At 9:00 AM in Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a press conference will be held by MEP Beata Szydło and PiS parliamentarians.

At 9:30 AM, Minister of National Education Barbara Nowacka will participate in the "Education with the Military" class for the 7th grade. These will be the first such classes in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, held at a primary school in Gdynia.

At 12:00 PM, Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia will participate in a civic lesson and meet with students at B. Chrobry High School No. XII in Wrocław. Subsequently, at 3:15 PM, a meeting with Wrocław activists and environmentalists will take place. At 5:30 PM, an open meeting is planned with the leader of Poland 2050 and the first-place candidate for the European Parliament from the Third Way list, Róża Thun.

At 12:00 PM, a press conference by MEP Beata Szydło and PiS parliamentarians will be held in the market square in Proszowice.

At 1:20 PM, a press conference by MEP Beata Szydło and PiS Parliamentarians will take place in the city park in Miechów.

At 2:30 PM, a press conference in Radom will be held with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Bożena Żelazowska, and candidates from the Third Way lists for the European Parliament.

At 4:30 PM, a press conference in Kielce will be held with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Adam Jarubas, and candidates from the Third Way lists for the European Parliament.

The two-day visit of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, to Italy begins. At 5:00 PM, the head of state will meet with President Sergio Mattarella.

- Tusk and other politicians in PiS dream of Konfederacja being on the margins. It so happens that when it comes to European Parliament elections, they are playing for the same team, presenting quite similar programs (...) what's the problem? We are highlighting the differences between us - stated Krzysztof Bosak in a conversation with Bogdan Rymanowski on the program "Gość Radia Zet".

- Kaczyński's and Tusk's strategy is to attack each other, polarize society, and thus maximize their election results. And we, as citizens who are not members of PiS or PO, should not allow ourselves to be played in such a childish manner - he added.

- President Trzaskowski mistook the legal order for his own private opinion and that of his circle. He associates too much with people of a certain, specific approach. I don't think that we in Konfederacja would, if you had invited someone else, perhaps someone from Konfederacja would comment on this in a slightly different way - stated Krzysztof Bosak on the program "Gość Radia Zet".

– We want to be close to the people, we want to meet with people, we will certainly not lock ourselves in an office. I will not ask [the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration for SOP protection]. At the moment, I have no reason to believe that such protection is necessary for me. And I could use such protection if I wanted to right now – stated Krzysztof Bosak on the program "Gość Radia Zet".

- "The European option wants to destroy religion and turn people into animals! Freedom in the West is receding."
Putin? No, that was Jarosław Kaczyński yesterday speaking to his voters in Podlasie - Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter.

“Opcja europejska chce zniszczyć religię i zrobić z ludzi zwierzęta! Wolność na Zachodzie się cofa”.
Putin? Nie, to Jarosław Kaczyński wczoraj do swoich wyborców na Podlasiu.

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) May 17, 2024

- PiS unfortunately made a very similar spot [to KO's]. The road from hate speech to hate crimes is very short. I'm afraid someone watching such a spot might get inspired and the same thing that happened in Slovakia could happen. Yes [I will tell Donald Tusk this], certainly, Włodek Czarzasty and I have always appealed to cool down emotions, we are the rational part of this coalition, which will do everything to de-escalate this madness we might soon fall into - stated Robert Biedroń on RMF FM.

- I wanted to inform you that I have just met with representatives of the traders from Marywilska Street. It's a terrible tragedy that has deeply affected us, from the moment the first reports started coming in at dawn on Sunday. My most important declaration from the very beginning has been that we will do absolutely everything to save all, or as many jobs as possible. That's why I spoke first and foremost with the company itself and its management. At the moment, we are working to first and foremost enable the rebuilding of the hall itself. Here, we as the city administration will do everything to facilitate this process, but we must wait until the site is made available to the company and analyses can be conducted to assess the situation - stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a press briefing.

- Poles are radically more tolerant, diverse, accepting, and simply normal than Jarosław Kaczyński, shut away in his fortress, seems to believe. All it would take is for him to talk. Not to his political entourage, not to political yes-men, not to his bodyguards or the horde of those who shield him from contact with ordinary citizens – stated Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk at a press conference in Gdańsk.

