At 9:00 AM, a press briefing will be held at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy with Ministers Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz and Dariusz Klimczak. The topic is the funding for the replacement of tachographs from the National Recovery Plan (KPO).

Also at 9:00 AM, a press conference will be held by PiS MPs in front of the Warsaw City Hall. Janusz Cieszyński, Radosław Fogiel, and Michał Moskal will speak.

At 12:00 PM, a press briefing is scheduled for Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak at the Skarżysko-Kamienna railway station. The topic is the signing of an agreement for the modernization of a railway line.

At 1:00 PM in Białystok, a press conference will be held by PiS MP Jacek Sasin. The topics are a summary of the election campaign and threats to the Podlaskie Voivodeship related to illegal migration.

On Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski will be in Estonia, participating in the Ministerial Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz will begin a two-day visit to Italy, participating in a meeting of the European Group of 5 Defense Ministers. At 10:10 AM, the first working session dedicated to Ukraine will commence. The second working session is scheduled for 12:05 PM, and a joint press conference of the ministers for 2:45 PM.

'24 Hours for Poland' by Rafał Trzaskowski

At midnight, Rafał Trzaskowski will host a live broadcast from Pyrzyce. At 6:30 AM, the KO (Civic Coalition) candidate will appear at a bakery in Myślibórz. At 10:00 AM, the 'High Five with Trzask' event is scheduled in Strzelce Krajeńskie, and at 4:00 PM, an event in the same format is planned in Koło. Slightly earlier, at 3:15 PM, Trzaskowski will give an interview to local media.

Two rallies are scheduled for the evening, where the KO candidate will appear. The first will take place at 6:50 PM in Skierniewice, and the second at 9:30 PM in Międzyborów. At 11:00 PM, another 'High Five with Trzask' event is planned in Pruszków.

Nawrocki on the Road

At 5:00 AM, Karol Nawrocki is scheduled to speak with trade unionists in Mysłowice. At 5:30 AM in the same town, the PiS-backed candidate will be handing out sweet buns. At 2:10 PM, Nawrocki's visit to the MKS Zwolenianka Zwoleń stadium is planned. At 3:00 PM at the same location, Nawrocki will give a statement to the media.

At 4:00 PM, a meeting between Nawrocki and KGW (Rural Housewives' Circles) is scheduled in Lublin, and at 5:00 PM in that city, a rally for the PiS-backed candidate will begin. At 8:30 PM, Nawrocki's meeting with residents will begin in Stalowa Wola. At 11:00 PM, the PiS-backed candidate will appear in Klimontów.

Other Candidates Also on the Road

At 2:00 PM, Sławomir Mentzen will appear in Nowy Sącz. The Confederation candidate has subsequent visits scheduled in Oświęcim and Bieruń, where he will speak at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM respectively. The campaign finale will take place at 8:00 PM in Kraków.

'Starting at 6:50 AM, Hołownia departs from PKP Otwock, handing out donuts and leaflets during campaigning in Falenica, at the Walcownicza marketplace, and the Praga market,' – announced Szymon Hołownia's staff.

At 5:00 PM, a major event is scheduled at the Palladium Theatre in Warsaw featuring the Third Way candidate. The event includes, among others, a briefing, an 'interview with Szymon,' a Q&A session, and zones with ministers.

At 10:00 AM, Adrian Zandberg will appear in Olsztyn, and at 2:30 PM, he will speak in Toruń. The campaign finale for the Razem (Together) candidate is scheduled for 8:00 PM in Poznań.

At 8:00 PM, Magdalena Biejat's final rally will take place under the Palace of Culture and Science (PKiN) near Dworzec Śródmieście in Warsaw. At 9:00 PM, a disco under the Mermaid statue is planned, and at 10:00 PM, a silent disco.

Tusk in Tirana

Prime Minister Donald Tusk will participate in the European Political Community summit in Tirana. At 10:50 AM, he will be greeted by the Prime Minister of Albania, and at 11:10 AM, the opening ceremony of the VI European Political Community Summit, 'New Europe in a New World,' will take place. A family photo is scheduled for 11:40 AM, followed by participation in the plenary session at 11:45 AM.

