-- PRIME MINISTER IN BERLIN, MAJCHROWSKI ON THE CLASH: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/06/19/

-- ANNA SŁOJEWSKA IN RZ ON DOUBTS ABOUT TRZASKOWSKI'S STATEMENT - ON THE VERGE OF LOYALTY TO ONE'S OWN COUNTRY: “However, Rafał Trzaskowski's statement on Twitter raises doubts: 'EU funds for Poland, for Warsaw are at risk. We managed to convince our European partners not to have them taken away, but frozen.' It would be unprecedented to withdraw funds as a sanction, meaning not to give a chance for behavioral improvement. It would also be on the verge of loyalty to one's own country to request the withdrawal of funds. Either Trzaskowski is taking credit for non-existent achievements, or he should explain whom he convinced.” http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/306189907-Fundusze-moga-byc-zamrozone.html&template=restricted

-- PETRU BELIEVES FREEZING IS AN ILL-CONSIDERED PROPOSAL - tells Jacek Nizinkiewicz in RZ: “It is an ill-considered proposal. After the UK leaves the European Union, there will simply be less money for everyone. No one will agree to any freezing, because what is not allocated to Poland will go to others. Civic Platform (PO) should focus on the Timmermans and Verhofstadt issue in the European Parliament, not abstain from voting. This is Poland's national interest.”

-- PETRU TELLS NIZINKIEWICZ ABOUT REPEATING KOMOROWSKI'S MISTAKES IN TRZASKOWSKI'S CAMPAIGN: “The Civic Platform coalition is fielding PO candidates for mayors across the country and should focus on promoting them and running a good campaign. Especially here in Warsaw, where the risk of Trzaskowski losing is growing with each week, as the mistakes from Bronisław Komorowski's campaign are being repeated.” http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/180619286-Petru-Zajme-miejsce-po-Nowoczesnej.html

-- JACEK KARNOWSKI ON A VETO FOR THE BUDGET: “Paradoxically, the shocking statements of opposition leaders are a clear signal that the Polish government indeed has no other choice but to firmly oppose this solution. Schetyna and Trzaskowski are hiding nothing: it's about a stick to beat countries that have chosen the wrong parties to govern. Perhaps they are 'more honest' than EU officials, or perhaps simply less patient, and spoke out with satisfaction before the regulation came into force. In any case: the plan to hit Poland with the rule of law regulation, revealed by Platform politicians, leaves Warsaw no choice but to fight to the end and with the heaviest weapons. A potential veto will largely be thanks to our opposition. And even looking more broadly at the so-called 'denunciations' – it will be solely their merit.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/400054-platforma-nie-udaje-ze-analizuje-spekuluje-rozwaza-ona-wie-ze-fundusze-zostana-zamrozone-polskie-weto-ws-budzetu-bedzie-w-duzej-mierze-jej-zasluga

-- WPOLITYCE ON THE BACKSTAGE OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S CONVERSATION WITH TIMMERMANS - NOTHING CAN BE PRESSED: “The first part of the meeting lasted almost half an hour. Only after that did a meeting with a wider group take place, where general issues were discussed. Both gentlemen reportedly ended the first part of the meeting in good spirits. The subsequent part also took place in a good atmosphere. According to our information, Timmermans did not accuse the Polish government of specific violations. He reportedly touched upon several issues generally, speaking about the 'combined' result of various changes in the Polish judiciary. It is difficult to say what Timmermans will say in Brussels now. Nothing can be presumed. He says one thing today, and tomorrow he may state that 'it is time for decisive action' – says our interlocutor.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/400059-tylko-u-nas-kulisy-spotkania-morawiecki-timmermans-bylo-o-donosach-na-polske-i-liscie-bylych-prezydentow

-- COULD AGORA ANNOUNCE A BILLION-ZLOTY INVESTMENT IN A REGIME SIMILAR TO THE NAZI ONE? - Michał Karnowski: “Could the Agora concern announce plans to invest nearly a billion zlotys in the next few years (30 times more than the entire turnover of the company publishing this portal!) in a regime similar to the Nazi one? And yet, it has just done so. Is it investing in such a system?! Or does it know that its title lies, that democracy in Poland is doing well?” https://wpolityce.pl/historia/400136-kazdy-miesiac-sporu-o-polskie-reformy-udowadnia-jak-uzytkowo-wyborcza-traktuje-niemieckie-zbrodnie

