-- CZARZASTY, THROUGH PROTASIEWICZ, ASKS ABOUT THE CONCORDAT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/06/08/

-- 8 SEJM DEPUTIES FROM THE CIVIC PLATFORM – INCLUDING SCHETYNA, KIERWIŃSKI, AND GRUPIŃSKI – VOTED AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF PIĘTA FROM THE AMBER GOLD COMMISSION: http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,23509562,stanislaw-pieta-stracil-miejsce-w-komisji-amber-gold-przeciwko.html

-- JAN ŚPIEWAK ON 16 THOUSAND SIGNATURES FOR CENTRAL PARK: “We already have over 16,000 verified signatures for the Warsaw Central Park. It's amazing :) If you haven't signed yet, you can do so at www.parkcentralny.pl” https://www.facebook.com/JanDawidSpiewak/?hc_ref=ARTspMiYb2c4zrVPhh7r0pw8Vn4XdXnw8aG1CFF0H6wlQezuVo_69W8Sd0O4Pbyoyz4&fref=nf

-- ZUZANNA DĄBROWSKA ON THE LEFT CANDIDATE HAVING A CHANCE FOR THE 2ND ROUND IN WARSAW: “This is a conservative strategy (is it fitting for the left?). Polls indicate that a strong left-wing candidate could aim for the second round of elections if they tried very hard. There is potential among voters.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/306079898-Dabrowska-Lewica-rozplynela-sie-w-stolicy.html

-- RAFAŁ'S BENCH DISAPPEARS; TRZASKOWSKI WAS SUPPOSED TO TALK ON IT WEEKLY, BUT IT'S BEEN GONE FOR 9 DAYS: “Has Rafał Trzaskowski already grown tired of meeting Warsaw residents on his legendary blue bench he used to tour Warsaw with? There's much to suggest so. As Sebastian Kaleta noted, the Civic Platform candidate was supposed to meet with Warsaw residents every week, but it's been 9 days and Trzaskowski and his bench are nowhere to be seen.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/397721-kaleta-alarmuje-zaginela-niebieska-lawka-trzaskowskiego-znuzenie-kampania-czy-chec-unikniecia-kolejnych-wpadek

-- BIEDROŃ: JAKI IS VERY AUTHENTIC, HE SPEAKS FROM THE HEART – Robert Biedroń said on Kropka nad I: “If things continue like this, Jaki will win the election – he said: Patryk Jaki is very authentic to me, because he speaks from the heart.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/397731-niebywale-robert-biedron-chwali-patryka-jakiego-jak-tak-dalej-pojdzie-to-wygra-wybory-dla-mnie-jest-bardzo-autentyczny-bo-mowi-z-serca

-- ZBIGNIEW HOŁDYS ON TWITTER: “Biedroń is right when he says Jaki can win in Warsaw. He's already winning.” https://twitter.com/ZbigniewHoldys/status/1004801373739868162

-- HOŁDYS ON THE REACTION TO HIS TWEET: “The reactions to my post about Jaki's potential victory in Warsaw (which Biedroń also indicated today) confirm my belief that we are not learning anything. Why did the nation love Duda, Szydło, and Macierewicz? For truth and knowledge? For emotions. Good luck, sleepers.” https://twitter.com/ZbigniewHoldys/status/1004808439556726785

-- ZBIGNIEW HOŁDYS ON THE OPPOSITION ON FACEBOOK: “Today I hear from opposition politicians that one should say a candy is delicious, even though everyone sees it isn't. They ask to say it's fantastically delicious and convince that it's cosmically packaged – but it isn't. It's made of plastic, has no taste, and you can tell it's made with bad sugar. If they don't change the recipe of this candy – they will lose the election. And no amount of complaining about Hołdys for not praising it sufficiently will help here. Especially since I have my own taste. Maybe fucked up, but my own. Good Night And Good Luck.” https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1648011781915149&id=100001190308367

-- CZARZASTY DEFENDS BIEDROŃ: “Could the activists and activists of the Civic Platform please leave @RobertBiedron alone? According to you, is every critical word towards the Civic Platform, Trzaskowski, Schetyna support for the Law and Justice party? Is there only PiS and You in Poland? Have you gone mad? Does the left not have the right to its own assessments?” https://twitter.com/wlodekczarzasty/status/1004968788754825216

-- PROFESSOR RACIBORSKI ON JAKI'S GROWING CHANCES AND TRZASKOWSKI REPEATING MISTAKES: “Patryk Jaki has a greater chance of becoming the mayor of Warsaw today than he did a few weeks ago. His chances are still growing. He is more energetic. He wants to become the capital's mayor more than Rafał Trzaskowski – says Prof. Domański. – The Civic Platform candidate is repeating the mistakes from his party's previous campaigns. He lacks a coherent strategy and is passive. However, the advantage of PiS opponents in the capital still works in Trzaskowski's favor – he adds.” http://www.rp.pl/Wybory-samorzadowe/306079908-Sondaz-Kandydat-PiS-powinien-zrezygnowac.html

-- WIRTUALNA POLSKA ON TRZASKOWSKI'S CAMPAIGN: “Trzaskowski – due to, among other things, numerous, perhaps not fully thought-out statements – is sinking into an image crisis. Statements that the Central Communication Port is not needed in Poland because a similar one will be built in Berlin any moment, or that the Civic Platform candidate and his associates still don't really know 'what Warsaw is supposed to be about,' are self-inflicted wounds. Even people within the Platform admit this.”

