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09/02/2023

00:06

Saturday's Political Agenda: Left and Third Way Campaign Launches, Morawiecki in Katowice, Szydło in Maków Podhalański, Civic Coalition on Picnics

At 10:30 in Warsaw, a press conference will be held with MPs Arkadiusz Marchewka and Aleksandra Gajewska. Topic: PiS picnics funded by Poles - new facts.

At 11:00 in Katowice, the Third Way campaign launch will take place. The campaign slogan will be presented at the convention. Speakers will include, among others, the leaders of both parties - Szymon Hołownia and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

At 12:00 in Łódź, the Left's election campaign launch will be held. During the convention, the election slogan with which the Left will approach the upcoming parliamentary elections will be presented.

Not only the leaders of the left-wing coalition will come to Łódź. There will also be election locomotives of the Left from all over the country, as well as candidates for the Sejm and Senate. The Left will also present the pillars of its electoral offer for Polish women and men.

At 12:00 in Radom, a press conference will be held with Civic Coalition MP Konrad Frysztak and the Mayor of Radom, Radosław Witkowski. Topic: Robert Bąkiewicz's run for the Sejm on the PiS list in the Radom constituency.

At 17:00, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet with residents of Katowice and Silesia.

At 17:30, Beata Szydło will meet with residents of Maków Podhalański.


09:18

Hołownia Responds to Petru's Post:

We Have Many Surprises for You Today.

- We have many surprises for you today - wrote Szymon Hołownia on Twitter, referring to another post by Ryszard Petru, who wrote that "on October 15, he will face Mentzen in Warsaw".


09:19

PiS Uses Tusk's Words on Retirement Age in New Spot:

A Dangerous Manipulator.

- Donald Tusk let it slip. It's about the retirement age. He admitted it, forcing Poles to work longer. For Tusk, lowering the retirement age is a negative effect. Go ahead Donald, keep talking - says the narrator in a clip that Prime Minister Morawiecki published on social media.

- No Donald, you don't need to explain anything anymore. Everyone knows you lie and want to raise the retirement age for the second time - the narrator continues.


11:30

Third Way Launches Campaign: Kosiniak-Kamysz Declares 'We Begin a Great March to Victory'

- We are beginning a great march to victory. What Michał Gramatyka said at the beginning, that the Third Way leads to victory, an electoral victory, but here are many more valuable victories. To the victory of good over evil, diligence over idleness, decency over bribery. All those things that need to be restored to value. Words need to be restored to value, emotions need to be restored to value, what we do needs to be given hope. This hope is the Third Way – stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the Third Way's program convention.


11:37

Hołownia:

We Want to Show That Politics Can Be Different

- Today, here in Katowice, we want to show and prove to you that politics can be different, that people with political experience can join forces with those who will be on this stage, on the election stage, for the first time. We want to invite Poles to give a chance to the Third Way in exactly 6 weeks, because it is the only path available that leads to the future, not to the past - stated Szymon Hołownia during the Third Way's programmatic convention.


11:40

Kosiniak-Kamysz:

Third Way - peace, reconciliation, a government of experts, decency, justice, goodness, and beauty
Today, the 40-year-old generation is ready to take responsibility for Poland, and in these elections, you have a great chance to decide, and you don't have to choose whether to decide with your heart or your head. You will decide, I believe this deeply, with both your heart and your head, because the heart represents the Poland we want to live in, and the head represents the experts on our lists. The Third Way - peace, reconciliation, a government of experts, decency, justice, goodness, and beauty - stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the Third Way's program convention.

11:47

Third Way Announces Election Slogan

„Enough quarreling, let's move forward!” – this is the election slogan of the Third Way in this campaign, announced during a convention in Katowice.


11:55

Petru Announces Candidacy from Warsaw

Trzecia Droga has the most responsible economic program – this was evident in the votes on 800+. I want to stop Konfederacja. And propose a real program of economic freedoms. That's why I am running for Sejm. From the last spot in Warsaw. I'm counting on your votewrote Ryszard Petru on Twitter.


12:18

Hołownia:

We Don't Want a Poland of Revenge

- We don't want a Poland of revenge. PiS must be held accountable, cleaned up after, disinfected in the Sejm, the tribunal, and a few other places. But immediately, on the first day, we must start building, ensuring that on this stage, where for 20 years the knight has been defeating the dragon, the public finally enters and helps the knight deal with the dragon once and for all, so we can finally put this fairy tale behind us - stated Szymon Hołownia during the Third Way's program convention.


