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09/13/2019

00:00

Friday's Political Agenda: Election Ballot Number Draw, The Left's Bus Tour, Kidawa-Błońska Meets Small Family Businesses, Morawiecki in Lublin, Duda in Białobrzegi

At 9:00 AM in Warsaw, a press conference will be held with the leaders of The Left, inaugurating The Left's bus tour across Poland. Further press conferences will take place at 12:00 PM in Łódź – the topics will include the municipal in vitro program, sex education classes in schools, the anti-smog program, and the development of an anti-discrimination program. At 4:30 PM in Sieradz, the focus will be on climate change, drought, and renewable energy sources (OZE).

The Civic Coalition's candidate for Prime Minister, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, has planned meetings with owners of small family businesses in Warsaw. At 12:15 PM, there will be a visit to the confectionery workshop "Zagoździński," followed by a press conference in front of the workshop at 12:40 PM. Subsequently, at 1:15 PM, a visit to the "Fryzjer na Wspólnej - Fryzjerstwo Męskie" (Barbershop on Wspólna - Men's Hairdressing) is scheduled, and at 1:40 PM – a visit to Jacek Kamiński's Shoemaking Workshop.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will be visiting the Lublin Voivodeship. At 10:00 AM, the head of the Polish government will participate in a Holy Mass for the victims of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Frampol. At 11:00 AM, he will attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Frampol. Another scheduled event is his participation in a briefing concerning road investments in the Lublin Voivodeship at 2:30 PM. Later, at 3:30 PM, he will meet with the Rural Women's Circles (Koła Gospodyń Wiejskich).

At 1:00 PM, a press conference will be held at the headquarters of the National Electoral Commission (PKW). During this conference, the PKW will assign uniform numbers to the candidate lists of electoral committees that have submitted lists in more than one electoral district, through a public draw.

At 11:00 AM, at the Belvedere Palace, President Andrzej Duda will present letters of congratulation to the laureates of the XVII National Competition "Safe Agricultural Holding." Following this, PAD will visit Białobrzegi, where at 5:00 PM, he will meet with residents.

At 2:00 PM in Warsaw, near the site of sewage discharge into the Vistula River, a press conference will be held by Sebastian Kaleta and MEP Patryk Jaki. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz will be visiting the Lubusz Voivodeship. At 1:00 PM in Zielona Góra, a press conference will take place with the president of the Polish People's Party (PSL) and candidates from PSL-Koalicja Polska. Later, at 2:45 PM – also in Zielona Góra – a walk along the pedestrian street and discussions with residents are planned.

9:00 AM - Press conference of The Left's leaders inaugurating The Left's bus tour
11:00 AM - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's participation in the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Frampol
11:00 AM - President Andrzej Duda presenting letters of congratulation to the laureates of the XVII National Competition "Safe Agricultural Holding"
11:00 AM - Press conference of Confederation and presentation of the Warsaw list for the Sejm
12:00 PM - The Left's press conference in Łódź
12:15 PM - Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska's visit to the "Zagoździński" Confectionery Workshop
12:40 PM - Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska's press conference in front of the "Zagoździński" Confectionery Workshop
1:00 PM - Draw of election ballot numbers at PKW
1:00 PM - Press conference of Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and PSL-Koalicja Polska candidates in Zielona Góra
1:15 PM - Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska's visit to the "Fryzjer na Wspólnej - Fryzjerstwo Męskie" barbershop
1:40 PM - Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska's visit to Jacek Kamiński's Shoemaking Workshop
2:00 PM - Press conference of Sebastian Kaleta and Patryk Jaki
2:30 PM - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's participation in a briefing on road investments in the Lublin Voivodeship
3:15 PM - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's meeting with Rural Women's Circles
4:30 PM - The Left's press conference in Sieradz
5:00 PM - President Andrzej Duda's meeting with residents of Białobrzegi


08:01

Miller:

I hear Kwaśniewski will vote for Zandberg. If I were in Warsaw, I would vote for SLD candidates

- The lists have already been registered, and I have no intention of referring to this further, because it will achieve nothing. We simply have to accept things as they are. I hear that my friend Aleksander Kwaśniewski will vote for Mr. Zandberg. If I were in Warsaw, I would vote for the candidates of the Democratic Left Alliance, I won't hide that. I am a member of the national authorities of this party, and it is difficult for me to imagine voting for representatives of another party - said Leszek Miller in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News' "Graffiti".


08:05

Miller on Czarzasty: He had a difficult role to fulfill. It's hard to consolidate a group and ensure its electoral chances, and these chances undoubtedly exist.

- He had a difficult role to fulfill because after four years of absence, it's hard to consolidate a group and ensure its electoral chances, and these chances undoubtedly exist. He is doing what needs to be done in such situations - said Leszek Miller in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News' "Graffiti".


09:05

Szefernaker:

Exactly One Month Until the Election. A Major Meeting with Campaign Representatives in Warsaw Tonight. Hundreds of People from Across Poland Will Attend, Including a Speech from PJK.

- We have every day of the campaign planned. Including today, because today is September 13th, so it's exactly one month before the elections, and tonight in Warsaw, in one of the Warsaw gardens, there will be a major event with our representatives from 40 campaign headquarters, as we have 41 in the country. The headquarters are active, and representatives from these headquarters will be present today, several hundred people who are involved in our campaign will come from all over Poland. These will be young people, supporters, volunteers. It will be a meeting where there will also be a speech from President Jarosław Kaczyński, a meeting with the president, the prime minister, a mobilization event. We are also planning a couple of surprises at this evening's meeting as part of this mobilization. This last month is the final stretch, and we're pushing forward. This PiS machine will continue to push forward in this final stretch - stated Paweł Szefernaker in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.