“If the Supreme Court makes such a decision, it might rule that, given these types of actions—and we don't yet know their full scale; we know it was at least hundreds of thousands of zlotys, but we don't know through how many other institutions similar campaigns targeting right-wing candidates, Sławomir Mentzen and Karol Nawrocki, how much of this money was spent from abroad to spread hate, to vilify [...], to foster a negative atmosphere towards these candidates, which undoubtedly took place,” said Przemysław Wipler on Radio Wnet.

“The Supreme Court will make a decision if the candidate who used these tools and whose staff were the beneficiaries of this wins, namely Rafał Trzaskowski,” he stated.

– I look at them [the presidential elections] with hope nonetheless. As for polls, let me put it this way, or rather, to put it mildly, I don't look at polls; I don't hold them in particularly high esteem. Why? For example, because yesterday's polls showed Rafał Trzaskowski at 27 or 34%. So please tell me, how much does Trzaskowski have if the difference is 1.5 million votes? Polls are no oracle today; they only show that people will decide at the last moment – Szymon Hołownia stated on RMF FM.

– Everything will truly be decided tomorrow. Polls cannot elect Poland's president, and they do not. We will vote with our hearts, not based on polls, but what will come of it, I don't know – stated Szymon Hołownia on RMF FM.

– "It will be very difficult to convince Poles, me, and you, Mr. Editor, that Rafał Trzaskowski didn't want campaigns to be run against his main opponents, representatives of the right-wing opposition. Especially given that the person who heads the institution that conducted these campaigns was rewarded by Rafał Trzaskowski, and until recently, was an assistant to a PO MP – that is, the party of which Trzaskowski is deputy leader," said Przemysław Wipler on Radio Wnet.

– Rafał Trzaskowski should clearly distance himself from these practices [concerning the election ad scandal], clearly condemn them, and clearly and explicitly state that he has nothing to do with them, and that whoever in the campaign staff was responsible for this will simply be fired. The campaign staff should issue a statement on this matter, because trying to excuse it now as a possible Russian provocation, while journalists have shown that it is no Russian provocation at all, and Meta has revealed that it was Polish citizens who set up and purchased these advertisements – stated Szymon Hołownia on RMF FM.

– PiS and its Extraordinary Control Chamber are just waiting for such pretexts so that, on that basis, if Trzaskowski were to win them, they could annul the elections or declare them invalid. This would truly lead to a very serious crisis if we don't deal with this, and we must deal with it decisively. State authorities should address this matter immediately – stated Szymon Hołownia on RMF FM.

– Elections are the foundation of democracy, which guarantees the rights of all citizens. Therefore, as President, I appeal – let's go to the polls! Let's encourage our loved ones to do the same! Each of our votes is equally important – regardless of views or place of residence – wrote President Andrzej Duda on social media.

– The higher the turnout, the stronger the democratic mandate of the new President and the greater the strength of the Republic. Take part in the elections! – emphasized PAD.

An extremely important decision lies ahead of us – the election of the President of the Republic of Poland.

By electing a President, we are not just choosing the Head of State – we are setting the direction in which Poland will move.

We are choosing a guardian of the state's sovereignty and security, who should act and…

— Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda) May 16, 2025

– Rafał Trzaskowski has until the end of today to make a clear, firm, and decisive statement on this matter [the scandal involving campaign spots] and to draw consequences from what has happened. In every campaign team, someone might emerge who is beyond control or under supervision, but above all, we must be aware if we share a community of values – stated Szymon Hołownia on RMF FM.

– Plain and simple. This is a damn scandal that TVP is once again the government's propaganda arm. Maybe not as crude, maybe not as repulsive, but just as biased in favor of the government. There's no change. It's just a switch of seats – Marcelina Zawisza wrote on social media.

Plain and simple. This is a damn scandal that TVP is once again the government's propaganda arm. Maybe not as crude, maybe not as repulsive, but just as biased in favor of the government. There's no change. It's just a switch of seats. https://t.co/LnkFwgOtyY

— Marcelina Zawisza #AdrianZandberg2025 (@mmzawisza) May 16, 2025

– I think these are interesting opinions of the deputy prime minister in the PiS government and a former PiS politician – said Adrian Zandberg in an interview with Marcin Fijołek on Polsat News's “Graffiti,” when asked about criticism from Michał Kołodziejczak (“mouthing off from the back seat is a useful idiot’s game”) and Roman Giertych (“Zandberg can once again bring PiS to power”).

– I'm not surprised that there's a lot of emotion on the part of the current government, because for a while now, they've been used to effectively blackmailing people by saying 'either us or PiS,' and it worked, just as it worked on the PiS side, where PiS could also blackmail by saying 'either us, or Civic Platform with its hangers-on' – he continued.

– In these elections, that has ended, because there is an alternative – he added.

– I would be very willing to join a coalition government. There's only one condition: for the majority of this government to genuinely depend on the votes of the Razem party, because then Razem would have a real influence on shaping reality – Adrian Zandberg said on Polsat News.

– Unfortunately, that's not the case today. Today, the real influence on shaping reality rests with Magda Biejat's boss, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, and Włodzimierz Czarzasty represents a type of politics that agrees to pass a healthcare budget lacking 20 billion zlotys. This means an agreement for thousands of people to lose their lives and health for the sake of saving political positions – he continued.

– I am a politician who appreciates compromise. But a compromise must mean implementing half of the program, a third of the program, and not reversing course – he added.

“This is the biggest election scandal. Hundreds of thousands of zlotys from undeclared sources spent on ads smearing Karol Nawrocki and Sławomir Mentzen, while praising Rafał Trzaskowski,” says the narrator in the ad released by Karol Nawrocki’s campaign.

“The Akcja Demokracja (Action Democracy) foundation is responsible for this illegal campaign promoting Donald Tusk’s stand-in, and – notably – it is managed by Jakub Kocjan, a figure from Civic Platform’s (PO) inner circle, who not long ago was an assistant to a Civic Coalition (KO) MP,” the narrator continues.

The ad incorporates excerpts from yesterday’s interview of the KO candidate for TVN24, including the statement: “I am truly unable to verify all of this information.”

“Hate videos, costing hundreds of thousands of zlotys, have generated millions of views. These are illegal actions intended to influence the outcome of the presidential elections. Don’t let them steal the election from you,” concludes the narrator.

This is the biggest scandal in recent years 🚨 Massive money from outside sources used in an online campaign to target R. Trzaskowski's competitors?! Don't let them steal the election from you! #TrzaskNASK pic.twitter.com/PlxEF8Mtf4

— #Nawrocki2025 (@Nawrocki25) May 16, 2025

– I believe this is a disgrace for NASK, which should be safeguarding against any foreign financial interference in Polish elections, yet here, the reaction was evidently delayed. I think that this matter, above all, burdens the ruling camp today in this regard, because we all know that these were online materials that were favorable to the ruling camp – said Adrian Zandberg on Polsat News, when asked about political advertisements with opaque funding.

— Everyone can see what kind of person Mr. Nawrocki is; I often hear this from disappointed PiS voters, and it's not just about that story with the studio apartment, but also about the fact that Mr. Nawrocki is a clone of Mr. Mentzen, that there isn't much left of the old, pro-social PiS in him, that he is a person who openly states he wants to defend the interests of multimillionaires, that he will not allow the Kulczyk family and other very wealthy people to be taxed, that he will, in practice, protect housing speculation — Adrian Zandberg said on Polsat News.

– The biggest scandal in the history of Polish democracy, in the history of the Third Polish Republic, the biggest crime against elections, against democracy – all of this is what [the Akcja Demokracja affair] was revealed yesterday and the day before yesterday. And what happened at NASK yesterday, during our visit with Andrzej Śliwka, only confirmed this colossal scandal – stated Przemysław Czarnek on Radio Wnet.

– External funding with enormous sums of money, a hateful campaign aimed at Karol Nawrocki and also Sławomir Mentzen, while promoting Trzaskowski, and furthermore financed by Akcja Demokracja, as journalists from Wirtualna Polska claim – an organization whose board includes Mr. Kocjan, someone extremely closely associated with Trzaskowski from Civic Platform (PO), and with this entire ruling camp – he continued.

– The National Research Institute for Computer Networks, which was supposed to provide a protective umbrella for the elections, is instead – I can't even properly describe the method NASK is employing today – using it to falsify these elections. This is disinformation aimed at undermining the elections should Karol Nawrocki win – Przemysław Czarnek said on Radio Wnet.

– I have absolutely no doubt, also as the head of the election protection movement, having observed this for many months, that the other side is preparing, and NASK is part of this preparation, to try at all costs, should Karol Nawrocki win, with the help of some EU 'round table', to annul these elections, but you won't succeed, dear friends, I can assure you of that – he added.

– I don't know if there's any lower limit, any rock bottom, to which the journalism of newspapers like Rzeczpospolita could sink. This kind of journalism, the pseudo-journalism practiced by those at Rzeczpospolita, makes you want to vomit. Not only there, but also at TVN, in various other outlets, and unfortunately, partly at Polsat too. This is an unprecedented situation; throughout this election campaign, over these seven months, particularly in recent weeks, we witnessed a complete collapse of journalism in Poland – stated Przemysław Czarnek on Radio Wnet.

– One can reread what these pseudo-journalists at Rzeczpospolita concocted and how faithfully and subserviently they serve the December 13th coalition and Tusk. Such subservience, in my opinion, didn't exist even in Trybuna Ludu or Głos Robotniczy during the PRL era. It makes you want to vomit – he continued.

– Poles elect the Polish president. Foreign interference in our choice is just as unacceptable when it comes from Austria, Hungary, and known NGOs, as when it comes from Russia and China. Cards on the table, PO candidate's staff – at stake is the integrity of the elections and the vigilance of PiS-aligned judges, who are looking for pretexts to invalidate the elections – wrote Szymon Hołownia on social media.

Poles elect the Polish president. Foreign interference in our choice is just as unacceptable when it comes from Austria, Hungary, and known NGOs, as when it comes from Russia and China. Cards on the table, PO candidate's staff – at stake is the integrity of the elections and the vigilance of PiS-aligned…

— Szymon Hołownia (@szymon_holownia) May 16, 2025

– We want to discuss, what I believe to be, the biggest scandal since 1989 related to attempts to interfere in elections, a scandal involving the illegal financing of an election campaign – a campaign very clearly supporting only one candidate […] Rafał Trzaskowski – said Radosław Fogiel at a press conference.

– Yesterday, Wirtualna Polska, and a short while earlier, journalist Wojciech Mucha, informed the public that we are dealing with hundreds of thousands of zlotys being spent without oversight on social media advertisements – advertisements attacking Karol Nawrocki and Sławomir Mentzen, and promoting, extolling Rafał Trzaskowski to the heavens. All of this is outside the framework of the Electoral Code – he continued.

– Wirtualna Polska’s report clearly linked employees and the head of Akcja Demokracja, Mr. Jakub Kocjan, to these events. […] Today we are meeting at 9 AM. By now, we should have received information that the Internal Security Agency (ABW) has entered the headquarters of Akcja Demokracja, secured materials, and seized login records. Instead, we are met with the inaction of state institutions – he added.

– A very interesting thing has happened. Our slogans have started to be used by other candidates. Including those coming from the center of the political scene, and even from the center-left. This is our small triumph. But look, they feel their weakness. This scandal that has just erupted, they know they are unable to win solely through the support of Poles. They need technological support from abroad – said Krzysztof Bosak during Sławomir Mentzen's campaign finale.

"A historic opportunity lies before us. We can trigger the first duopoly collapse in years. We can block the system's consolidation. We can prevent Rafał Trzaskowski's installation in the Presidential Palace. And this is our task for the upcoming Sunday," said Anna Bryłka during Sławomir Mentzen's campaign finale.