12:19

Hołownia:

We'll Give Polish Politics a Blood Transfusion of Fresh Blood

We will give Polish politics a transfusion of fresh blood. We also have experienced politicians on our lists, but those about whom you can have no doubts, they have earned their mark of quality – stated Szymon Hołownia during the programming convention of Trzecia Droga (Third Way).


12:41

Kosiniak-Kamysz:

There is no victory for democracy without the Third Way

- To all the doubters, I want to say clearly. There is no victory for democracy without the Third Way. It is the only path to victory. There is a Third Way, there is a third force, power, and energy. There is a more important cause - stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the Third Way's programmatic convention.


12:54

Biedroń:

Black-and-Brown Clouds Loom Over Poland. The Left's Task is to Disperse Them
We are ready to expand our team with 3 female leaders. Welcome Magdalena Biejat, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, and Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus. In this election, we are like the Avengers; we have superpowers, and nothing will stop us. Forward, Left! This is our slogan, this is our team, this is the Polish Left that will further change Polish politics for the better. Today, unfortunately, there is one important task for the Left – black-and-brown clouds hang over Poland. They bring a state that will be only for the chosen few, for priests, for increasingly radical politicians, a state of inflation, collapsing hospitals, schools, and offices. A state from which one withdraws like from an ATM if they have a party membership card. The state of the PiS and Konfederacja coalition hangs over us. Konfederacja, which talks so much about freedom, but wants to put a muzzle on all of our freedoms, the Mentzen and Konfederacja people who are travelling hawkers of BS. We will stop this BS, Konfederacja, the black-and-brown coalition. This is the task for the Left; we will disperse these black-and-brown clouds, and the sun will finally shine in Poland – stated Robert Biedroń during the inauguration of the Left's convention.

13:14

Kosiniak-Kamysz:

If you can't see a doctor within 60 days, we guarantee your private specialist visit, with any doctor in any clinic, will be funded by the NFZ budget

- Regarding healthcare, we also have a very concrete program. If you cannot get an appointment with a doctor within 60 days, we guarantee that your private specialist visit, with any doctor in any clinic, will be funded by the NFZ budget. Not by you out of your own pocket. We have a program, a plan, we know what to fix, what to change - stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the Third Way's program convention.


13:19

Czarzasty to the Elderly: We Guarantee Your Security, Stability, and Healthcare
I am addressing the older generation - we will guarantee you security, stability, and this applies to healthcare. It cannot be that there is one geriatrician in Poland for every 20,000 people. This is unrealistic, it cannot be that spending on healthcare is constantly too low. We want to ensure that spending on healthcare, which should also serve the older generation, reaches a minimum of 7.2%. We want to introduce the 'medication for 5 PLN' act - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty during the inauguration of the Lewica convention. - I want to say one thing very firmly to Konfederacja and to everyone in Poland - beware of party formations, beware of people who have simple answers to difficult questions, beware of such people. It is easy to tell the younger generation that they will not pay taxes, or perhaps will pay low taxes, instead of saying - you will not pay ZUS (Social Insurance Institution) contributions. Tell this to your parents, your grandparents, tell them that a 4,000 PLN voucher for young mothers is enough at a time when the care of a premature baby costs 130,000 PLN. What are you saying, do not lie to this nation - he added.

13:22

Kosiniak-Kamysz Announces Dziambor to Run on Third Way Ticket

- One such person in the Gdańsk constituency is Artur Dziambor, who is joining the Polish People's Party (PSL), the broadly understood Polish Coalition. He is joining our team and will be running on the Third Way lists within the Polish Coalition, from the last position in the Gdynia constituency - stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the Third Way's program convention.


13:23

Czarzasty:

I'm For Cooperation with the Opposition, But Watch the Lists

- The more we know about these lists, the more we know about these people, the less we'll be fooled. That's why I believe all of this should be transparent. Those who want to vote for a list that includes Roman Giertych and his views, let them vote for that list. Those who want to vote for the PiS list and for Bąkiewicz, let them vote for that list. Those who want to vote for other lists, let them vote. You won't hear a single bad word from me about the opposition, not one word. I am for cooperation with the opposition, but watch the lists - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty during the inauguration of the Lewica convention.