09:08

Biedroń:

Jaruzelska is not an SLD member. It's good she's running in the elections. She's testing her strength, independently. The more left-wing presence in parliament, the better

Monika Jaruzelska is not a member of SLD. So no, of course I do not support this, let's debunk that immediately, these are some senseless rumors and emotions, completely unnecessary. It's good that Ms. Monika Jaruzelska is running in the elections. She is testing her strength, independently. She is a woman associated with the left. Let her conduct her campaign, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this campaign, because the more left-wing presence in the Polish parliament, the better” - said the leader of Wiosna, Robert Biedroń, in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.


09:09

Biedroń on Not Running for Parliament: "The Most Sensible Decision I Could Have Made"

Today we are moving forward in a completely different configuration, with three political parties running, in a broad political bloc, a united left. It was necessary to take one step back to take three steps forward, and that's what we did. I believe this is the most sensible decision I could have made” – said Robert Biedroń, leader of Wiosna (Spring), in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.


09:10

Biedroń:

Kwaśniewski is On Board with Us. We're Bringing Out All Our Family Silver, Our Treasures, the Left's Finest Porcelain to Show What We Have

[He will get] on the Lewicobus, and President [Kwaśniewski] will be with us, the most popular, valued president of the Third Polish Republic according to all polls. I am proud that Aleksander Kwaśniewski is on board with us. We are bringing out all our family silver, our treasures, the Left's finest porcelain to show what we have” – said Robert Biedroń, leader of Wiosna, in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

We journeyed to Aleksander Kwaśniewski like the Three Kings and persuaded Aleksander Kwaśniewski” – he added.


09:21

Szefernaker:

Yesterday's Voting Turnout Showed How Many Politicians Missed Morning Sessions in the Sejm. Most Politicians Are Currently in the Field, Meeting People; It's Election Campaign Season, and We Will Also Conduct Our Campaign.
There is no hidden agenda or second meaning [to continuing the Sejm session after the elections]. We are conducting an election campaign. Yesterday's voting turnout showed how many politicians were absent from the morning votes in the Sejm. At the moment, most politicians are in the field, meeting with people; it's election campaign season, and we will also conduct this campaign – stated Paweł Szefernaker in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.

09:25

Szefernaker:

We Presented Our Program Last Week, and a Paper or Online Version Will Be Available Soon, During the Election Campaign

- You have the printed program of Civic Platform, but nothing comes out of it. So you can print 200 pages that Poles don't know about. Even Civic Platform politicians don't know what's in it, and you expect us to follow the same path as Civic Platform. We presented our program a week ago, and a paper or online version will also be presented soon, during the election campaign. It will be presented soon in such a version - stated Paweł Szefernaker in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.


09:30

Gowin:

Szłapka Spoke Out in Favor of Same-Sex Couples Adopting Children. He Acted Honestly, Didn't Bury His Head in the Sand

- Adam Szłapka, one of the most important figures in Civic Coalition, has spoken out in favor of same-sex couples adopting children. In my opinion, he said something honest, he acted honestly, he didn't bury his head in the sand. If we consider same-sex couples to be marriages, then by virtue of both the Polish Constitution and international law, they must have exactly the same privileges and rights as heterosexual marriages, including the adoption of children – stated Jarosław Gowin in an interview with Beata Michniewicz on the program "Salon polityczny Trójki" (Trójka Political Salon).


09:46

Biedroń:

President Kwaśniewski to join us in 8 locations. We will be proud to host the President aboard the Lewicobus.

Regarding President Kwaśniewski, the president will join us on the route. This will be in about 8 cities. There will be meetings with the President in 8 locations. These cities are being determined today. The President has a very tight schedule, so we will provide this information in the coming days. We will be proud to host the President aboard the Lewicobus” - said Wiosna leader Robert Biedroń at a press conference. 


09:53

The Left Embarks on a Polish Tour: Biedroń States, 'The Lewicobus Gives Us Wings.' On These Wings, Received from Polish Women and Men, We Will Travel to 41 Cities.

- There is hope that politics can look different, that issues which have so far been reluctantly raised by politicians, are now readily addressed by the Left. This bus, the Lewicobus, gives us wings. On these wings, which we have received from Polish women and men, from our voters, we will set out on a tour of 41 cities - said Robert Biedroń during a press conference.


10:02

Czarzasty:

We Will Never Cooperate with PiS Under Any Circumstances, on Any Terms. We Won't Work with a Party We Believe Has Anti-Democratic Standards
“First, we need to get into the Sejm, and that is our most important matter. We won’t count our chickens before they hatch. Right now, we simply have to fight for every vote. We will certainly never cooperate with PiS under any circumstances, on any terms. This is not a slight against PiS’s electorate, against the people, but against the party’s leadership. We won’t work with a party that, in our opinion, has anti-democratic standards” – stated the leader of SLD, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, at a press conference. 

10:02

Czarzasty:

Announcing a Prime Minister Candidate a Month or Two Before Elections is Bad Practice

I think it is bad practice to announce a prime minister candidate a month or two before the elections. Currently, there is no democratic party in Poland that will have a majority in the Sejm on its own. Respecting our partners, if there is a situation where we can form a government and the democratic side will have a majority, we will sit down and discuss,” said SLD leader Włodzimierz Czarzasty at a press conference. 


10:03

Czarzasty:

If Schetyna were to lead Poland as Prime Minister the same way he led his party, even some of his party members would be dissatisfied.

Mr. Grzegorz Schetyna was already the leader of the opposition, and the opposition chose him as leader within the European Coalition. The opposition was in this coalition, but Robert Biedroń’s Wiosna was not. Judging by Mr. Grzegorz Schetyna’s leadership style, if he were to lead the Polish state as Prime Minister in the same way he led his party, I think even some members of his party would be dissatisfied. He probably resigned from this because he stepped away from the front line” - said SLD leader Włodzimierz Czarzasty at a press conference. 


