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05/25/2024

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Saturday's Political Schedule: Hołownia on Poland's Development Plan, Duda in Stary Sącz, Kaczyński in Kozielice, Sikorski with Halicki, Morawiecki on the Road

At 9:00 AM in Kutno, a press conference will be held by Mateusz Morawiecki, at 11:00 AM - in Łódź with PiS MPs, and at 4:00 PM - in Pajęczno, where at 4:30 PM a meeting with residents will take place. The former Prime Minister's final stop is the farm of Anna and Zenon Kowalczyk in Wieluń at 5:30 PM.

At 9:30 AM, a press conference will be held with the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski and MEP Andrzej Halicki.

At 1:00 PM in Września, a press conference will be held with the participation of PiS Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński and MEP Ryszard Czarnecki.

At 2:00 PM, President Andrzej Duda will participate in the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Volunteer Fire Department in Stary Sącz. Earlier, at 1:00 PM, he will attend Holy Mass.

At 4:00 PM in Kozielice, a meeting will be held with the participation of PiS Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński.

At 5:00 PM, a TEDx event will begin, during which Szymon Hołownia will present a plan for Poland's development.


10:46

"Poland Needs Two Insurance Policies": Sikorski Backs Halicki

- I am very pleased today to support the campaign of Andrzej Halicki, until recently my boss, the head of the Polish delegation in the European Parliament. Andrzej, you know how dramatic the choices in the EP sometimes are, when it comes to the composition of the European Commission, the EU's defense budget. All those decisions, in which important coalitions are formed with other parties in the EP. The EP today is the place where the most important decisions are made, that's where real politics is happening, which supports our lives and also the security of Europe - stated Radosław Sikorski at a press briefing.

- We have a war on our borders, Poland needs two insurance policies. The first, of course, is transatlantic, but the second is European. How much money we allocate to military mobility, rapid reaction forces, to ammunition for fighting Ukraine, to support for Ukraine, to the process of preparing Ukraine and Moldova for membership, these are all decisions that the EP can approve or reject. That is why we must have people there who are knowledgeable, who can negotiate the best solutions for Poland, and Andrzej Halicki is undoubtedly such a person - the Minister of Foreign Affairs continued.


10:49

Godfather of Ziobro's Solidarity Fund. Tusk Attacks Kaczyński

- A fall of the century? 35 years ago, being elected senator of 'Solidarity' by the nation, to end up as the godfather of Ziobro's Solidarity Fund. It's hard to fall lower, Jarosław - Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter.


10:58

Sikorski:

These tapes are shocking. I hope consequences will be drawn

- These tapes are shocking because they confirm what many suspected: that the Fundusz Sprawiedliwości (Justice Fund) was used like a party piggy bank for Solidarna Polska. I hope consequences will be drawn, because the Polish state should not be a cash cow for politicians, for their private or party interests. The fact that the Minister of Justice, the Prosecutor General, and their deputies were doing something like this is completely shocking – stated Radosław Sikorski at a press briefing.


11:06

Sikorski to PiS Politicians:

We Must Warn Colleagues. I Advise You To Hurry.

- I would just like to make my colleagues from PiS aware that if they were also witnesses to crimes, in order to obtain the status of an informant witness (small or large), they need to provide credible testimony, but another condition must be met. You have to warn your colleagues. So I advise you to hurry - stated Radosław Sikorski at a press conference.


11:09

Sikorski:

PiS is a party of conscious or unconscious Polexit

- Today, PiS is a party of conscious or unconscious Polexit. I say this with full responsibility. Let us remember – the British Tories also did not want to lead Great Britain out of the EU. At least, that's what they declared. And they did lead it out, and PiS can do the same consciously or through stupidity – stated Radosław Sikorski at a press briefing.


14:16

Kaczyński on Germany: We Need to Know What Kind of Partner We Have in the West

- An important element of our fight to preserve Polishness, but in essence also a fight for independence, and it must be remembered because we need to know what kind of partner we have in the West. When you look at everything that is happening, at this attempt to dominate Europe through Germany, particularly this part of Europe, you have to say clearly that although the methods have changed somewhat, when it comes to the goals, they remain the same. And this is a very important lesson - stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Września.


14:19

Kaczyński Quotes French Prime Minister:

He Stated Clearly.

- This very young politician [the French Prime Minister], for a Prime Minister, stated clearly – we forced Eastern European countries, and especially our country, to agree to forcibly accept illegal emigrants, and this whole matter, this pact, will not concern French villages, but as he put it, although it's not true, we are in Central Europe, in the East – stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Września.


14:29

Kaczyński:

PO's Principle – If We Have Power and Control Most Media, We Can Lie Freely

- Regarding this interrogation [by the investigative committee], there were no surprises. It is all based on the principle adopted by PO. If we have power and control most media, we can lie absolutely freely, completely invert reality, refuse to interrogate those who publicly admitted to rigging those elections, while interrogating those who simply wanted to fulfill their constitutional duty and threatening them with prosecutors, courts, perhaps convictions, and prison - stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Września.


14:30

Kaczyński on Civic Platform: An Anti-Polish, Anti-Democratic, Anti-Freedom Formation

- This is a new quality in Polish public life, but the fact that Civic Platform coming to power will mean not only the implementation of a foreign state's agenda, but also simply the liquidation of the rule of law, because it hardly exists at the moment, and at the same time the liquidation of democracy, with announcements of the delegalization of a major political party – this has not happened in Europe, not even in the pre-war period, except in states like Nazi Germany. These are simply announcements of liquidation. It is an anti-Polish, anti-democratic, anti-freedom formation. God forbid that this partial victory, because they didn't win the elections against us, happens again – stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Września.