13:28

Dziemianowicz-Bąk:

A Battle Lies Ahead – and Whether We Like It or Not, It Will Be Primarily Fought by Women

- A fight lies ahead, a battle lies ahead, and whether we like it or not, fortunately or unfortunately, this battle will be primarily fought by women. Girls, these elections are that moment. This is that time. Our time and our task. Ours, who have been taking to the streets of cities and towns for years. And of course, we are not alone there; our friends, our husbands, partners, fathers, and sons are with us. We thank you for that – stated Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk during the inauguration of the Left convention.


13:35

Dziemianowicz-Bąk:

I have a very important appeal to you – Woman, Girl, Polish Woman, Take Your Sister to the Polls

- I believe that you will do just that, that you will go to the polls and choose wisely. But that's not all, because every vote can be multiplied. That's why I have a very important appeal to you – woman, girl, Polish woman, take your sister to the polls. If you know someone who doesn't vote, if your friend, your girlfriend, your neighbour isn't interested in politics, convince her. Go with her to the polls, take her, vote together with your heart, which you surely have on the left side – stated Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk during the inauguration of the Left's convention.


13:49

ARiMR Subsidized Loan for Grain and Soft Fruit Purchases Available from September 1st at Bank Pekao S.A.

The purchase credit offered by Bank Pekao S.A. starting from September 1st is designed to improve the financial liquidity of entrepreneurs engaged in the trade of grains, grain procurement, as well as the procurement or freezing of soft fruits. Thanks to subsidies from the Agricultural Property Agency (ARiMR), the annual interest rate for the borrower is only 2%. The maximum amount of all preferential loans for grain and soft fruit procurement for a single entrepreneur cannot exceed PLN 40 million.

The product is aimed at, among others, fruit processors or agricultural intermediaries who are at risk of losing financial liquidity due to market limitations caused by the war in Ukraine. ARiMR's assistance involves subsidizing the interest on loans taken out no later than October 15, 2023, for a period not exceeding 18 months.

Bank Pekao S.A. is continuously developing its credit offerings to support companies in their business development, including during more challenging periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the war in Ukraine. The preferential loan for grain and soft fruit procurement is another solution, following the POIR Liquidity Loans and preferential guarantee lines, that supports entrepreneurs in running their businesses. We are constantly expanding our offer to be able to respond to the current needs of our clients, both individual ones and those related to the prevailing economic situation – says Magdalena Zmitrowicz, Vice President of the Management Board of Bank Pekao S.A., overseeing the Enterprise Banking Division.

The annual interest rate paid by the borrower is 2%, with the remaining part covered by ARiMR. The total amount of fees and commissions payable to the bank related to the loan, including those charged for banking operations during the loan period, cannot exceed 1% of the granted loan amount.

More information can be obtained at Bank Pekao S.A.'s SME Business Centers and on the website: https://www.pekao.com.pl/male-i-srednie-firmy/Oferta-unijna/kredyt-na-skup-zboz-i-owocow-miekkich.html.

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17:24

Morawiecki:

I will do everything to ensure poverty and unemployment never return to Silesia. The sell-off of Polish assets, workplaces, starvation pensions – all the mistakes and distortions of PO

- I will do everything, and our entire team, the PiS team, which has gathered here in large numbers in Katowice, will also do everything to ensure that poverty and unemployment never return to Silesia. The sell-off of Polish assets, the sell-off of workplaces, so that these 5 PLN per hour contracts, these starvation pensions, all these mistakes and distortions of PO, the liberals of wild capitalism, the law of the jungle, never return - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:28

Morawiecki:

The PiS Team is Highly Determined to Continue Fighting for Silesia's Future, as We Don't Want That Poverty and That Shooting of Miners to Return

- The PiS team is here with strong determination to continue fighting for Silesia's future, because we do not want that poverty and that shooting of miners to return, and we want to strengthen the industrial, energy, mining, innovative, and scientific power of all of Upper Silesia, all of Silesia, and the voivodeship - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:28

Morawiecki:

I am honored to announce that, if the voters wish, I will continue to represent Katowice and all cities in Poland

- I am honored, but also immensely joyful to announce that, if the voters wish, as Piotr just said, I will be able to continue to represent Katowice, all cities and towns in our voivodeship, in Poland and around the world. I consider this a great honor, as well as a great commitment and an enormous task - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:30

Morawiecki:

Tusk and his team are on a leash to Berlin, Brussels, and those who want to dominate us

