-- CIVIC PLATFORM WITHOUT ITS OWN LIST IN THE GDAŃSK DISTRICT - local GW: “The Civic Platform will most likely not field its own electoral list for the Gdańsk district council. Party activists would prefer to run under a local committee. It's also possible that the mayor of Pruszcz Gdański, Janusz Wróbel, will not run for election under the PO banner.” http://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,23451090,radni-po-w-powiecie-gdanskim-chca-lokalnego-komitetu-burmistrz.html

-- JACEK ŻAKOWSKI STRONGLY CRITICIZES THE PLATFORM FOR NOT SIGNING THE DECLARATION - as he writes in GW: “The absence of a signature from an official PO representative suggests that either it is still not obvious to the Platform, or party games to distinguish themselves from the opposition benches are more important to them than the obvious truth.”

-- ŻAKOWSKI ON THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLATFORM'S SCHEMING: “The fact that PO is again scheming strangely could have particularly bad consequences as the dispute over Poland, which will ultimately determine its system of government and place in the world, i.e., our future, enters its decisive phase.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23461890,platformo-nie-kombinuj.html

-- SUPPORT FROM THE III RP CAMP WAS HARMFUL - Jacek Karnowski: “This difficult policy of balance brought success to the government. The increasingly political action in the Sejm ended in defeat for the protesters. They bid so high that they eventually found themselves in a dead end. The enthusiastic support from the III RP camp probably harmed them more than it helped, as it pushed the protest into strictly political channels. And the credibility of Nowoczesna, Platforma, or 'Wyborcza' in helping the weakest groups is essentially close to zero, and even the most militant reports from TVN's 'Fakty' will not change that.”

-- WE KNOW WHAT A RECURRENCE WOULD LOOK LIKE - KARNOWSKI'S CONCLUSION: “The basic conclusion is simple. Prime Minister Morawiecki must tell Poles the whole truth. The truth about what the government has done for the weakest, the truth about what it can still do, the truth about how much it will cost the wealthier and the rich, and finally, the truth about what the current opposition did and what it would do if it regained power. We all know what a recurrence of the III RP would look like, where billions would flow again, and what would be the fate of the poorer, weaker social groups.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/396154-premier-morawiecki-wytrzymal-cala-sytuacje-nerwowo-to-naprawde-bylo-balansowanie-na-cienkiej-linie-ale-oplacilo-sie

-- I DON'T WANT A REVOLUTION IN KRAKOW - says Małgorzata Wassermann in an interview with Jacek Nizinkiewicz in RZ: “The residents' problems are also my problems, and I want to solve them together with them. I have a vision for Krakow. Those who know me know that I can be effective. I want to take care of the whole city, but also of every resident. Please remember that I am a woman who looks at various issues a little differently. I don't want a revolution in Krakow, I want things to get better.”

-- WASSERMANN TELLS NIZINKIEWICZ SHE IS NOT A GRUMPY PERSON OR A PROSECUTOR: “But during the campaign, I would like to show that I am not as the media portrays me. I am certainly not grumpy. I want a smiling Krakow, positive, open, because that's how I am too. I am not Prosecutor Wassermann.”

-- WASSERMANN PROVIDES HEARING DATES FOR TUSK PROPOSED DUE TO HIS SCHEDULE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT: “Mid-September, end of September, beginning of October.”

-- I EXPECT A MEDIA SPECTACLE FROM TUSK - WASSERMANN TELLS RZ: “One thing I certainly expect from Prime Minister Tusk – a media spectacle. He will probably make a show of his visit again, he will be escorted by his colleagues, and he will once again put on the garb of a martyr. I have no intention of participating in Donald Tusk's nativity play.” http://www.rp.pl/Amber-Gold/180529437-Wassermann-Trybunal-Stanu-dla-Tuska-Niczego-wykluczyc-nie-mozna.html

-- RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI SAYS THE COURTYARD HE GREW UP IN IN THE OLD TOWN WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST IN WARSAW: “Elite? I grew up in one of the toughest courtyards in Warsaw! (...) In the Old Town. It's true, I've lived in Ursynów for several years, in Kabaty. But I was born in Powiśle, and I lived almost my whole life in Nowe Miasto, on Freta Street.”

-- COMMUNISTS MIXED THE INTELLIGENTSIA WITH OTHER SOCIAL GROUPS - TRZASKOWSKI ON HIS CHILDHOOD: “Rarely. Usually, I could talk my way out of a fight. I was a negotiator type. And the courtyard was tough. The Old Town forty years ago looked a bit different than today. Communists, for lack of housing, crammed people in wherever they could, mixing, for example, the intelligentsia with completely different social groups. You could learn resilience there. Oh, you could.”

-- TRZASKOWSKI TELLS GOSTKIEWICZ THAT HE IS NO ESTABLISHMENT: “And thanks to that, I was never a party apparatchik, someone who has been in the youth wing since the age of 20, and then held party positions and knows nothing beyond holding onto the lapel of some local leader's coat. I'm no establishment. I've never carried folders for anyone.”