-- MICHAŁ KAMIŃSKI ON BEING BLAMED FOR TRZASKOWSKI'S POOR CAMPAIGN: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIVIC PLATFORM'S CAMPAIGN? TYSZKIEWICZ, AND WHO WAS HE 3 YEARS AGO? “If Rafał Trzaskowski blames me for the unsuccessful campaign, it only shows his desperation. If he sees me as a problem in his campaign, it's flattering, of course, but for his own good, I wish he would look for these problems elsewhere. For his own sake – Kamiński told WP. He adds that Rafał Trzaskowski overestimates him. – I only see and say what others see and say. Who is responsible for the Civic Platform's local election campaign? Robert Tyszkiewicz. And who was Robert Tyszkiewicz 3 years ago? – Kamiński asks rhetorically in an interview with WP. Tyszkiewicz – currently acting secretary general of the party, a 'baron' of the Platform in the Podlasie region – was the head of Bronisław Komorowski's campaign staff in 2015. Does he have a direct influence on Trzaskowski's campaign in Warsaw today? We wanted to ask Tyszkiewicz himself, but he did not respond to our request for contact.”

-- WP ON KINGA GAJEWSKA'S ROLE IN TRZASKOWSKI'S CAMPAIGN: “– I am not a spokesperson, there is no official campaign staff yet – the MP tells us. The young Civic Platform parliamentarian – also active in Komorowski's campaign – is reportedly responsible for social media and the 'virtual' aspect of the Civic Platform candidate's Warsaw campaign. When we ask Gajewska about this, she doesn't deny it: – I'm helping, like any other Civic Platform politician. All hands on deck. We want to win this campaign. I've been involved in social media from the beginning, not just during Rafał's campaign. We are working hard for our candidate to win.” https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/trzaskowski-jak-komorowski-nic-go-tak-nie-irytuje-jak-to-porownanie-6260229687384193a

-- FIRED LOT UNION ACTIVIST ON THE DAMAGE TO THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY: “– I don't want my children to live in such a Poland – she announces in an interview with strajk.eu. – A country where there is no room for free trade unions is not a free country. It must be stated – this is happening with the consent and approval of PiS. The same government that talks about taxing foreign capital allows the pathology of 'gig economy' contracts to exist in state-owned companies. This is theft from the budget and citizens. If these funds were not lost through lower contributions and taxes, which is the case with precarious contracts, they could be allocated, for example, to support parents of disabled people. Therefore, if we demand certain standards from foreign investors, we should demand them from companies managed by the state as well – notes the former strike leader.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/artykuly/575673,monika-zelazik-strajk-lot-zwolnienie-dyscyplinarne.html

-- MARCIN MASTALEREK ON EMPLOYMENT AT LOT: TOP ABSURDITY, STEWARDESSES DON'T RUN ANY COMPANIES – he says to SE: “It's an absurdity. Stewardesses and pilots don't run any companies. They should have employment contracts that give them full rights to holidays, days off, sick leave. Forcing them to set up sole proprietorships is a fiction. LOT is a state-owned company, so everything that happens there reflects on the current government.”

-- LET THE MINISTERS EMPLOY THEMSELVES AS SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS IF THEY THINK IT'S NORMAL – MASTALEREK FURTHER IN SE: “If ministers in the PiS government think this is normal, then they should perform their duties by employing themselves as sole proprietorships. Do they tolerate forcing pilots and stewardesses, whose quality and qualifications determine passenger safety and lives, into this? Then the ministers should also register 'minister' sole proprietorships. It even sounds proud.”

-- MASTALEREK ON TURBOLIBERALS WHO WANTED TO PRIVATIZE SIDEWALKS: “Mr. Milczarski has never had anything to do with PiS. He doesn't understand the PiS program. He doesn't understand that it was a program for building a solidarity state. His views are pure turboliberalism. It's a fashionable word on the right lately. PiS politicians accuse the previous government of turboliberalism, yet a person with such views is part of the 'good change' team. He is an unfulfilled politician from a completely different part of the political scene. Unfortunately, thanks to PiS, he can implement his extreme, turboliberal views. He is associated with a political environment that seriously discussed the proposal to 'privatize sidewalks.' He calls himself a 'libertarian,' but he continues the policy of his predecessors associated with the Civic Platform. He praises the former CEO of LOT for his fight against trade unions!”

-- JACEK KARNOWSKI ON MEDIA CORRECTION USING OTHER SOLUTIONS: “Were we really dealing with a typical 'fake news'? It's worth being precise: both media reports and statements from ruling party politicians referred to a draft law that lies ready in the Minister of Culture's drawer but hasn't been acted upon. Therefore, we cannot rule out that we are dealing with a slightly more complex situation, namely, considering a media correction, but through other solutions.”

-- KARNOWSKI ON MEDIA DOMINANCE AND ASYMMETRY: “The temptation to return to the issue seems understandable. As we have written many times on our portal – after two and a half years of the 'good change,' the important media centers of the Third Polish Republic have not only regained a sense of security but also that characteristic self-confidence, perhaps even arrogance, that accompanied them during the period ending with the 2015 elections. The election results temporarily suspended the old rules in a way, but reality cannot be deceived. Asymmetry remains asymmetry, media dominance also remains dominance, and it influences the social interpretation of reality. Today, this dominance is effectively, and increasingly effectively, used.” https://wpolityce.pl/media/397697-jeszcze-o-dekoncentracji-mediow-czy-rzeczywiscie-mielismy-do-czynienia-z-typowym-fake-newsem

-- MICHAŁ SUTOWSKI ON PROTECTING STUDENTS: HOW MANY MORE SUCH CHANCES DOES THE OPPOSITION INTEND TO SLEEP THROUGH? – he writes in Krytyka: “Regarding the reform of universities, one cannot, of course, count on massive 'Let's Save the (Student) Little Ones'; nevertheless, it's hard to find a better impulse to build a narrative about a friendly, fairer state that considers the interests of the weaker, which understands modernity in terms of developmental potential and life chances, not abstract indicators and ranking points. One would want to dramatically ask – how many more such chances for 'Events' does the opposition intend to sleep through? The topic is lying on the street, the drama was ready to be written, but the director and the team are still missing.” http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/sutowski-czy-politycy-stana-za-studentami-protestujacymi-przeciw-ustawie-2-0/

-- PIOTR SKWIECIŃSKI BELIEVES GOWIN'S REFORM HARMS THE PROVINCES: “I am not a supporter of the higher education reform proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Gowin. Mainly because – I have expressed this conviction several times – it harms the provinces and the intelligentsia living there, while unilaterally favoring the metropolitan model of country development, which I consider harmful. Incidentally, I am not the only one – a large part of the Fourth Republic's formations has similar intuitions.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/398562-reforma-uczelni-zagrozenia-nie-te-inne-i-z-innej-strony

-- THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROCEEDS AND STICKS TO TIMMERMANS' LINE - Tomasz Bielecki: “A representative of the European Commission, during Thursday's meeting of EU country ambassadors in Brussels, asked the Council of the EU (ministers of the Union countries) to conduct a formal hearing of Poland on the rule of law. This is another step under Article 7.1, which means the Commission was not convinced by Poland's minor concessions regarding the controversial judicial laws. Since the Commission wants this hearing, there is no question of slowing down, suspending, or closing the Article 7 proceedings for now. The Commission thus sticks to the firm line of its First Vice-President Frans Timmermans.” http://amp.dw.com/pl/bruksela-idzie-do-przodu-z-artykułem-7/a-44116113?

-- TIMMERMANS SHARPENED HIS TONE BECAUSE HE FELT INTERNALLY STRENGTHENED - KATARZYNA SZYMAŃSKA-BORGINON ON RMF: “One of my contacts at the EC believes that the 'price of Timmermans' is still an issue, meaning 'what can Juncker give him to back down.' Others believe, however, that 'Juncker can give Timmermans little, because he is already playing for a position in the next commission.' Moreover, from the moment he received a preliminary promise from The Hague that he could be a candidate for commissioner (Prime Minister Rutte would thus settle the issue of disputes over this position among coalition partners), he has significantly sharpened his tone. Furthermore, if he were to close the matter with Poland on the current terms, the European Parliament would criticize him for a 'dirty compromise' with Warsaw.”