- All residents of Silesia must ask themselves a fundamental question. Do you prefer those who listen to directives, orders flowing from Berlin and Brussels? Or do you prefer those who listen to the residents of Mysłowice, Chorzów, Ruda Śląska, Katowice, Tychy, or Piekary Śląskie, and all other cities? This is the fundamental question in these elections. Because Tusk and his team are on a leash to Berlin, Brussels, and those who want to dominate us, who once wanted to completely obliterate Silesia, the mining industry, who wanted to destroy Polish industry here, they are on a leash to those who want to dominate Poland - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:35

Morawiecki:

Referendum is a grand celebration of democracy

- The referendum, we have announced it as a grand celebration of democracy. Not just elections, which are a given, but also a referendum. First, a word of explanation to all our supporters, so they don't let their brains be messed with. About 20 years ago, a law was passed during the SLD government, which stipulated that a referendum should be held on the same day as general elections. This law foresaw that in such a situation, the same polling stations and the same voter lists should be used. Therefore, we are exercising a right that was adopted by someone else. So let's not be told that there is even the slightest irregularity here, quite the contrary – stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:36

Morawiecki:

The Leader of the Party of Deceivers Has Declared the Referendum Invalid. This is a Spit in the Face of Poles

- What is the leader of the party of deceivers, Mr. Tusk, doing? Well, he recently declared that he solemnly invalidates this referendum right now. It's as if someone said that your choice is annulled in advance. This is an slap in the face, a spit in the face of Poles. How can one claim to annul the will of Poles, the vote of Poles? It's a scandal - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:37

Morawiecki:

What Else Will They Invalidate? Christmas Eve, Perhaps, or Holidays for Children? They Are Capable of Anything
- This is a scandal. What else will they invalidate next? Christmas Eve, perhaps, or holidays for children? They are capable of anything. Let's be wary of those who want to hide their true intentions - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.

17:42

Morawiecki:

I'm proposing that the French, Germans, and Swedes would like to hold a referendum on whether they agree to illegal immigration, but they cannot
I'm proposing that the French, I'm posing this question to Europe, the French, Germans, and Swedes would like to hold a referendum in their own countries on the matter of whether they agree to illegal immigration, but they cannot. Ask the citizens of Europe, ask your elites and your governments if you want illegal immigration - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.

17:43

Morawiecki:

Dear Ladies, Our Wonderful Mothers, Wives, Sisters, Daughters - They Want to Cook Up a Hell for You Through Illegal Immigration
Dear ladies, our wonderful mothers, wives, sisters, daughters - they want to cook up a hell for you through illegal immigration. Who is mainly arriving here? Who is storming the borders, which I will move onto as the second referendum question? These are usually young Muslim immigrants uprooted from their environments, those who are accustomed to a completely different culture, to completely different social interaction, very often to violence towards women - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.

17:52

Morawiecki:

Citizens, Dear Compatriots, Wake Up. They Want to Carry Out Another Great Robbery

- Citizens, dear compatriots, wake up. They want to sell off Poland again, they want to lead to another great robbery, they want to lead to the collapse of the Polish budget, because the sell-off of national assets was justified precisely by the fact that these funds flow into the budget. And 58 billion [złoty] has come in from the sold-off assets, but dear compatriots, residents of Silesia, ask everyone where is that money from the sold Polish assets? In "Nowak's" pocket, you said it well - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:55

Morawiecki:

They were so short on budget cash they sold Polish recordings. Can you imagine? What kind of people are they?

- They went as far as selling the funicular to Gubałówka, to Kasprowy Wierch. They were so short on budget cash that they sold Polish recordings. Now, to listen to Anna German or Krzysztof Krawczyk, Alibabki, and many other songs – who among us doesn't love them – today, we will have to pay someone from abroad for the recordings. They sold off Polish recordings. Can you imagine? What kind of people are they? - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


17:59

Morawiecki:

Tusk is like a python. Watch out for him

- Tusk is like a python that hugs, hugs, hugs until it suffocates. Watch out for him. Watch out for this python, watch out for him, because he is a great pest of Polish politics, the greatest danger to Polish families - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Katowice.


19:46

Tusk:

50,000 People Sign Up for Citizen Election Watch

- Sławomir Nitras has just reported the task accomplished! 50 THOUSAND people have signed up for citizen election watch. They will not steal our democracy. Now we just need to outvote them - Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter.