zero-tolerance’ policy towards football hooliganism. Under a new law on ensuring law and order at public events currently being drafted, those causing violence on the terraces can be fined up to 5, 000 zlotys, an equivalent of 1500 euros, and jailed for three years for assaulting police or stadium security officers.
 
While on football, the SUPER EXPRESS tabloid sounds an alarm. July 23 is the black day for Polish football. A special arbitration tribunal at the Polish Olympic Committee revoked an earlier decision to relegate two clubs involved in corruption scandals  to lower-level league competition. This is the end of the fight against corruption. The decision is a slap in the face to all fans and officials who are genuinely committed to get rid of match-rigging in Polish football, writes SUPER EXPRESS.
 
DZIENNIK has a story on the fast growing popularity of the University of the Third Age in Poland. As many as 150 colleges offering courses for old-age pensioners have opened over the past three years. The range of subjects ranges from law to astronomy, financial markets, foreign languages and healthy eating habits. The arts are increasingly popular, with many people re-discovering their youthful passion for painting  and sculpture.
 
‘Would Hamlet take part in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising’ – under such headline GAZETA WYBORCZA sets the scene for next week’s celebrations of the 64th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. Hamlet 44 is the title of a performance loosely based on Shakespeare’s drama but probing into the moral dilemmas which young Poles faced during World War Two.