-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI ON BITTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRUSSELS AND COMPLIMENTS FOR SZYDŁO - 5 QUOTES from an interview for wPolityce: https://300polityka.pl/news/2018/03/26/kaczynski-dla-wpolityce-o-negocjacjach-z-bruksela-nie-ukrywam-ze-ta-cena-jest-znaczaca-gorzka-o-szydlo-powiedzialem-jej-pokaz-prosze-pazurki-5-cytatow/

-- MILLER ON JARUZELSKA'S CANDIDACY, SCHETYNA ON THE LACK OF A CANDIDATE IN GDAŃSK - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/03/27/

-- UNPRECEDENTED WESTERN RESPONSE - Gazeta Wyborcza front page.

-- THE WEST EXPELS RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS - Rzeczpospolita front page.

-- POLAND PART OF THE COALITION - Rzeczpospolita headline.

-- POLAND EXPELS RUSSIANS - Dziennik Gazeta Prawna front page.

-- MOSCOW'S AGENTS RETURN HOME - Gazeta Polska Codziennie front page.

-- ANNA SŁOJEWSKA IN RZ ON THE BACKGROUND OF PIS'S TALKS IN BRUSSELS: "PiS realizes that further concessions may be necessary. Behind-the-scenes discussions on this matter have been ongoing for several weeks. – There was a meeting between Adam Bielan, an envoy of PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński, and Martin Selmayr. In a relaxed atmosphere, at the residence of the Polish Ambassador to the EU – our source in Brussels unofficially reports. Selmayr is an important figure in the Commission, the Secretary-General of this institution, and previously the head of the cabinet of EC President Jean-Claude Juncker. Importantly, Selmayr is a German Christian Democrat. – He must have received a signal from Angela Merkel to end this matter – our source explains."

-- RZ ON EXPECTATION OF FURTHER CONCESSIONS: "According to our information, no arrangements have yet been made regarding what the next concessions will be. However, the Commission has clearly made it understood that the government's current tactics – i.e., explanations, white papers, etc. – are not working. It considers the current proposed amendments a desirable step, but it is not in a hurry to evaluate them and is analyzing the Polish government's proposals. – We received a response to the recommendations, and we also saw the amendments submitted by a group of MPs – says Alexander Winterstein, spokesperson for the EC." http://www.rp.pl/Unia-Europejska/303269919-Polska-UE-Bruksela-liczy--na-dalsze-ustepstwa.html&template=restricted

-- TOMASZ PIETRYGA WRITES IN RZ THAT PIS VOTERS MAY FEEL DISORIENTED: "By making such abrupt turns to avoid a head-on, costly collision with Brussels, strategists forget about the well-being of their own voters. Just like during the change of prime minister, there is a lack of communication with the electorate regarding the adopted strategy. This is risky, especially in the context of local elections. Some of the electorate, feeling neglected by PiS, may show the party a yellow card by not going to the polls." http://www.rp.pl/Opinie/303279974-Za-Szydlo-zawrocenie-reformy-byloby-niemozliwe---komentuje-Tomasz-Pietryga.html

-- COUNCIL WITHOUT ANY FORMAL PROCEDURE - Łukasz Woźnicki in GW: "Wiesław Johann is a retired judge of the Constitutional Tribunal. He sits on the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) as a representative of President Andrzej Duda. 'As per Judge Johann's instructions, I kindly inform you that on April 4th at 11 AM, a meeting of the Council members will take place at the KRS headquarters' – the Council Office wrote to the KRS members. 'Please submit requests for hotel reservations if necessary' – reads the message." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23193933,przedstawiciel-prezydenta-dudy-zwolal-nieformalne-spotkanie.html

-- LOT PILOT IN GW ARTICLE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION BONUS FOR LOT MANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBERS: "In a conversation with employees, he stated that he had 'earned every zloty' of the bonus. But trade unionists at LOT are resentful: the previous CEO Marcin Celejewski had promised the pilots 2 million PLN for pay raises, but Milczarski withdrew the agreement. – He told us that we don't deserve raises. And his bonus concerns the first year of his presidency, when he had little influence on LOT's results – one of the pilots tells us." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23194580,2-5-mln-zl-dla-szefow-lot-u.html

-- SEATS IN NEW BOEINGS ARE FAILING - Edyta Bryła in GW: "Michał Leman, an aviation expert and former head of product and marketing at LOT, says that armrest failures are an unnecessary misstep for LOT, as they are among the simplest to test – alongside tray tables and seat recline. He notes that Boeing has already delivered about a hundred MAX aircraft worldwide, so there was time for analysis and consultation with other airlines on which type of seat is least prone to failure." http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,23192959,prezes-lot-u-po-kilku-tygodniach-fotele-w-nowych-boeingach.html

-- 20 MILLION WILL BE WASTED ON A WORLD CRUISE - Fakt on PFN.