-- THE MATTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN APRIL – SZYMAŃSKA-BORINON FURTHER: “The chances for compromise and normalization in relations with the EC are dwindling. 'Perhaps the matter should have been closed in April?' – wonders one of my contacts. Exceeding this deadline means we have already entered the logic of the European Parliament election campaign and disputes over EU funds. Additionally, party, personal, and national interests will come into play throughout the entire matter.” http://fakty.interia.pl/raporty/raport-unia-europejska/polska-w-ue/news-rmf-timmermans-kontra-juncker-czyli-brzydka-dyskusja-o-polsc,nId,2591444

-- NITRAS WILL SUE TERLECKI: “I intend to file a lawsuit for mobbing by Deputy Marshal Terlecki. What Terlecki is doing meets the legal criteria for mobbing. It's workplace harassment, unjustified financial penalties, and preventing me from performing my duties. I am consulting with a lawyer on this matter – PO MP Sławomir Nitras tells Onet, referring to the penalty of three salaries deducted and a ban on travel on delegations. The MP was penalized today by the Marshal of the Sejm.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/slawomir-nitras-zapowiada-pozew-przeciwko-terleckiemu/q500hpq

-- NITRAS SPEAKS OF TERLECKI'S REVENGE: “– I don't know what the penalty is for. I haven't received such information. I think Deputy Marshal Ryszard Terlecki wanted revenge for my speech a month ago, in which I pointed out that he had reduced everyone's salaries, but forgot about himself – commented MP Sławomir Nitras on the spot in an interview with wiadomości.co. And he added: – These are continuous persecutions.” https://wiadomo.co/pis-szykanuje-nitrasa-terlecki-sie-msci/

-- GŁODŹ'S STATEMENT - I WAS A VICTIM OF RZ ACCUSATIONS: “Today, for the second time, I am a victim of a system that cunningly cornered Poles working in the Roman Curia, often under the guise of casual conversations with representatives of the Polish Embassy in Rome, the Consulate, and LOT. I was a victim of surveillance, but I never cooperated with communist services, as is evident from the presented documents.” http://niezalezna.pl/227279-arcybiskup-reaguje-na-publikacje-onetu-i-rz-mamy-oswiadczenie-abpa-slawoja-leszka-glodzia

-- A FARCE INSTEAD OF PRIMARIES - PIOTR TRUDNOWSKI on Jagielloński24: “The Warsaw coalition of non-partisan district movements gathered around the 'Miasto Jest Nasze' (The City is Ours) association has just announced that it will choose a candidate for the capital's mayor through primaries. Every supporter of democratizing Polish politics should keep their fingers crossed for the success of this initiative. Unfortunately, the initially presented formula for the primaries makes the dream of democratization likely to end in a farce. It's a shame, because we need such innovations in politics like air.”

-- THESE ARE NOT PRIMARIES AT ALL - TRUDNOWSKI FURTHER: “Unfortunately, that's the theory. In practice, the Warsaw coalition's idea sounds less interesting. 'Organizations affiliated with the coalition will be able to vote in them' – we read. Not even 'members of affiliated organizations,' but – as can be understood – organizations as such, in a 'one association, one vote' formula. Thus, for now, all the primaries will be limited to casting… nine votes. It's hard to consider the entire procedure as real primaries, but rather as a form of open competition or negotiation among coalition partners. This is a valuable novum, but unfortunately much less daring than one might expect. On a side note, it's also worth noting that the 'debate of candidates' is scheduled for next week. It looks as if all the real candidacies are already ready, the list is closed, and invitations for new people and groups are purely formal.”

-- PRIMARIES LIKE KOMOROWSKI'S REFERENDUM - TRUDNOWSKI'S CONCLUSION: “Even the best ideas, born of good intentions – I don't take that away from the capital's activists – can compromise an idea for a long time if they are poorly executed. A prime example is the referendum announced in the electoral fervor by Bronisław Komorowski in 2015, which, as we can see in practice, has undermined both supporters of direct democracy and proponents of electoral reform for years (one of the questions then was about single-member constituencies).” http://jagiellonski24.pl/2018/06/07/potrzebujemy-prawyborow-o-inicjatywie-warszawskich-ruchow-miejskich/

-- READERSHIP OF ALL NEWSPAPERS IS FALLING, GAZETA WYBORCZA AT ITS LOWEST POINT IN HISTORY - WIRTUALNE MEDIA: “Its average result has decreased by 19.87 percent to 96,603 copies; at the same time, it was the largest drop in the ranking. This is the weakest result for the title headed by Adam Michnik in its history.” https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/wyniki-sprzedazy-dziennikow-kwiecien-2018-fakt-liderem

-- THE PRESIDENT AT THE DENTIST OR PERHAPS AT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY? - SE: “You don't leave a dentist with bags like that. So, was Andrzej Duda's visit caused by something more than concern for his teeth? Judging by his worried expression and the substantial briefcase he carried when leaving the clinic, the president either has a serious jaw condition or has just had a serious conversation with Jarosław Kaczyński. We bet on the latter.” https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/prezydent-duda-w-szpitalu-u-prezesa-z-tajemnicza-czarna-teczka-aa-uBRa-VZhE-rVNc.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Tomasz Czudowski, Piotr Kucma, Arkadiusz Franas, Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Kora Jackowska.