10:06

Zandberg:

The Left Aims for Power to Remove Today's Rulers and Boldly Embrace the Future

- The Left represents a truly welfare state, a state that is genuinely close to ordinary people's concerns. The Left is a secular state that understands the separation of church and state should be a standard in the 21st century. The Left is a state that guarantees freedom to its citizens, that does not interfere in personal life choices, that does not pry into people's private lives. I deeply believe that such a state will be what we build step by step, starting this autumn, because the Left is going to parliament and the Left is aiming for power to remove those who rule us today, but also to look boldly towards the future, as there is no point in returning to the past - said Adrian Zandberg during a press conference.


10:08

Gowin on Abolishing the 30-Fold Cap: I Believe We Will Abandon This Solution. It Would Be Stifling for Development
The matter [of abolishing the 30-fold cap on ZUS contributions] will be debated by the next Sejm, and also by the next government, because after the elections the government will change, regardless of who wins - Jarosław Gowin stated in an interview with Beata Michniewicz on 'Trójka's Political Salon'. When asked if he would convince the leaders of PiS and Prime Minister Morawiecki to abandon this idea, the Deputy Prime Minister replied: - These discussions are ongoing. I am an optimist. I believe we will abandon this solution. It would be stifling for development.

10:08

Morawiecki Builds a New Middle Class, Fighting for a Decade in Power for PiS: Campaign Snapshots
***** - Mateusz has long used the same phrase at most staff meetings: “We need to intentionally push Poland towards a high-wage economy, advanced structures, and significantly expand the middle class” - recites one politician to us from memory, who regularly participates in working meetings with the Prime Minister. We meet with one of the people from the government's inner circle. On her desk is a still "hot" report from the Polish Economic Institute titled "The Middle Class in Poland. Does the Polish self-made man exist?". Apparently, this report is key to understanding the electoral proposals announced by PiS leaders in Lublin. - That's up to 12 million people. Among those aged 24-64, 54% of Poles belong to the middle class. For comparison: 30% of citizens belong to the lower class and 16% to the upper class. ***** In the European elections, 6.2 million Poles voted for PiS. Donald Tusk's Civic Platform, after 4 years in power, received 5.6 million votes in 2011. The entire European Coalition - from PO to SLD and PSL - received 5.2 million votes in the last European elections. ***** Our interlocutor flips through the report on the middle class and quotes a key sentence: - Members of the lower and middle classes are determined to earn more. The report indicates a high level of income aspirations among members of the lower class and a slightly lower level of aspirations among members of the middle class. The amount that would allow for the free satisfaction of family needs is approximately PLN 6,600 net per month, which is PLN 1,900 more than the average total income of families in this category. According to PIE research, 55% of middle-class representatives are convinced of the need for a more active state policy in employment matters. ***** - The Prime Minister repeatedly quotes productivity data to us, which shows that we are currently second in the European Union in terms of labor productivity growth. Export data indicates that we are breaking away from the "flattening" German economy, and foreign trade is growing faster than the global index - this provides some security in thinking about the future - says one of the Prime Minister's associates in the context of the promises made by PiS. ***** - Where are you? At the harvest festival? Okay, we're going, I'll be there soon - according to the account we heard, these were the conversations the Prime Minister had from his car with local PiS MPs, senators, and senators after the Prime Ministerial harvest festival in Kolno. This was on one of the August Sundays, when no one else was campaigning yet. The Prime Minister also spontaneously visited the harvest festival in Wiśniowo Ełckie and Ełk and Grajewo that day. ***** - Power always belongs to those who take it, not those who receive it. Of course, in modern democracies, "taking power" means the ability to win people over, formulate a program that responds to the challenges of the time, and finally, to win in free elections - Donald Tusk said in June 2012 in an interview for Tygodnik Powszechny. ***** Four years ago, the elections were held on October 25, 2015. The Szydłobus (a campaign bus for Beata Szydło) started on the first day of summer - June 22. A few days later, on June 26, 2015, the incumbent Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz boarded a train for the first time as part of the "Kolej na Ewę" (It's time for Ewa) campaign, which was an offensive response to PiS's bus. And so - exactly one month after the presidential elections were decided, perhaps the most intense election campaign we have seen began. Throughout the summer of 2015, both prime ministerial candidates traversed Poland far and wide. Ewa Kopacz moved government meetings, sometimes to Silesia, sometimes to Wrocław, Łódź, even Białystok. The Szydłobus had several, sometimes a dozen, stops a day. The intensive campaign lasted almost every day until the elections. The scale of that campaign, which was then ridiculed in Civic Platform for its populist elements, is today likely unattainable for the opposition in any respect. Schetyna's Civic Coalition campaign is a shadow of Kopacz's Civic Platform campaign. ***** - The 2019 elections are the most important since the memorable year of 1989. Back then, Poles clearly rejected communism and chose sovereignty, democracy, a Western course, and a chance for a better life. Now the stakes of the elections are even higher - Grzegorz Schetyna at a convention in Szczecin in April. ***** Objectively, it's hard for a ruling party to have a worse campaign start than PiS had in August. Long, shameful summer days. The multi-day decline of the Sejm Marshal, further reports of flights taken by other politicians from the ruling camp. After a moment of respite with a military parade in Silesia, the trolling of judges instigated by the Deputy Minister of Justice erupted, leading to another crisis for the ruling party. It may turn out that if, in some scenario - currently largely unexpected - PiS does not regain an independent majority in October, the reasons for this will have to be sought in the politically disastrous August for the ruling party. Although, apart from Kantar MB's prestigious poll for TVN, the survey showing a collapse in PiS's ratings and a slight rise for KO remains a so-called "outlier," meaning an observation that is "deviant" and relatively distant from others. Apart from the GW reports about an equally unfavorable secret internal poll for PiS, which has been denied by all instances at Nowogrodzka Street, these are the only surveys showing even a temporary weakening of PiS. ***** “One nation conservatism” is a model of social conservatism from the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who defined the Tory model of solidarity, leveling the class divisions characteristic of the society of that time. Active suffrage was expanded, and reforms were introduced to improve the living standards of social strata previously invisible to state policy. And it is likely in the philosophy of “one nation”, later rejected in the Thatcher era and today serving as an anchor for the new conservative party since Cameron and his "Big Society," that the direction in which PiS is increasingly finding itself should be sought. Forcing employers to pay higher wages, but - as young specialists from Morawiecki's circle emphasize - accompanied by increased productivity, is an economically risky but politically equally attractive path. If PiS, by improving the aesthetics of governance and maintaining a European course that limits collisions with Brussels, can safely ensure the economic advancement of the new middle class, which the Polish Economic Institute estimates at up to 12 million voters, then PiS can seriously think about a decade in power. Something comparable to Helmut Kohl's political era in Germany, whose dominance for many years was not harmed by minor and major "scandals" related to the expansion of the sphere of power in a way that was then unprecedented.