-- THIS YACHT IS LIKE BAREJA'S BEAR - Fakt headline.

-- SE MOCKS PFN - as Tomasz Walczak writes: "Besides, we don't have such traditions. If PFN wanted to commemorate our independence with dignity and grandeur, it would refer to the heritage of the pre-war Maritime and Colonial League – a mass organization tirelessly fighting for overseas domains for Poland under the slogan 'We demand colonies for Poland'. Demanding Madagascar, the colonization of which our ancestors dreamed of in the Second Polish Republic, would not only be a cost-free restoration of historical justice but would also guarantee us more publicity than sailing the high seas." http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/tomasz-walczak-w-20-milionow-dookola-swiata_1046536.html

-- JACEK KARNOWSKI SUPPORTS THE MARCH FOR LIFE: "A great nationwide march FOR LIFE – that's what Poland needs today. A march not associated with any project, a completely apolitical march. Preferably under the patronage of our Episcopate. A march whose only message must be the commandment: THOU SHALT NOT KILL. A march that will show that there are many more Poles faithful to life. More than those strange people with hangers, often wounded, unable to process their own fatal choices. This is the time when Poles must show that they will not give up this commandment, that they do not consent to the dictatorship of neo-Bolshevism. If not now, when?" https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/387706-wielki-ogolnonarodowy-marsz-za-zyciem-tego-potrzebuje-dzis-polska-bo-przeciez-polakow-wiernych-nie-zabijaj-jest-wiecej-niz-aborterow

-- HAS THE CHURCH LOST ITS YOUTH - KATARZYNA KOLENDA-ZALESKA writes in GW: "The Church may have lost its youth irrevocably. And it fails to notice that the affirmation of clericalism at the highest levels of power, which it so enjoys, is the greatest threat to the Church." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23194409,jawny-bunt-przeciwko-kosciolowi.html

-- MAREK JUREK ON THE THEORY OF ABORTION ADVOCATES: IS A PERSON WITH PERMANENT PARALYSIS ALSO FULLY HUMAN? - says in an interview with Łukasz Pawłowski in Kultura Liberalna: "The facts are undeniable. From the beginning of its existence, a human being has a genetic code that determines its individual characteristics, that it will be different from other people if we allow it to develop and be born. Of course, we can have an anthropological discussion about what signs make a human being. For example – is a person with permanent paralysis, deprived of the ability to speak, fully human, or is the 'quality' of such a life only a conventional definition of their humanity. However, I believe that such digressions lead directly to discriminatory practices. Our life, everything we possess thereafter, begins at the very first moment of existence. And we change throughout our lives, which is why this 'potentiality' you mentioned fully deserves protection – as much in the first as in the last moment of life." https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2018/03/27/marek-jurek-wywiad-aborcja-czarny-protest/

-- SIGNING THE CONTRACT FOR PATRIOT IS A SUCCESS - Maciej Miłosz in DGP: "Signing the contract is a success. Although, as always with such large projects, there are also several issues that raise doubts, as discussed below. The contract is being finalized while Mariusz Błaszczak is the Minister of National Defense, but in fairness, it must be said that the lion's share of negotiations was conducted when Antoni Macierewicz was minister, and his deputy responsible for modernization was Bartosz Kownacki. The head of the negotiation team and a key figure in the negotiation process, Colonel Michał Marciniak, still holds his position. And the decision to purchase Patriots, rather than competing systems, was made back in 2015 by the PO-PSL government, when Tomasz Siemoniak was the Minister of National Defense." http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1113721,umowa-na-zakup-systemu-obrony-przeciwlotniczej-patrioty.html

-- MAREK KOZUBAL WRITES IN RZ THAT PATRIOTS WILL ONLY PROTECT WARSAW: "Amidst the admiration, it should be remembered that one battery can shield Warsaw from enemy missiles, but not the entire country. The system is mobile and allows for the defense of specific locations, e.g., administrative centers, troop concentrations. To make the missile shield effective, subsequent layers of protection need to be built, and we are lagging far behind in this regard."

-- KOZUBAL ON SIEMONIACK'S CALCULATIONS BEING INACCURATE: "Tomasz Siemoniak, Deputy Prime Minister in the PO government, however, points out that it is still expensive and refers to Romania, which is also buying such equipment. However, that country is buying a slightly different set, with fewer missiles and no offset. On the other hand, one cannot forget that Macierewicz's Ministry of National Defense raised certain expectations and assured that the entire system, i.e., eight batteries, was ready to pay 30 billion PLN. This price is also unlikely." http://www.rp.pl/Sluzby-mundurowe/303269936-Patrioty-obronia-na-razie-tylko-Warszawe.html&template=restricted

-- BIRTHDAYS: Henryka Krzywonos, Anna Sobecka, Wojciech Saługa, Małgorzata Adamczak, Bartłomiej Misiewicz, Marek Konopka.