- It seems that now is a good time to remind Jarosław Kaczyński that Poland is a secular state, not a confessional state. In line with this principle, the decision of the President of Warsaw is nothing more than putting into practice the saying 'render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's'. In my ministerial office, in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, there is no cross. There is primarily the Polish flag, the EU flag, and also a rainbow poster that says 'You are home here', and regardless of who visits my office, whether they are a believer or a non-believer, they are treated with respect, and that is how it should be – stated Katarzyna Kotula at a press conference in Gdańsk.

- Consistently today, the leader of PSL, Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz, speaks about his lack of consent to limiting religion lessons, and I think this is a good moment to suggest that these Catholic religion lessons simply be replaced with religious studies, perhaps. Because it is a good moment to talk about whether, in a public place like school, which is attended by different children, both those who believe and those who do not believe, we shouldn't do everything to make everyone feel at home, everyone feel like they belong, because Poland is a home for everyone – she continued.

- This is exactly what I'm talking about [referring to Jarosław Kaczyński's statement]. It's not that PO is releasing these ads. They are releasing these ads because PiS is releasing ads. Because leader Jarosław Kaczyński polarizes, because he incites one group of people against another. I am talking about a certain destructive mechanism in which we have been entangled for 20 years. That's what I'm talking about. And I hope that on our side, and I appeal to Donald Tusk on this matter, there will be responsible leadership that will finally cut short this futile dance – stated Szymon Hołownia in a conversation with journalists in Wrocław.

- Everything related to security today, certainly in Poland, should be excluded from political dispute, and to a very large extent it is excluded. In view of the above, I hope it will remain so. This is an extremely important element, and moreover, dialogue, dialogue, and more dialogue. It is clear that there are differences; in every democratic country, there is a ruling camp, there is a ruling party, there is an opposition, but one must be able to talk to each other, and I always emphasize this with all my might, and I also emphasize with all my might that I am always open to talks and can talk with anyone on any subject. We may disagree, we will differ, but it is important to differ with culture, in an elegant way, and in a manner that will not cause social scandal or ignite unnecessary social emotions – stated President Andrzej Duda in an interview with journalists in Italy.

- We will challenge this order [by Rafał Trzaskowski] to the voivode, but these are precisely the kinds of actions that can be described as an attack on religion - stated Michał Dworczyk on PR24.

- If someone accuses the other side of fascism in a discussion, it means they simply lack arguments. Today, fascism has been replaced by pro-Russian sympathies. Donald Tusk is using this according to the old principle that a lie repeated 1000 times becomes the truth. Accusations of pro-Russian sentiment, of such sympathies, made by a man whom the Russian press wrote of as 'our man in Warsaw' and who was the author of the reset of relations with Russia, sound simply unserious - stated Michał Dworczyk on PR24.

- We forecast that in 2024 our economy will grow at a rate of 3.1%. This will be one of the highest growth dynamics in the entire European Union. After a dismal 2023, in which our economy practically did not grow, the Polish economy is returning to where it belongs, i.e., among the fastest growing in the entire European Union. In 2025, we forecast that our economy will further accelerate to the level of 3.7% - stated Andrzej Domański during a PO live stream.

- What continues to worry me in order for [the economy] to grow faster, is private investment. Private investment is still on the defensive. Today we met with entrepreneurs, we talked at length about the reasons for the low level of investment. Our government has declared that we will create a very friendly environment for Polish entrepreneurs, precisely so that there are significantly more investments in Poland. A stable economic and legal environment is one of the essential conditions for entrepreneurs to invest - stated Andrzej Domański during a Civic Platform (PO) live stream.

– The Prime Minister committed me, among other things, to a plan for implementing one of our promises, which is raising the tax-free threshold to PLN 60,000. This commitment, like other electoral promises and those from the coalition agreement, will, of course, be fulfilled. Our economy is in very good condition. We still have room to grow even faster – stated Andrzej Domański during a Civic Platform (PO) live broadcast.