12:16

Civic Coalition's Prime Ministerial Candidate Launches Image Campaign with a Message of Collaboration:

Cooperation, Not Squabbles.
We are all victims of the ongoing political conflict in Poland. We've had enough. Poles have had enough. The Civic Coalition is focusing on cooperation. We want to encourage Poles to work together, to jointly implement our program. So that Poland can be different, to offer an alternative to PiS. So that tomorrow can be better – says Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in a clip that 300POLITYKA is the first to publish.
Our interlocutors emphasize that the clip with the message of cooperation is one element of the image campaign of the Civic Coalition's candidate for prime minister. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7IqhfxS5iE

12:41

Czarzasty:

Thank you, Zdanowska, for supporting Trela. Kind, wise, and rare in Polish politics.

"I wanted to thank Mayor Zdanowska for her support for our colleague Tomasz Trela. It was kind, wise, and rare in Polish politics, but fortunately not so rare in local government. The Local Government Act is one of the best laws introduced in Poland after the transformation," said SLD leader Włodzimierz Czarzasty in Łódź.


12:43

PMM Continues Campaign Trail. Today Biłgoraj and Świdnik

A meeting with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is currently underway in Biłgoraj. As organizers tell us, around 250 people attended the head of government's speech in the middle of the day. Another meeting will take place at 4:30 PM in Świdnik.


12:43

Czarzasty:

Centralized State Management, Warsaw Dictating to All Local Governments is Unreasonable

Centralized state management, dictating to all local governments from Warsaw, is unreasonable. Local governments should develop in such a way that all tasks delegated from the center should be accompanied by financial resources” – stated the leader of SLD, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, in Łódź.


12:58

Biedroń:

Anyone who raised their hand against Polish democracy will pay the price. The Left will not be afraid to bring those responsible for such decisions before the State Tribunal.

We will be consistent. Anyone who raised their hand against Polish democracy will pay the price. The Left will not be afraid to bring those responsible for such decisions before the State Tribunal, because the State Tribunal must finally start functioning. Until now, leniency towards politicians and people in clerical collars who harmed children has been too great. We will change this, because the Left has the courage for this change” - said Robert Biedroń, leader of Wiosna, in Łódź. 


13:10

PiS gets 2, KO gets 5, Lewica gets 3, PSL-Koalicja Polska gets 1, Konfederacja gets 4. State Electoral Commission Draws Ballot Numbers for Electoral Committees

The State Electoral Commission has drawn the ballot numbers for the individual electoral committees vying for seats in the Sejm and Senate:

No. 1: Polish People's Party

No. 2: Law and Justice

No. 3: Democratic Left Alliance - SLD

No. 4: Confederation

No. 5: Civic Coalition


13:51

Gowin:

No government split. Minimum wage increase is a joint program of the United Right. There was, is not, and will not be a ZUS increase for businesses. Small businesses will have lower ZUS

Jarosław Gowin, the leader of Poland Together and Deputy Prime Minister, has denied any rifts within the government regarding economic policy. He emphasized that the proposed increase in the minimum wage is a shared initiative of the entire United Right coalition.

"There is no split in the government. The increase in the minimum wage is a common program of the United Right," stated Gowin on his Twitter account.

He further clarified that there are no plans to raise social security contributions (ZUS) for businesses. On the contrary, he announced a reduction in ZUS for small businesses.

"However, there was no, is not, and will not be an increase in ZUS for businesses. Small businesses will have lower ZUS," Gowin added.

This statement comes amidst ongoing discussions about economic reforms and the government's plans to stimulate the economy and support businesses.


13:53

Emilewicz:

I Deny It! I Did Not Declare Resignation

Jadwiga Emilewicz commented on Twitter regarding media information published by Money.pl. According to the portal, Emilewicz and Jarosław Gowin threatened to resign if the project abolishing the 30-fold limit on ZUS contributions were to pass.

https://twitter.com/JEmilewicz/status/1172465032623525888


14:30

Kidawa-Błońska:

'Cooperation is the most important word today.' I invite you to Poznań, where we will present our proposals for entrepreneurs.
It cannot be that, and I will be talking about this throughout this campaign, that work is not respected. The work of people who create jobs should be the most important thing we talk about in our country right now. Because if we want Poland to develop, if we want the welfare of our society to grow, then all people who work, who create jobs, must be appreciated by us. We argue, we quarrel in Poland, we do not respect each other, but if we want Poland to change, we must change this. Because one can say to people: you are not suitable, you do not fit, because you do not do what the government wants, but it can be that we talk. And we ask people how to help them, how to help them so that they can act peacefully. We prepared our program in conversations with people, and our program is a proposal for joint, substantive building of a better tomorrow in Poland. We do this together, because people cannot be presented with faits accomplis without discussion - stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska at a press briefing. Let's think of Poland as a common place where we work together to make our tomorrow better - she continued. - Cooperation, not quarreling, is the slogan for today, because together we can make the world different. Cooperation is the most important word today. I invite you to Poznań, where we will present our proposals for entrepreneurs. Tomorrow we will talk about what is in our program, how we want to help companies, people who work, because work must pay off - emphasized the Civic Coalition candidate for prime minister.

