-- 300LIVE: JAKI PRESENTS HIS FIRST COMMITMENT, MASTALEREK ON JAKI WANTING TO DO IT: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/04/30/

-- KIERWIŃSKI PUBLISHES A FALSE LEAD IN WPOLITYCE STATING MOSSAD IS INTERFERING IN JAKI'S CAMPAIGN: “Comments immediately flooded in under the tweets from people who were absolutely convinced the screenshot was real. I wonder if Marcin Kierwiński and Sławomir Neumann will decide to apologize for misleading public opinion. This is the bottom, gentlemen MPs…” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/392377-obrzydliwa-manipulacja-w-wykonaniu-marcina-kierwinskiego-posel-po-zamiescil-fejkowy-screen-ze-strony-wpolitycepl

-- UNION MEMBERS ARE NOT WITHDRAWING FROM THE LOT STRIKE: “Instead of being on planes, they will appear before the headquarters of Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT to protest. On Tuesday, no machine of the Polish carrier may take off from Warsaw's Okęcie. Despite a court order prohibiting it, union members do not intend to back down from the strike.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/zwiazkowcy-uziemia-lot_1052086.html

-- PALIKOT: TRZASKOWSKI VEL KOMOROWSKI - writes Janusz Palikot on his blog: “The PO and Nowoczesna candidate for Mayor of Warsaw is following in Bronisław Komorowski's footsteps, and if he doesn't change that, he will lose. And to Jaki!!! I'm sorry to write this, especially since I know it won't help. But I'm writing for the sake of my own conscience. Trzaskowski, like Komorowski, thinks Jaki is nobody and shows a kind of superiority. This is the first step to ruin. Secondly, Trzaskowski focuses on Jaki's flaws and lack of stature, rather than on Warsaw's problems. Moreover, his tours are irrelevant if the issues he raises don't resonate. Trzaskowski urgently needs a personal trainer and a change of strategy, otherwise he'll lose.” http://palikot.pl/trzaskowski-vel-komorowski/

-- ZDROJEWSKI DOES NOT RULE OUT RUNNING IN WROCŁAW - SE: “Therefore, Zdrojewski is looking for a more favorable solution for Wrocław. - I am meeting with candidates from other political groups - he admits openly. However, his observations indicate that it will be difficult to find a candidate supported by the majority of opposition groups to PiS. That's why he is considering running himself. - It's a last resort, but for the good of the city, I am willing to sacrifice a lot - he tells us. If he decides to run, he will be the absolute favorite. However, this will certainly not please Schetyna. Therefore, it is possible that the PO MEP will leave the party and run as an independent candidate for the elections.” http://m.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/zdrojewski-przeciw-po_1051934.html

-- JACEK ŻAKOWSKI ON HOW TO DEAL WITH TEFLON PIŚ - writes in GW: “The point is not to repeat that history, but to use its effective mechanism based on a few simple tricks. The first trick was the exchange of people. Not entirely new ones, but those less burdened and better suited to the new situation. That is, Kwaśniewski, Oleksy, Miller – for Jaruzelski, Rakowski, etc. The second trick was the confession of sins. We know what we did wrong. We apologize. It will not happen again. The third trick was the acceptance of change and the defense of its unfair victims. Democracy – yes, decommunization – no. Market – yes, sacrifices – no. The fourth trick was a new brand. SdRP for PZPR.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,233314,siedem-chwytow-na-pis-ktory-od-dwoch-lat-strzela-sobie-w-stopy.html

-- CZARZASTY: ANYONE WHO CRITICIZES 500+ IS SIMPLY STUPID - he told Jacek Żakowski: “- These parties are criticizing the program that didn't come up with it. Anyone who says it's bad that the number of 400,000 children who were underfed has decreased by 95% is simply stupid – Czarzasty stated.”

-- FROM DEFENSE SPENDING, CZARZASTY WOULD LIKE TO FINANCE PENSIONS: “By reducing these expenditures to 1% of the budget, one could, as Czarzasty says, 'help people.' - For example, correlate the minimum wage with the minimum pension and disability benefit. A 500+ program for the older generation. If the state can afford it, and I hear every day that it can, then this money can be invested in progress, education, technology, science, because that is the most important, and help people – said the head of the SLD. According to Włodzimierz Czarzasty, such an equal wage-pension could initially be PLN 2,100, and later grow up to EUR 1,000.” http://www.tokfm.pl/Tokfm/7,103454,23339502,czarzasty-rzad-mowi-ze-na-wszystko-nas-stac-podniesmy-wiec.html

-- SCHETYNA: WE WILL HAVE TO DO THE SPLITS, ONLY THIS WAY CAN WE GET 40% AND PUSH PIS ASIDE - as he says in an interview with Piotr Szubartowicz on gazeta.pl: “It might even resemble the splits for a moment, but it must create a structure for 40 percent support. There is no other way.”

-- SCHETYNA ON A COALITION FROM NOWACKA TO UJAZDOWSKI: “I think a coalition from Nowacka to Ujazdowski is possible and that every democrat will fit into it, because despite serious differences, we can find common ground and show it. Especially since local government elections are not about the anti-abortion act or worldview issues, but about how cities are run, decentralization, taxpayers' money, etc. Well, but if they want to go alone, they will go alone.”

-- THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IS NOT SEXY - Schetyna tells Szubartowicz: “However, if you ask me why we are not presenting a detailed program or a grand, common vision for Poland after PiS today, I answer: a year and a half before the parliamentary elections, only a suicidal person or someone who doesn't understand politics would do that. Now we are moving forward with a strong, tough local government program, which very aggressively promotes primarily decentralization, transferring competencies to lower levels, eliminating voivodeship offices, strengthening funding. This is not sexy, because a local government program cannot be such that everyone says: bravo, we've been waiting for this for years!”

-- SCHETYNA RETURNS TO THE CONCEPT OF A CONSERVATIVE ANCHOR: “However, I believe that we, as Civic Platform, must build a party with strong pillars – a conservative and a liberal one – because only then can we win against PiS. I used to talk about a conservative anchor, and many people cringed, but I talked about it in the context that Platform should not shift entirely to the left. A left-wing party will not win against PiS, because PiS is such a statist-socialist monster that coddles its social electorate and doesn't let it drift too much to the left-wing parties. That's why I think we need to very carefully build a broad center, reasonably expand it, and extend it to the waverers and the unconvinced on both sides.”

-- SCHETYNA SAYS THERE WILL BE NO REVENGE, BUT THOSE WHO BREAK THE CONSTITUTION WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: “There will be no revenge, but all those who have broken the constitution will be brought to justice. I strongly declare this. We will certainly not commit the sin of omission this time. However, I will also quote a classic on this occasion – Jarosław Kaczyński: the honest have nothing to fear.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23332279,schetyna-musimy-zrobic-szpagat-tylko-tak-da-sie-zdobyc-40.html#Z_MT

-- WŁADYSŁAW KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ SAYS PSL WILL NOT TAKE THE COUNTRYSIDE FROM PIS BY WORKING WITH LIBERALS - as he says in an interview with Jacek Nizinkiewicz in RZ: “Studies show that only PSL can take votes from PiS in the countryside and in smaller towns. We will not do that by working with liberals. This does not mean that I do not see the need to build a broad electoral bloc. There is space for a social coalition co-created, for example, with urban and rural movements.”

-- KOSINIAK ON A FIELD EMERGING FOR A THIRD CANDIDATE IN WARSAW:“It is no secret that Stefaniak is in the running for the capital. After what the PO and PiS candidates have shown this week, a rather large field is emerging for a third candidate who will start a dialogue with the people of Warsaw, not a monologue with their opponents.”

-- KOSINIAK ON MAJCHROWSKI'S SUPPORT ALSO BY URBAN MOVEMENTS - he tells Nizinkiewicz: “In my hometown of Krakow, we naturally support Jacek Majchrowski, who – I hope – will announce his candidacy after the May long weekend. And he will receive support from all opposition forces – from PSL, SLD, PO, Nowoczesna, and even urban movements. Only in this way can we stop PiS from conquering Krakow.”

-- KOSINIAK ON NIZINKIEWICZ'S QUESTION ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS FOR 300POLITYKA: “Perhaps it's not very political, but I don't want to add fuel to the fire today. I spent many hours with the protesters, I know how difficult such conversations are. I understand their extremely difficult situation, I got to know their very personal stories. And I support them in their efforts to achieve help.” http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/304299968-Kosiniak-Kamysz-Horda-ludzi-PiS-skoczyla-na-spolki.html

-- MARCIN FIJOŁEK ON JAKI'S CHANCES: “There is another aspect that could prove decisive. It's about ambition, the desire to 'bite the grass,' and the conviction that even in added time, they will manage to score the winning goal. Patryk Jaki entered this race with full determination – I don't know how long this enthusiasm will last, especially when the campaign reaches a deadlock, when polls stagnate, and indicate no significant chances of winning. But for now – especially against the mannered and simply absent Trzaskowski – it looks impressive. A quickly established strategy, exploiting Trzaskowski's slip-up (with the message about Warsaw natives from time immemorial and 'słoiki' [outsiders]), and finally – the will to act. Even small things like the meetings below with young footballers. These are small pieces of the puzzle, but who knows if they won't be crucial.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/392241-patryk-jaki-gra-wyborczy-mecz-na-wyjezdzie-ale-jesli-taktyka-bedzie-schlodzenie-emocji-i-konkret-ma-szanse-nastraszyc-faworytow