-- IT IS BEST TO BRING ABOUT A DEADLOCK IN THE COUNCIL - DGP INTERLOCUTOR in Grzegorz Osiecki's article: “From the perspective of the Polish government, the exclusion of the Commission from further proceedings under Article 7 is viewed positively. The government – as one of our sources explains – counts on Member States being less willing to act against Poland. There is a conviction that governments are not interested in the option of voting against themselves in the Council, as it could harm the cohesion of a Union already weakened by Brexit. – It is best to bring about a deadlock in the Council, so that there is a quick vote and an end to the dispute – said the DGP interlocutor. The authorities in Warsaw hope that at the initial stage, it will not be possible to form a group of 22 states that would declare that there is a risk of Poland violating EU values.”

-- THERE WILL BE NO MORE PRO-EUROPEAN POLITICIAN ON THE RIGHT THAN MORAWIECKI - Michał Szułdrzyński: “The alternative is for the Commission to accept the Polish judicial reform on the condition of certain concessions from Warsaw and to give the changes a shape more acceptable in the West. This would mean both sides making concessions. Brussels should remember that it will not find a more pro-European politician willing to cooperate with the EU on the right than Morawiecki.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/306189909-Szuldrzynski-Dopoki-dialog-trwa.html

-- NO PROSPECTS FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH BRUSSELS - title in RZ.

-- GOOD ATMOSPHERE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR AN AGREEMENT - Jędrzej Bielecki in RZ: “The atmosphere of the talks in Warsaw was therefore completely different. But it is not enough for an agreement.” http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/306189912-Morawiecki---Timmermans-Dialog-z-Unia-na-sile.html&template=restricted

-- BRUSSELS WILL GRILL WARSAW - Bartosz T. Wieliński in GW: “However, the grilling effectively takes away the air from the Law and Justice (PiS) government, pushing it into isolation. If it were otherwise, Warsaw would not be so loudly demanding an end to EU procedures, and PiS would not be trying to join the European People's Party. But such a strategy is costly for the EU. A community based on values loses credibility if it cannot defend them decisively.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,23559049,co-wiemy-po-wizycie-timmermansa-bruksela-bedzie-grillowac-warszawe.html

-- EUROPE IS WAITING FOR PIS'S MOVE - Wieliński/Wroński in GW: “According to our information, he was told that Prime Minister Morawiecki would seek changes in the extraordinary complaint institution from President Andrzej Duda. In turn, Timmermans warned Morawiecki against PiS's move on the Supreme Court, where 40% of the judicial staff could be replaced under the law entering into force on July 3. In response, Morawiecki demanded an end to the disciplinary proceedings under Article 7, which is very inconvenient for Poland and, among other things, hinders effective negotiation of the future EU budget.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23559201,timmermans-z-morawieckim-w-warszawie-czego-nie-powiedzieli.html

-- 41 PIS, 27 PO, 7 SLD, 7 KUKIZ, 5 PARTIA RAZEM, 5 PSL - new poll for SE: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/sondaz-partyjny-dla-se-lewica-rosnie-w-sile-zandberg-namieszal-aa-uFfM-8KYk-sKPs.html

-- FAKT ON BRUDZIŃSKI'S NEW PIS BASED ON YOUNG CANDIDATES FOR MAYORS: https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/on-zastapi-kaczynskiego/bw35qyc

-- JURGIEL GONE, PIS FEELS LIGHTER - Krystyna Naszkowska in GW: “Jurgiel himself gave up some time ago. He stopped appearing at public meetings – he wasn't even at the food picnic that his ministry organizes annually in the courtyard of the ministry. He didn't go to Hungary last week for a meeting of Visegrad Group agriculture ministers. He remained silent, although parliamentary corridors buzzed with rumors of his resignation, and MP Krzysztof Ardanowski was increasingly emerging ahead of the minister. No one from PiS defended him when the Civic Platform filed a motion of no confidence, and no one denied the rumors that Ardanowski would replace him, which perhaps hurt the minister the most.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23559286,jurgiel-z-wozu-pis-owi-lzej.html