-- IT WON'T BE EASY - TRZASKOWSKI WHEN ASKED BY GOSTKIEWICZ IF JAKA CAN WIN: “We'll see who wins. But it won't be easy. These will be the toughest elections in years.”

-- TRZASKOWSKI ON HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH PRIVATIZATION RECLAIMS: “Fortunately, Varsovians have their own minds. They know I had nothing to do with privatization claims. I never held a position in the City Hall, I didn't run it. I emphasize, however, that victims must be approached with empathy and humility, because they have been wronged. However, PiS's credibility on this matter is very low. Where is the privatization law?” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,164031,23452558,rafal-trzaskowski.html#Z_MT

-- WE ARE BEING ATTACKED WITH EXCEPTIONAL FEROCITY AND WE HAVE MANY PROBLEMS - JAROSŁAW GOWIN in an interview with Andrzej Gajcy on Onet: “Focus and seriousness. I am aware that for several months we have been attacked with exceptional ferocity and we have many problems. Maximum concentration and mobilization are needed to overcome them.”

-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI'S MOBILE PHONE RINGS ON HIS NIGHTSTAND - GOWIN: “When political agreements are necessary at the coalition level or important agreements between the government and its political base, then Jarosław Kaczyński's mobile phone rings on the nightstand next to his bed.”

-- GOWIN ON THE GRANT FOR BARBARA ENGELKING'S RESEARCH AS PROOF OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND SCIENCE: “And the fact that Professor Engelking, a person with such strong views on the alleged co-responsibility of Poles for the Holocaust, receives a grant from an institution subordinate to the government, is the best proof that freedom of speech and freedom of science, contrary to what our critics say, are doing very well.”

-- GOWIN ON DONATING THE AWARD TO CARITAS: “With your last question, you are casting doubt not only on my honesty but also on basic intelligence. Everyone can check what awards I have received and how much I have donated to Caritas. Indeed, I used to donate awards to my party or affiliated foundations, but at the moment we made the decision that ministers would donate all funds to Caritas, I solidaristically donated every penny of all funds that came to my account from awards.”

-- GOWIN ON HOW JAKI CAN CAUSE A SURPRISE: “He has enormous internal power and determination. I am convinced that he is capable of causing a great surprise and winning these elections. Secondly, it is easier to delegate a deputy minister to the campaign than the head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery. Michał Dworczyk is currently one of the key figures in the government, and if he were to run, it could affect the government's efficiency. This was a very important argument, which he also raised. This argument, among others, was decisive in our decision to back Patryk Jaki. And Minister Dworczyk will still be a candidate for the most important state positions many times. The future of Polish politics belongs to people like him.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/jaroslaw-gowin-dla-onetu-bylismy-swiadkami-dramatycznego-wolania-o-pomoc-wywiad/wywfl2y.amp?__twitter_impression=true

-- GW ON THE FRONT PAGE ABOUT HOW LECH KACZYŃSKI PRESSED FOR CHARGES AGAINST KOMENDA: “We have proof that then-Attorney General Lech Kaczyński pressed for serious charges against Tomasz Komenda. 18 years later, Komenda turned out to be innocent, and PiS blames the previous government.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23461472,lech-kaczynski-oskarzyc-tego-zbira.html

-- TOMASZ BIELECKI ON THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS SCENARIO FOR POLAND REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EU FUNDS: “The third option is called the 'Slovak variant' by our contacts in EU institutions, because it is strongly promoted by collaborators of the Slovak Maroš Šefčovič, who is one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Commission. Supporters of this option write in their documents about 'transition corridors' because their method 'temporarily' flattens the unpleasant effects of the 'Berlin formula' for Central Europe. In this part of the Union, which has developed well in recent years, a significant number of beneficiaries will start moving into the category of wealthier regions, entitled to smaller subsidies. But with the application of corrections from the 'Slovak variant,' cohesion funds for Poland would decrease from the current 83.9 billion euros to approximately 75.1 billion euros. Thus, the financial effect for Poland would be as if the rules from the 2014-20 period were maintained.” http://amp.dw.com/pl/ile-polska-straci-w-budżecie-ue-na-politykę-spójności/a-43947090

-- HONOR AND GLORY TO THE HEROES - a headline in GW about the protesters.

-- BREJZA'S HOUSE SET ON FIRE - Wojciech Czuchnowski in GW: “On the night between Friday and Saturday, unknown perpetrators attempted to set fire to the apartment building in Inowrocław where PO MP Krzysztof Brejza lives with his family. A gas explosion could have occurred. Brejza is one of the most effective opposition politicians. Government television has been conducting a slander campaign against him for months.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23461427,dom-posla-brejzy-zostal-podpalony-byla-realna-grozba-eksplozji.html

-- ADRIAN ZANDBERG ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LOT CEO'S DECISION FOR PIS - he writes in SE: “Contempt for the weak, intimidation of protesters – all that has happened before, of course. PiS has, however, added something new to this cocktail: a characteristic touch of hypocrisy. The CEO of LOT first comes to share an opłatek (Christmas wafer) with the strikers, and then sends the police after them and fires them.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/terrorysci-i-awanturnicy_1055961.html