14:35

Kidawa-Błońska:

Of Course We Want People to Earn More. Our Entire Program is Designed to Make Work Pay, to Support Those Who Earn the Least, to Make Work Pay, So They Want to Continue Working
Of course, we want people to earn more. It's obvious. Our entire program is designed to make work pay, to support those who earn the least, to make work pay, so they want to continue working. And this is our proposal. If you look closely at our proposal, then from January 1st of next year, people in Poland will be able to earn more. We are not promising that it will happen in a year or two, but we are saying that from January 1st, the lowest earner will receive over 600 PLN more in support - stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska at a press briefing.

14:38

Kidawa-Błońska:

If Such Debates Take Place, I Will Certainly Participate, But I Understand That All Candidates, All Leaders from Warsaw, Will Then Be Involved

- I am not afraid of debates or conversations with people. Similarly, I am not afraid of conversations with politicians. If such debates take place, I will certainly participate, but I understand that all candidates, all leaders from Warsaw, will then be involved - stated Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska at a press briefing.


14:45

Lewicobus Hits the Road Across Poland. Łódź is the Next Stop

Łódź is the next stop on today's route of the Lewicobus, carrying the leaders of The Left: Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Adrian Zandberg, and Robert Biedroń.






15:03

The Left Writes Resignation from F-35 Purchase into its Program. Czarzasty: If it's around 40 billion, that's 1/10 of the Polish budget. I'd rather build nurseries and kindergartens for that.
- I spoke with Janusz Zemke. I don't know this myself, but Zemke knows it very well. These planes [F-35] are attack aircraft, and the Left, neither Zandberg, nor Biedroń, nor Czarzasty, will attack anyone, any of our neighbors - Włodzimierz Czarzasty said in Łódź. - According to Zemke, these planes cost 10 billion for purchase, plus or minus. 10 billion or more for armament. The entire support, infrastructure another 10. It should be around 40. If it's around 40 billion, because it will be spread out, that's 1/10 of the Polish budget. I'd rather build nurseries and kindergartens for that. I'd rather design social matters. The entire cost of our program is 60 billion - added the SLD leader. - We're adding a new, huge airport to this. We also don't see much sense in building a huge airport. I recently listened to someone from PiS who said this airport will cost around 200 billion. That's some kind of absurdity - Czarzasty stated.

15:16

Jaki:

PO's Governance in Warsaw is a Warning for All of Poland

As you know, Platforma presents various programs. But when it comes to implementing these programs, everything ends up in disarray. This is a symbol of the Civic Platform's governance. It was this party that chose a company to carry out what is perhaps one of the largest municipal investments in history, worth almost 4 billion. A company that collapsed shortly thereafter and, of course, there is no one to claim funds from today. For everything you see here, the residents of Warsaw will pay. Once again: for incompetence, lack of skill, and we don't even know today how much it will be, but it will certainly be a substantial amount – said Patryk Jaki at a press conference with Sebastian Kaleta in Warsaw, near the site where sewage is being discharged into the Vistula River.

Bad decisions, lack of oversight, but of course, there is always time for everything, for LGBT and other trips around the world. Does this situation remind you of anything? Because it reminds me of the reprivatization scandal. Exactly the same. Lack of time for supervision, fatal decisions, but of course, everyone is smiling and there's time for trips around the world. Therefore, let's not have any illusions. Platforma, as it governs here, would govern throughout Poland, and this is an important warning for everyone not to vote for this very party, which has time for everything. For marches, LGBT, ideology, the LGBT+ card, but to oversee infrastructure, which is the fundamental task of local government, there is obviously no time for such things – he continued.

It is very good that we have councilors, here at the ministerial level, like Sebastian Kaleta, who can oversee all of this, because otherwise, the government from Platforma would continue to be pleased with themselves. Do you remember how many conferences there were during the local government campaign? What was there, 5 metro lines, 100% smog subsidies, subsidies for extracurricular activities, renovation of the Skra stadium, the city bypass, etc., etc. The campaign ended, all these ideas were torn up and gone. And they are no more – Jaki emphasized.


15:20

Jaki:

I am glad there are people like Minister Kaleta who take their duties seriously, unlike PO and President Trzaskowski

- Today we must ask ourselves: if not for the United Right government, what would President Trzaskowski do today? The situation will be somewhat salvaged today, but all Warsaw residents will still pay for the Platform's incompetence, because we don't yet know exactly how much this renovation will cost, but we can expect it to be truly substantial funds. And once again, I want to emphasize: I am glad there are people like Minister Kaleta who take their duties seriously, unlike PO and President Trzaskowski - said Patryk Jaki at a press conference with Sebastian Kaleta in Warsaw, near the site of sewage discharge into the Vistula River.


15:30

PM:

Our Predecessors Could Allocate 600 Million Annually for Road Modernization, 10 Times Less Than Us
"There are many municipalities for which new roads mean new opportunities, a new beginning. Sections of new, renovated roads create entirely new development possibilities. This is precisely what the Local Roads Fund is intended to serve," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a press briefing in Tomaszewicze, Lublin Voivodeship.  "I am glad that we managed to construct a 6-billion fund. On average, annually, our political opponents were able to allocate approximately 600 million, that is, 10 times less," he added.

15:53

PMM:

October 13th We Can Go For A Walk, But First and Foremost Let's Go Vote. We Must Mobilize Ourselves, Our Families, Friends, and Acquaintances

16:01

PMM:

Poles Were Robbed in Broad Daylight, and Only the PiS Government Sorted It Out
We are acquiring about PLN 100 million, but per day [from tax loophole closures]. That's the difference, at least that much, and the European Commission confirms this. The European Commission, which unfortunately still favors - I don't know why - our predecessors, but I think it is slowly coming around to us too. Because Poles were robbed in broad daylight of this money, and only the PiS government sorted it out - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Biłgoraj.

16:47

Zandberg:

The Left in Parliament Will Speak Loudly About What Many Parties in Poland Lack the Courage to Address. About Climate Change and the Need to Prepare for It.

- The Left in Parliament will speak loudly about what many parties in Poland lack the courage to address. About climate change and the need to prepare for it. Here in this region, where the economic consequences of climate change can already be seen, and will be even greater, they can already be seen - said Adrian Zandberg during a press conference in Sieradz.


17:33

PM Morawiecki on the Opposition: Just Read Everything They Say Backwards. Then It Will Be True. They Say Democracy Is Under Threat. That Means Democracy is Flourishing.
"Just read everything they [the opposition] say backwards. Then it will be true. They say democracy is under threat. That means democracy is flourishing, because democracy flourishes when people have the right to participate in real democracy, when they don't have to worry so much just from payday to payday. When they say we aren't building local roads, it means we are building the most – in districts, in municipalities – and that is the truth. So read backwards. What they say and their media, their newspapers, of which unfortunately there is a majority, because that's how the Third Republic looked," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Świdnik.

17:37

Morawiecki:

Politics in the Third Republic Was Made Repugnant. "Politics is Dirty, Bad" - That's What Various Series, Shows, and Media of the Third Republic Told Us. Why? Because the Less People Are Interested in Politics, the More They Can Pursue Their Ow
"Making politics repugnant in the Third Republic era. You remember that, right? 'Politics is dirty, bad' - that's what various series, shows, and media of the Third Republic told us. Why? Because the less people are interested in politics, the more they can pursue their own politics somewhere in Warsaw, politics as it was before, politics not for the people. Politics where VAT mafias robbed us in every possible way. That's why real democracy is the ballot paper in your hands" - said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Świdnik.

17:43

Biedroń:

We Are the Three Kings Bringing Salvation to Our Country
What number should be assigned to the Left today? When in polls the Left is the third political force. When the Left comprises three political parties forming this broad social coalition, and when the leaders of this Left are three tenors. What else could come to your mind? We are simply, naturally, the Three Kings, along with the Queens, who will bring salvation to our country. It is self-evident, quoting a classic, that the Left is number three - Robert Biedroń said in Sieradz. 

17:55

Duda:

Poland Needs Direct Payments to Reach EU Average – A Great Opportunity Lies Ahead
Agriculture is an extremely important branch of our economy. Farmers do a wonderful job for the Republic. It is thanks to them that we have one of the most important pillars of security, which is food security. In this regard, we are absolutely self-sufficient as a state. This is the result of the hard work of Polish farmers. But I would like Polish farmers to be treated like other farmers in the EU, including through direct payments. We need these direct payments in Poland to reach the EU average, and we must strive for this. So that they are not lower than the EU average. We have a great opportunity to achieve this. Our candidate for the European Commissioner for Agriculture is Janusz Wojciechowski, who perfectly understands these issues and is well-versed in European affairs. I believe that he will have strong support from all of us, and I believe that he will be fairly assessed, because if he is fairly assessed, he will certainly become a commissioner, and then I count on the problems and needs of Polish farmers, and indeed farmers from our part of Europe, those who once emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, to finally be understood in Brussels, which has been lacking so far – stated President Andrzej Duda in Białobrzegi.

18:25

President Duda: "I hope we can pay out a double 13th pension and raise the minimum wage. Poland cannot be a country of cheap labor."

- I hope we can pay out a double 13th pension. This is extremely important because it is great help for pensioners. I hope that, in line with our program commitments, we will manage to raise the minimum wage, because this is also very important. This must happen all the time. Poland cannot be a country of cheap labor. Poland must be a state where there is high productivity, where there are highly qualified employees who work well, and Poles know how to work well and honestly - stated President Andrzej Duda in Białobrzegi.


19:16

Kaczyński:

In these elections, we will decide which way Poland will go. Will it move forward, towards development, towards a Polish version of a welfare state, or will it go backward?

- In these elections, we will decide which way Poland will go. And in the shortest terms, whether it will move forward, towards development, towards that welfare state, a Polish version of the welfare state, towards justice, solidarity, or whether it will go backward. It will start to return on this historical path, a retreat will begin, a march back towards post-communism, towards all that limited our opportunities, that wronged so many people, that led to the fact that the chances of these 30 years, which are already behind us, were only partially utilized. More could have been done, significantly more, and these 4 years have shown that more could have been done – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at a PiS meeting with volunteers.

- Much can be done, also in the future. This country can be built, about which it can be said that it is a happy country, a country without any complexes, whose citizens, when they travel to the West, to that once mythical West, will feel at home, in the sense that it won't be better there than here. It will be just as good here, and I will even tell you that it will be better, because here there will also be freedom, here an island of freedom will remain, and today freedom in Europe is very, very varied – the PiS leader continued.


19:20

PM Morawiecki: The Third Republic Tried to be Anti-Political to its Core, Discouraging Poles from Politics

The Third Republic tried to be anti-political, apolitical to its core, in order to disgust Poles, to discourage them from politics, and young people in particular. It is easier then to fish in such murky waters. There are no people, no civil society, that is interested in politics. Your conviction that reality can be changed through politics is beautiful” - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Warsaw.


19:28

Kaczyński:

We are moving forward, defending traditional values, because they are the foundation of our endurance, but also our development
Poles deserve to live no worse than to the west of our borders, to have a sense of strength, the strength of individuals, their families, but also the strength that a nation and a state possess. We are moving in this direction, defending traditional values, because they are the foundation of our endurance, but also our development. And this is not the first time in history that we have an example of rapid development based on tradition. Bavaria was once, even before the war or shortly after the war, the poorest state in Germany. Today it is one of the two richest. It relied on tradition and at the same time pushed forward, and we are pushing forward similarly today. And we must go down this path, but to go down this path, we need to gain the support of our compatriots, our citizens. And this support is something that must be fought for. Fought for, one might say, to the last breath, because our compatriots, and this is normal in a democracy, have different views, but it is perhaps less normal that they also have a different picture of reality. Because this reality, which we are talking about, based on facts, reliable facts, is being distorted, twisted, sometimes by 180 degrees, by a significant portion of the media, not rarely. Therefore, reaching every Pole with information about what is truly happening in Poland today, what is important, what future we can build for ourselves, and how we can harm ourselves if we make wrong decisions - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at a meeting of PiS with volunteers.

19:41

Brudziński:

If We Earn the Votes, We Will Win. With One Caveat, the President Always Reminds Us: We Work Until the Last Day of the Campaign

- I just want to report to the President. Mr. President, not only did we manage, but we are continuing, and if we earn these votes, we will certainly win. With one caveat, the President always reminds us. We don't rest on our laurels, we work until the last day of the campaign. Our work ends at midnight, just before the election silence. Friday before October 13th is the day when we can finally say we have concluded our commitment and our work - stated Joachim Brudziński at a PiS meeting with volunteers.


20:27

Müller:

All elements of the election program were agreed upon at the electoral coalition level

- All elements of the election program were agreed upon at the electoral coalition level. Law and Justice is, of course, the largest party, but before the election program was published, the entire program was consulted with the leaders of the parties, in this case, Jarosław Gowin and Zbigniew Ziobro - said Piotr Müller in an interview with Danuta Holecka on the TVP Info program "Gość Wiadomości".


20:29

Paszyk on Drawing Election Ballot Numbers: First at the Start, First at the Finish
The Polish People's Party (PSL) is very happy with this number one. We say, first at the start and first at the finish - said Krzysztof Paszyk in an interview with Danuta Holecka on the program 'Gość Wiadomości' on TVP Info.

20:35

Müller:

Over PLN 250 Billion Left Poland During PO and PSL Rule. The Minister of Economy Was a PSL Representative

- During the rule of Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party, over PLN 250 billion left Poland. The Minister of Economy was a PSL representative. After all, it is the Minister of Economy who is responsible, among other things, for ensuring that [money] is watched over - said Piotr Müller in an interview with Danuta Holecka on the program "Gość Wiadomości" on TVP Info.


