-- WHAT IS ANNOUNCED ARE 100 ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS IN WARSAW, DWORCZYK ON SOME ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PFN WHICH ARE JUSTIFIED - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/05/16/

-- INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST BIERNAT - writes wPolityce: “The District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw has filed an indictment with the District Court for Warsaw-Śródmieście against Andrzej Biernat, former Secretary-General of Civic Platform, who is accused of filing false financial statements – the wPolityce.pl portal has established. The former Minister of Sport had been submitting understated figures in his financial statements for several years!” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/394332-tylko-u-nas-jest-akt-oskarzenia-przeciwko-andrzejowi-biernatowi-sprawa-dotyczy-skladania-falszywych-oswiadczen-majatkowych

-- CBA ENTERS THE HOME OF FORMER POLICE CHIEF MAJ - RMF: “CBA officers entered the home of former Police Chief Zbigniew Maj in Kalisz – RMF FM investigative reporters have learned. After the search, Maj is to be transported for questioning and face charges. According to RMF FM information, the case concerns an official offense: exceeding authority. What's more – as our journalists have established – as part of the same investigation, CBA agents have arrested two former heads of the Bureau's delegations from Poznan and Lodz.” http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/news-cba-w-domu-bylego-szefa-policji-zbigniewa-maja-zarzuty-maja-,nId,2581934

-- JACEK KARNOWSKI WRITES ON TWITTER ABOUT A "INTERESTING, NEW TONE IN THE MFA'S STATEMENT" REGARDING ISRAEL'S SUPPRESSION OF PALESTINIAN PROTESTS: “We are deeply concerned by reports of recent protests in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in dozens of people killed or injured. We appeal to Israel to respect the Palestinians' right to peaceful protest. At the same time, we wish to emphasize that this right cannot be used as a pretext for inciting violence.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/394451-komunikat-msz-dot-wydarzen-w-strefie-gazy-apelujemy-do-izraela-o-poszanowanie-prawa-palestynczykow-do-pokojowych-protestow

-- GAZETA STOŁECZNA CAUTIOUSLY APPRECIATES THE SMOG PROGRAM OF WS (CIVIC PLATFORM): “Later, we heard five commitments. All sensible, which might be surprising for this candidate. What's worse, we've heard them all before.” http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23404900,smog-wyborczy.html

-- GW ON PO'S PROBLEM IN KRAKOW, AS MAJCHROWSKI REJECTS A JOINT LIST AND THUN IS A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE: “What are the potential scenarios for winning Krakow? The first is to put forward a candidate associated with PO. But who – it's unknown. Politicians speak mysteriously about 'a certain wise woman,' most likely referring to Róża Thun, but it's doubtful that the well-known MEP would want to get involved in the Krakow campaign now. Bogusław Sonik, who previously considered running, has already been discouraged by PO's constant repetition of support for Majchrowski. It is unknown if anyone will agree to run only to lose in the first round against Majchrowski and Małgorzata Wassermann. The second variant is to support Grzegorz Filipek, who is the official candidate of Nowoczesna (Modern) for mayor of Krakow. But PO politicians say the party nominated him before forming a coalition with PO. Therefore, it is not binding.” http://krakow.wyborcza.pl/krakow/7,44425,23404555,wybory-2018-koalicja-obywatelska-szuka-kandydata-na.html

-- WROCLAW COALITION IN SUSPENSION - headline in GW: “For the local elections in Wroclaw, a broad bloc of local government officials, the SLD, and Nowoczesna was to be formed. However, the national authorities of Nowoczesna have withheld support for Jacek Sutryk, who is to be the coalition's joint candidate for mayor.”

-- GW ON THE CHAOS IN NOWOCZESNA: “Meanwhile, yesterday the national board of Nowoczesna did not approve the proposal from the region. It only acknowledged the position of the Lower Silesian structures and the statement by Michał Jaros that he is not giving up his candidacy. – The board decided to seek one, joint candidate for mayor of Wroclaw for the entire democratic opposition. We have given ourselves two weeks for this – Katarzyna Lubnauer told 'Wyborcza'.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23404935,koalicja-w-zawieszeniu-wladze-krajowe-n-nie-chca-sutryka.html

-- PROTESTERS ARE LOSING THEIR NERVES - headline in Fakt.

-- GOVERNMENT WANTS A LEVY - front page of GW.

-- MILLIONAIRES WILL PAY FOR THE DISABLED - headline in Fakt.

-- THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ITS WEAKNESS FOR MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Michał Szułdrzyński in RZ: “Contrary to expectations, we did not learn the details of the new, so-called solidarity tax, but only a public presentation of its assumptions. If the current government is to be remembered for anything, it will be not only the 500+ program but also a great inclination towards multimedia presentations, on which its ideas are presented slide by slide.”

-- IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROTEST IN THE SEJM SERVED AS A PRETEXT TO RAISE TAXES - Szułdrzyński concludes: “So, if the government wants to convince us that it intends to introduce a truly solidarity levy, it will have to work hard. Because for now, it looks like the protest in the Sejm served as a pretext to raise taxes. It has little to do with solidarity.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/305159929-Szuldrzynski-Miala-byc-solidarnosc-zostaly-slajdy.html&cid=44&template=restricted

-- KONRAD SZYMAŃSKI CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE EUROZONE: “On the contrary – we are dealing with the growth of political forces that see membership in the eurozone as a serious obstacle to expressing their economic preferences.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/394453-polska-w-strefie-euro-szymanski-odpowiada-obecnosc-w-unii-walutowej-nie-jest-czynnikiem-gwarantujacym-sukces-gospodarczy

-- ALONE WITHOUT THE EURO - front page of RZ: “Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia want to join Euroland. Countries with their own currency will be on the fringes of the Union.” http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/305159923-Osamotnieni-bez-euro.html&template=restricted

-- THEY FORGOT WHAT THEY DISLIKED ABOUT PO, AND THE QUARRELS AND INCOMPETENCE OF N (NOWOCZESNA) MADE THEIR RETURN EASIER - Adam Leszczyński:“After two years of PiS, these disappointed people have already somewhat forgotten what they disliked about PO, and the quarrels and incompetence of Nowoczesna's leaders have made their return easier. I like liberals. Many of my friends are liberals. They are, without exception, nice, cultured, and honest people who respect the law and observe the rules of social life. However, they live in illusions, the most important of which concerns the country they live in. Illusions in politics come at a price, and Ryszard Petru has just paid. In a few years, there will likely be another contender for the leadership of the Polish liberal party. I don't know who he (or she) will be, but I also know they won't have any understanding of history – like Petru. Because if they did, they wouldn't try to found a liberal party in Poland.” http://m.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/umieranie-nowoczesnej-czyli-dlaczego-w-polsce-nie-bylo-i-nie-bedzie-partii-liberalnej,artykuly,427276,1.html#tw=nw

-- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON PETRU AND NOWOCZESNA'S DEBTS:“It's interesting that, according to Petru, such a stunt, such a glaring lack of responsibility for one's actions and their consequences, doesn't prevent the founder of Nowoczesna from making further plans for the future. Likely reaching far into the future. Likely related to the highest state positions. Even more interesting is that this is being done by a person presenting himself as the living embodiment of the economic wisdom of the Third Polish Republic. One can ask: is this how it works? Is this the business ethic in this world? You launch a project, take out loans, and disappear? The entire story should be well remembered. Also by those social groups who – like the caretakers of disabled people – think that people of this type of formation will actually help them if they come to power.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/394384-jesli-nowoczesna-byla-dzieckiem-ryszarda-petru-to-mozna-uznac-ze-odmowil-on-placenia-alimentow-dlug-jak-chca-to-niech-splacaja

-- JAROSŁAW KURSKI ON RYBICKI'S EXHUMATION - writes in GW: “Prosecutor Jarosław Kałużny, you can be proud of the task you have accomplished. Your official cruelty will be appreciated by your generous superiors. You have now entered history. You are no longer nameless, and your deeds will not be forgotten. They will trail behind you like a foul stench of shame.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23404534,co-sie-chowa-za-plecami-zandarma.html

-- CZAPUTOWICZ ON THE AMERICAN ACT 447 - REPORT FROM A MEETING WITH KIK: “When a Polish citizen dies and has no heir, the property passes to the municipality. And this is how it is everywhere in the world. This is a proposal that the heir to the assets of Polish Jews should not be the Polish state, because it has no right to them as a participant in the Holocaust, but Jewish organizations. This is something unprecedented. We must defend ourselves against this. We cannot be made to believe that they were not Poles and that this does not belong to Poland. After all, we were not Nazis. (...) The fact that the American Congress has introduced something like this and sees no ethical dilemma? Why Poles of Jewish nationality, and not Poles of Polish nationality? (...) If someone is Jewish, they should get the buildings without waiting in line, and a Pole should wait. How can this be? (...) We will never agree to any restitution of unclaimed property. However, the USA is a sovereign state, it has passed the law it has passed.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/394442-tylko-u-nas-minister-czaputowicz-mocno-o-ustawie-447-jak-jest-zyd-to-bez-kolejki-powinien-dostac-kamienice-a-polak-czekac-jak-tak-mozna

-- TOMASZ KRZYŻAK ON THE ENDING PATIENCE OF VOTERS REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF LIFE - writes in RZ: “Jarosław Kaczyński knows perfectly well that he cannot escape this topic. However, simply convincing society that only PiS is a guarantee that 'the leftist cultural revolution, which is the norm in the EU, will not triumph in Poland,' will not be enough to win the next elections. Real action must follow declarations. And the electorate's patience – as shown by the recent picket of life defenders outside the office of MP Joanna Lichocka in Kalisz – is running out.” http://www.rp.pl/Kraj/305159942-Krzyzak-Cierpliwosc-elektoratu-nie-jest-wieczna.html

-- KRZYSZTOF BREJZA ON DRAINING THE STATE - tells Jacek Nizinkiewicz in RZ: “My main accusation against PiS is that they have created a greedy, crude, and illegal system of draining the state to the bone. Meanwhile, we are talking about public money. It is worth speaking loudly about the fact that PiS is essentially an anti-state party.” http://www.rp.pl/Kraj/305159933-Brejza-PiS-stworzyl-system-drenowania-panstwa.html&template=restricted

-- BIRTHDAYS: Andrzej Duda, Igor Zalewski, Marcin Szewczak, Krzysztof Brejza(35), Piotr Gadzinowski.