– I am delighted that during this campaign, so many of you believed that this different, better Poland is possible. Because it is possible. But for this to happen, for this to become a reality, one more kind of courage is needed, your courage – said Maciej Konieczny during Adrian Zandberg's campaign finale.

– Courage is needed to oppose two great political-business cartels that hold our country in check. It's time to end POPiS – he continued.

– They are afraid of us; they are panicked by Adrian Zandberg. Why? The answer is very simple. [...] The thing about us is that we can no longer be relegated to the role of an insignificant little party, because we have you. We have hundreds of thousands of people across the country who come to our meetings, to our rallies – said Razem party co-chair Aleksandra Owca during Adrian Zandberg's campaign finale.

– We also cannot be bought, and they tried. They tried to invite us to the negotiating table, and when we laid concrete demands on that negotiating table [...] 8% of GDP for healthcare, 1% of GDP for social housing, 3% for research and development [...] they said: no, what kind of negotiations are these? Let's negotiate what political positions you want. We don't want positions; we want change – she continued.

– We cannot allow these sons of bitches to have full power in our country, we cannot allow it. That’s why we’re going on May 18th and voting for an alternative to this PO-PiS duopoly, we’re voting for a new quality in Polish politics, we’re voting for Sławomir Mentzen, he will be the new president of our country – stated Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik in Krakow.

– I don't feel tired. I feel mobilized for further work and for performing the role of President of Poland, but I agree that some candidates look very tired and also dissatisfied with the course of the campaign. They probably expected a red carpet to the Presidential Palace – stated Karol Nawrocki on TV Republika.

– This Sunday will be the beginning of the end for the PO-PiS era. This Sunday, we will send Jarosław Kaczyński and Donald Tusk into retirement. We’re coming for them – said Adrian Zandberg during the campaign finale.

– Now, this government, by starving public healthcare, wants to lead it to catastrophe. We will not allow them to do this. We will not allow them to bankrupt and sell off public hospitals. These are the hospitals for which equipment was purchased by people through their own donations. These are the hospitals that were financed, built, and equipped with money from the Polish budget – Adrian Zandberg said during the campaign finale.

– “I would do exactly the same, and to everyone watching us, I would like to appeal to you to help people and not to view helping another human being through the prism of this situation. It is worthwhile to help another human being,” stated Karol Nawrocki on TV Republika.

– In this campaign, it was very clear that POPiS is already dead inside [...]. When Mr. Mentzen appeared on the scene, who, let's be frank, initially started to harness this discontent by saying that Poland needs a minimal state, those idiots from POPiS concluded that if they started copying what he says, they would win over those voters dissatisfied with POPiS – said Adrian Zandberg during the campaign finale.

– They really thought that they could pull the same trick again. But that trick, gentlemen, you won't pull again, because the majority of Polish society has had enough of you – he continued.

– Unfortunately, Mr. Mentzen’s entry into politics has launched a sick bidding war. A sick bidding war over who will hollow out the Polish state faster. Who will quicker reduce the Polish state to a powerless husk, incapable of investing, acting, or ensuring citizens decent healthcare, proper education, well-functioning public transport, and social services – said Adrian Zandberg during the campaign finale.

– And Mr. Tusk’s candidate Trzaskowski and Mr. Kaczyński’s candidate Nawrocki have started competing with Mentzen over who will defend millionaires more, who will lower taxes more for the rich, who will shrink the Polish state further. Well, I want to state emphatically: we cannot allow any of them to do this – he continued.

– Tusk specializes in bringing illegal migrants directly from Germany to Poland. Last year alone, the German police brought 10,000 illegal migrants to Poland, and the government does nothing about it, even though it could. International law, which Germany invokes, states that if Germany can prove to us that a given migrant entered Germany illegally from Poland, they can return them to us, but they must prove it – stated Sławomir Mentzen in Krakow.