20:37

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Facts about Kidawa with Small Businesses, PiS Imposing a Social Bidding War, and PSL's Make-or-Break Moment. News: The Opposition Lacks a Leader Associated with Success
-- 300POLITYKA LIVEBLOG: THE PRIME MINISTER ON WHY POLITICS HAS BECOME DISGUSTING PAD ON POLAND NOT BECOMING A COUNTRY OF CHEAP LABOR BIEDROŃ ON BEING ONE OF THE THREE KINGS... https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/09/13/ -- COOPERATION, NOT QUARRELS – CIVIC COALITION STARTS KIDAWAS IMAGE CAMPAIGN: https://300polityka.pl/news/2019/09/13/wspolpraca-a-nie-klotnie-rusza-kampania-wizerunkowa-kandydatki-ko-na-premiera-z-przekazem-o-wspolpracy/ ***** POLSAT NEWS -- TWO FOR THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY, FIVE FOR THE CIVIC COALITION – THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION DREW THE BALLOT NUMBERS – announcement. -- IN THE ELECTORAL RITUAL, DRAWING THE BALLOT NUMBERS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING MOMENTS – Wojciech Dąbrowski. -- TO ENSURE FAIR PLAY, THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION TOOK PRECAUTIONS – Dąbrowski continued: Numbers were drawn by random people from the hall. -- LESZEK PIECHOTA, A SEJM CANDIDATE FROM KATOWICE WHO HAD ALREADY HUNG A POSTER WITH THE CORRECT NUMBER IN AUGUST, DREW NUMBER TWO FOR THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY – Dąbrowski: He claims he made a mistake. Today, it's clear he was spot on. -- ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE FEVER OF NUMBERS GRIPPED EVERYONE – Dąbrowski continued. -- THE PRIME MINISTER VISITED FOUR TOWNS IN THE LUBLIN REGION, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CIVIC COALITION'S CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER VISITED A CONFECTIONERY, A HAIRDRESSER'S SALON, AND A SHOEMAKER'S WORKSHOP – Dąbrowski. -- THREE LEADERS OF THE LEFT MOVEMENT EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN TOUR ACROSS THE COUNTRY – Dąbrowski continued. -- HOWEVER, THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN IS CLOUDED BY THE DISPUTE OVER MONIKA JARUZELSKA – Dąbrowski. -- CHARGES AGAINST GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS. ***** TVN FACTS -- BODIES IN BLACK BAGS IN FRONT OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, THE MARSHAL OF THE SENATE HAS ADVICE FOR RESIDENT DOCTORS TO STUDY – in the announcement. -- THE PROTEST WAS MEANT TO SHOCK – Marek Nowicki. -- PRIMARILY, THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON THEIR STUDIES – Karczewski. -- THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER RECORDED A LOSS OF PLN 70 MILLION, THE MOTHER POLAND HEALTH CENTER HAS DEBTS OF PLN 330 MILLION – Nowicki. -- THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO LISTEN TO ADVICE, THE MINISTER OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION PLN FOR HOSPITALS – Nowicki. -- It is already known who is starting the electoral race with which number. The National Election Commission has drawn the ballot numbers, so both the election committees and the voters themselves can get acquainted with these numbers. Campaign Friday was full of electoral promises. -- IT IS DIFFICULT TO PROVE THAT THE BALLOT NUMBER INFLUENCES A COMMITTEE'S RESULT, BUT POLITICIANS ALWAYS ADD SOME IDEOLOGY TO THESE NUMBERS – KRZYSZTOF SKÓRZYŃSKI. -- MAŁGORZATA KIDAWAY-BŁOŃSKA VISITED SMALL BUSINESSES TODAY, TO SAY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE PLANNED BY THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY WILL HIT THEM SPECIFICALLY – Skórzyński. -- THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY SUCCEEDED IN THIS, EVEN THE LEFT KNEW THEY HAD TO RESPOND TO THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE – Skórzyński. -- DESPITE ALL DIFFERENCES, THERE IS A SHARED AWARENESS THAT THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY HAS STARTED A BIDDING WAR ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AND THE REST HAVE JOINED IN – Skórzyński. -- IN THE REPORT ON THE BYPASS PLUS. -- FOR THE POLISH PEOPLE'S PARTY (PSL), THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN IN YEARS, THEY BARELY CROSSED THE THRESHOLD LAST TIME, BUT THIS TIME IT'S MAKE OR BREAK – Skórzyński. -- RADZIK'S MOTION REJECTED BY THE SEJM: The District Court in Warsaw issued a ruling dismissing the motion filed by judge Przemysław Radzik. Judge Radzik demanded, among other things, that TVN television be prohibited from publishing about him in the context of the Ministry of Justice scandal. -- THE CHAIRMAN SETS THE RHYTHM ON THE FRONT LINE: The Law and Justice Party is leading in polls, and in the campaign, the chairman of this party sets the rhythm. Before the October elections to the Sejm and Senate, Jarosław Kaczyński is at the forefront of the campaign. He primarily talks about high salaries, a thriving economy, and the traditional family. -- UNLIKE IN PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS, JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI IS NOT BEING HIDDEN – Jakub Sobieniowski. -- THE CHAIRMAN CAN SET THE MINIMUM WAGE EVEN AT 20,000, ONLY IT WON'T BE HIM PAYING IT, BUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS – WKK. -- HE IS UNBELIEVABLE AMONGST HIS FAMILY; IT IS OBVIOUS THAT AN OPTIMAL FAMILY IS A FULL FAMILY, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT SOME FAMILIES RAISE CHILDREN WITHOUT A FATHER OR WITHOUT A MOTHER – bPBK. -- KACZYŃSKI HAS NEVER HAD THE MORAL AUTHORITY TO DICTATE TO WHOM SOMEONE SHOULD ARRANGING THEIR LIFE – Robert Biedroń. -- KACZYŃSKI ANNOUNCES LONG-TERM TREATMENT AND A KNEE SURGERY AFTER THE ELECTIONS – Sobieniowski. -- CERTAINLY A VERY INTENSE TERM – KKZ on the 4 years of the Sejm. -- WITHOUT ANY PROCEDURE – IT SHOWS IN A NUTSHELL THE WAY THIS SEJM FUNCTIONS, DECISIONS MADE BY ONE PERSON TO WHICH THE REST HAD TO CONFORM – KKZ. -- THESE MONIES SIMPLY BELONGED TO THEM – OR PERHAPS THIS DIAGNOSIS WILL BE REMEMBERED THE MOST, IT SHOWS THE WAY THE AUTHORITIES UNDERSTAND THE STATE – KKZ. -- IN DECEMBER 2016, THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY DECIDED TO RESTRICT JOURNALISTS' PRESENCE IN THE SEJM; THE OPPOSITION PROTESTED – KKZ. -- THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY IS WITHSTANDING THE OCCUPATION OF THE SEJM BY THE OPPOSITION, IT IS BECOMING MORE DECISIVE, JUST AS IT IS WITHSTANDING THE PROTEST OF THE DISABLED – KKZ. -- SEPARATION BY BARRICADES, NOT ALLOWING WARSAW UPRISING HEROES TO MEET WITH PROTESTING DISABLED PEOPLE – KKZ. -- THE PROSECUTOR OF MARTIAL LAW HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE HERO OF THIS SEJM – KKZ. -- NEVER BEFORE HAVE SUCH CROWDS PROTESTED IN DEFENSE OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE – KKZ. -- WORDS ABOUT TREACHEROUS FACES. -- CONFLICT WITH THE EU, SZYDŁO'S WORDS IN THE SEJM. -- PETRU'S SPECTACULAR SUCCESS AND FALL, THE FALL OF THE MARSHAL OF THE SEJM – KKZ. -- UWAGA TVN ON PEDOPHILIC MOLESTATION BY KRZYSZTOF SADOWSKI. ***** TVP NEWS -- TANKS OF SHAME FROM THE POST-PSL ERA ARE TOURING THE COUNTRY. -- WE CAN EXPECT A FLOOD OF INVESTMENTS UNDER THE MIESZKANIE PLUS PROGRAM – announcement: 40,000 of them are in the implementation phase. -- THE GOVERNMENT WILL FINANCE EVEN HALF OF THE COSTS OF RENOVATING AND INSULATING LARGE PANEL BUILDINGS – announcement. -- THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOCATE PLN 3 BILLION FOR THIS PURPOSE, 12 MILLION POLES WILL BENEFIT FROM IT – Marcin Szewczak. -- THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION DREW THE BALLOT NUMBERS FOR THE ELECTION COMMITTEES. -- A ROW IN THE LEFT MOVEMENT AFTER MONIKA JARUZELSKA'S INTERVIEW – announcement: All this at a time when the Left has set off across the country. -- THE LEFT SET OFF FROM PLAC DEFILAD, WHERE COMMUNIST DIGNITARIES USED TO RECEIVE MAY DAY PARADES – Maksymilian Maszenda. -- TRELA IS RUNNING WITH ZDANOWSKA'S SUPPORT. THE MATTER HAS CAUSED A ROW IN THE CIVIC COALITION – Maszenda. -- THE SLD SPOKESPERSON DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE JARUZELSKA INTERVIEW MATTER – Maszenda. -- ONE MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTIONS, THE OPPOSITION HAS NO LEADERS WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESS – announcement. -- TRZASKOWSKI IS ASSOCIATED WITH ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE, AND DULKIEWICZ WITH FAILED IDEAS – Danuta Holecka continued. -- KACZYŃSKI'S PLAN: BILLIONS FOR POLES – banner.