-- PIS CAN CALCULATE THAT A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THE PRESIDENT IS BETTER THAN THE HUMILIATION OF THE ENTIRE CAMP - writes Michał Szułdrzyński in RZ: “PiS can calculate in this way: it is better for the ruling camp if the referendum does not happen at all than if it is organized and Poles ignore it. In other words – a slap in the face for the president is better than the humiliation of the entire ruling camp due to low turnout.”

-- PIS WILL BE A HOSTAGE OF DUDA - Szułdrzyński writes: “The situation looks different in the longer term. Ahead of next year's elections, PiS will be a hostage of Duda, because a spectacular veto could sink PiS's image as an effective party fulfilling its promises during the campaign. And the president is already sending overly clear signals that the time for signing ill-conceived, hastily written laws is over.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/304299960-Szuldrzynski-Referendalny-klincz-prezydenta.html&template=restricted

-- PIOTR WÓJCIK WRITES ABOUT TAXING MILLIONAIRES WHO ESCAPE INTO BUSINESS ACTIVITY: “If PiS wants to reach deeper pockets to finance assistance for the disabled, instead of introducing bizarre extraordinary levies, it should reform the Polish tax system. Especially the personal income tax. All personal income should be taxed and subject to social security contributions on the same principles. PiS should abolish the flat-rate PIT for entrepreneurs, so that all self-employed, including Polish millionaires, settle according to the progressive tax scale. It should also introduce a third PIT rate for income above PLN 250,000 annually at 40%. It should also abolish the tax on capital gains (the 19% Belka tax), and capital gains should be added to other personal income in the annual tax return and taxed on the same principles. As a result, Polish millionaires living off dividends would also pay progressive PIT. Of course, the whole thing should be complemented by a sensible reform of social security contributions, so that contributions correspond to the income earned by entrepreneurs. Such a comprehensive reform would, of course, be much more difficult to implement than introducing a temporary levy, but it would be much more sensible. The government would find funds for the disabled, and our tax system would take a step towards civilizational standards.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23331340,wojcik-milionerzy-na-liniowym-polska-klasa-srednia-placi-wyzsze.html

-- GLIŃSKI DEFENDS HIS DECISION IN SE: “- This is absolute nonsense, insinuations, and I will return to it. And returning to the transaction – this money could not have been allocated to pension or health needs of groups in difficult situations. It's a different pot, which is not always available in the budget. Now it has appeared thanks to the good work of the PiS government. And something that is estimated at 10 billion dollars, we bought for just over 100 million euros. Not to mention additional savings.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/glinski-dla-se-tamara-czartoryska-mowi-bzdury_1052118.html

-- ROBERT BIEDROŃ SAYS HE IS A PATRIOT AND LOVES POLAND - in an interview with gazeta.pl: “I love it. I am a patriot. I proudly sing 'Rota' written by Maria Konopnicka, who lived in a relationship with Maria Dulębianka, which is not taught in schools. I am proud to be Polish. And I am not indifferent. Really. I also know that politics can be more fun. And that the state can be more fun.” http://weekend.gazeta.pl/weekend/1,152121,23310068,robert-biedron-andrzej-duda-nie-odcial-pepowiny-od-prezesa.html -- LEX DEWELOPER WILL NOT PASS QUICKLY - GW's top story: “Critics of the government's 'lex developer' law are increasing within the government itself. The Ministry of Culture believes it will deepen spatial chaos and devastate urban landscapes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assesses that the project contradicts EU law. The authors plan to amend the project.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,23327558,nie-ma-zgody-w-rzadzie-co-do-lex-deweloper-minister-glinski.html

-- HMM… IN SE, PHOTOS OF SENATOR JACKOWSKI IN THE "NUDE" BATHING IN THE BALTIC SEA: http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/jackowski-blysnal-nad-baltykiem-naga-prawda-o-senatorze-pis_1052069.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Rostowski, Sławomir Neumann, Mikołaj Lizut, Anna Bańkowska, Steve Mull, TUESDAY: Piotr Skwieciński, Jarosław Sellin, Joanna Szczepkowska, Andrzej Wojtyła.