14:31

Kaczyński:

WSI Tries to Get Revenge on Macierewicz, with Support from the Ruling Camp

- He [Antoni Macierewicz] dissolved what was a long arm of Russia, namely the WSI, and today the WSI is trying to get revenge on him, and they have the support of the ruling camp in this, because they have gathered all these worst elements around themselves - stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Września.


16:54

Kaczyński:

The First Quarters of This Government Show We Are Regressing

- The first quarters of this government show that we are regressing, and over these eight years, we moved forward and reached 87% of the European Union's average standard of living, something we could only dream of once. This is an issue that is very strongly linked to these elections, which can push Europe in one direction, towards madness, or towards good development, because Europe undoubtedly needs a mechanism for constant, institutionalized cooperation between states - stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Kozielice.


17:07

Kaczyński:

Reservations Regarding Kosiniak-Kamysz Remain Valid, as We Have Repeatedly Stated - Actions, Not Words

- This reservation regarding Mr. Kosiniak-Kamysz remains valid, as we have repeatedly stated during our meetings – actions, not words. For now, his words are not the worst, but the actions are worse. Let's hope, however, that we will continue to exert pressure on them. We have truly good specialists; it was we who created this plan – stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Kozielice.


17:20

Kaczyński:

If PiS Loses This Duel Against Civic Coalition, It Will Be Their Second Yellow Card

Remember that these elections will also be a signal in Poland for those who are so brutally breaking the law and acting against the interests of citizens in our country, whether they can do so with impunity or not. If they lose the next elections, meaning PiS and Civic Coalition lose this duel, it will truly be their second yellow card, just more yellow than the first one – stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Kozielice.


17:24

Kaczyński:

Looking at the Familiar Faces of Our MEP Candidates, I Know We Have a Great Chance

- Looking here in Kozielice, at the familiar faces of our candidates for the European Parliament from this constituency, it has lifted my spirits greatly, because looking at them, knowing them, I know we truly have a great chance. And these elections are very important (...) These elections in 2024 will decide our sovereignty, that is absolutely true, our economic interests, our security. And each of these descriptions is true. But I believe it is equally true to say that this is a matter of the good life for Poles - stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Kozielice.


17:39

Kaczyński:

Since December 13th, Polish Wallets Have Already Slimmed Down

- The decisive factor for a good, average, or bad life – I'm not talking about personal events, illnesses, but about material matters, colloquially speaking, I mean the wallet. Whether it's sufficiently thick or too thin. Let's look at what has happened since December 13th. Since December 13th, these Polish wallets have already managed to slim down. 100 concrete points, where there was one really very serious one, 60 thousand tax-free, but there were also many others that had some significance for the wallet. It turned out that these were just words, almost without exception. However, when it comes to facts, we unfortunately have symptoms today, a harbinger of something very bad (...) we have a decline in industrial production, month-on-month, almost the largest in Europe, over 5%, only Slovenia has more – stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Kozielice.


17:46

Kaczyński:

We Must Focus on What is Real, and NATO is Real

- Even if all the armies of the European Union were taken together to deter Russia, it would simply be insufficient. And there is no tendency for EU countries to rapidly increase defense spending, as we have done, to move towards what it was once, during the Cold War. Back then, average defense spending in NATO countries was 5.9% of GDP. Today, it is clearly below two percent, in some countries around one percent of GDP. That is truly not enough, and I repeat, there is no will to change that. We must focus on what is real, and NATO is real. Our armed forces are also real, which is why we must not delay various types of contracts that were supposed to be signed already but are not, and we must not wonder if they are needed - stated Jarosław Kaczyński in Kozielice.


18:11

Hołownia on Development: Projects Initiated by One Government Cannot Be Killed by the Next
Developmental change requires time and cross-party cooperation. Projects initiated by one government cannot be killed by the next simply because they have a different political colour – stated Szymon Hołownia during his speech. - One of the absolutely key areas is housing. Today, 80% of new apartments are built in only 20% of municipalities; we need to change this. No more programs like 'safe credit 2%', which enriched developers in metropolitan areas and led to price increases across Poland. This also means opposition to 'credit 0%'; Polska2050 will not support this idea. Instead, we will vote for support for social housing construction. We must not reform Poland by dismantling Poland – he continued. - Poland should unequivocally raise the issue of revising the ETS2 directive in the European Union, i.e., charges on pollution from transport and the heating of private homes. This change is justified, but its introduction in 2027 will be premature for us. First, we need to insulate our homes and develop and expand electromobility – he further stated.

18:13

Hołownia changes his mind on CPK:

By the end of the decade, we must build this airport.
There is no question of Poland's development without modern infrastructure enabling the fast and efficient transport of people and goods. As you know, I was skeptical about the construction of CPK due to the project's high social costs. I have changed my mind because Poland is the last major country in the Union without a cargo and passenger air hub, and it seems it can be built without destroying people's lives. The construction of the 10th largest airport in the EU is not a megalomaniacal project for the 6th largest economy in the Union. By the end of the decade, we must build this airport and the high-speed rail line between Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, and Wrocław, the so-called 'Y' – stated Szymon Hołownia during his speech.