– The Border Guard received an order from the very top that they are to apply the principle of trust in the German state; they are to believe the Germans implicitly, based on their beautiful Aryan eyes – if a German says they came from Poland, we believe them and take them. This is how we have taken 10,000 illegal migrants – he continued.

– “We must take this final step, and each of us has the power, this coming Sunday, to turn the state of affairs in Poland around by 180 degrees. To restore Poland to its proper course – this is that civic moment in which each and every one of us is very important and will decide the fate for the coming years or even decades. Because the entrenchment of Donald Tusk's system and the installation of Rafał Trzaskowski in the Presidential Palace will be the end of Poland as we know it,” stated Karol Nawrocki in Stalowa Wola.

– On May 18, we will win these elections, and only a great victory will prevent fraud. And each of us must know this: we must win clearly and unequivocally for Poland – stated Karol Nawrocki in Stalowa Wola.

— For a month now, all of Poland, the entire internet, has been inundated with ostensibly pro-turnout advertisements that slander me and Nawrocki and praise Rafał Trzaskowski to the skies. Everyone has been seeing this for a month; just open Facebook, and what? The day before yesterday, NASK, overseen by political scientist Gawkowski, issued a statement warning that – pay attention – a disinformation campaign targeting Rafał Trzaskowski had been detected on the Internet — said Sławomir Mentzen in Kraków.

– We can build a Poland of true solidarity. The kind of Poland that the PPS fighters dreamed of when, against all odds, they fought for independence and social justice. The kind of Poland that the people establishing the democratic opposition dreamed of when, against all odds, they dared to fight for freedom – said Adrian Zandberg during the campaign finale.

– Poles deserve low and simple taxes. When I become president, I will not sign any bill that raises or complicates taxes – absolutely none, no more taxes, I won't impose anything further on them – stated Sławomir Mentzen in Krakow.

– I will not allow Polish troops to be sent to Ukraine. No Polish soldier will go to Ukraine, no Polish soldier will die for Donbas or Crimea – said Sławomir Mentzen in Krakow.

— "On May 18th, everyone go to the polls, take responsibility for Poland, and make sure that finally, after so many years, something changes in Poland. On May 18th, go to the elections, because Tusk and Kaczyński won't change – it is we who must change them, and the chance for that is precisely May 18th," said Sławomir Mentzen in Krakow.

– Thank you for being with us in the home stretch. And I want to tell you that Karol is the guarantor of a safe Poland, a prosperous Poland, a normal and sovereign Poland, and I know this very well because I have never been disappointed by him, which is why on May 18th we are going for victory, we are counting on your votes. Long live Poland, long live the Polish people – stated Marta Nawrocka in Stalowa.

– Remember what is at stake in these elections, because those who divided us, those who tried to humiliate others, those who have no respect for all Polish women and men, they dream of returning to power to divide us again, to attack again, to destroy Poland again. But today we need those who want to build, not those who want to destroy – said Rafał Trzaskowski in Międzyborów.

– Remember that the President of the Republic embodies our most fundamental values and virtues. We are not electing someone whose job it is to guard the doors of a nightclub; we do not demand that the person who will be president should only be capable of showing insolence in difficult situations. We are electing someone who is to represent us with dignity, and who will spend their entire life striving to live up to those values for which Poland has gained worldwide renown – stated Rafał Trzaskowski in Międzyborów.

“KPRM now!” – Waldemar Buda posted on X, sharing a photo from in front of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery. On the building’s facade, a graphic was displayed posing the question: “Where are the 100 concrete pledges for 100 days? You deceived Poles!”

KPRM teraz! pic.twitter.com/sisPI3zciL

— Waldemar Buda (@waldemar_buda) May 16, 2025

– We are going for victory, I am convinced of that, but it will be very close, because Poland is divided and it will then need to be brought back together. But remember, there are simply more of us. There are more decent, honest people; people who think about how to help someone else, not themselves. There are simply more of us, and if all of you go to the polls, then all of Poland will win – said Rafał Trzaskowski in Międzyborów.