-- HE COULD NO LONGER BE TOLERATED - A PIS POLITICIAN IN JACEK GĄDEK's article in gazeta.pl: “A PiS politician says: There's no point in bluffing any longer that we have a good minister. He could no longer be tolerated indefinitely. Sentiments in the countryside are getting worse – partly justified, partly not, but they are real. With Jurgiel in the government, PiS will not win in the countryside, and that is precisely the point. We need to decisively opt for a new beginning – he admits. Without this new beginning, PiS would stand to fight for farmers' votes against the Polish People's Party (PSL): PiS as the duck, and PSL as the hunter with a shotgun.”

-- GĄDEK: PIS CHOSE THE TIMING OF JURGIEL'S RESIGNATION MUCH BETTER THAN JURGIEL HIMSELF: “However, the rural community will receive Jurgiel's resignation with great satisfaction and a glimmer of hope as a memorable event. And the rest of the voters – the 'urban' ones – will hear something brief about Jurgiel's resignation, they won't remember the new minister's name because Senegal will be more important than the countryside in Podlasie or Mazovia, where a new outbreak of ASF is appearing. As a result, information about the resignation will mainly reach the rural community and will be good news for them. The rest will not receive it, even in a fragmented form, or not at all. PiS chose the timing of Jurgiel's resignation much better than Jurgiel himself.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23557828,jacek-gadek-pis-przestalo-blefowac-teraz-chce-uciec-do-przodu.html

-- TRAITOR OR PINOCCHIO? - GPC on Trzaskowski.

-- TUSK LOSES TO MEXICO - Krzysztof Karnkowski in GPC: “The reactions of Polish fans on social media to the goal scored by Mexicans in the first half of the German national team's match are bad news for Donald Tusk. Anti-German sentiments are very strong in a large part of our society. The constant, didactic tone of most German commentators does not help to overcome the dislike, rooted in recent history.”

-- INTERNET USERS ON THE LOW ATTENDANCE AT TRZASKOWSKI'S TWEETUP: https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/400102-szalu-nie-ma-trzaskowski-urzadzil-tweetuprafala-internauci-zwracaja-uwage-na-kiepska-frekwencje-komentarze

-- NOT YET A DICTATORSHIP, NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY - MAREK BOROWSKI in conversation with wiadomo.co: “For now, there are still independent, non-PiS media, and one can express oneself, criticize, reveal certain facts. Therefore, it is not yet the death of democracy, but it is a completely new system. I once named it, predicting such actions by PiS, even before the elections, after an article that characterized PiS's intentions regarding the constitution, which it posted on its website. At that time, I called it a demokrature: not yet a dictatorship, but no longer a democracy.”

-- PIS IS UNITED, THE OPPOSITION IS NOT - says Borowski: “Of course, PiS is leading, but a united opposition has more than PiS. Let's not talk about the election results now; in polls, the majority of active Poles speak out against PiS rather than for it. The entire success of PiS lies in the fact that it is united, and the opposition is not.” https://wiadomo.co/marek-borowski-jeszcze-nie-dyktatura-ale-juz-nie-demokracja/

-- TVP CHANNELS RETURNED TO WP.PL PILOT SERVICE: “On Monday, June 18, in the afternoon, TVP 1, TVP 2, and TVP Warszawa were again available in the WP Pilot service offering. However, broadcasts of the World Cup matches will not be available to its users.” https://www.press.pl/tresc/53643,anteny-tvp-wracaja-do-uslugi-wp-pilot

-- THE CAT WANTED TO GO OUT WITH KACZYŃSKI - SE: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/urodziny-prezesa-kaczynskiego-kot-tez-chcial-wyjsc-zdjecia-aa-Simc-qfcP-6kyJ.html

-- KACZYŃSKI AT THE ALLERGIST - Fakt: https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/jaroslaw-kaczynski-w-urodziny-pojechal-do-lekarza/5f9lr7r

-- BIRTHDAYS: Wojciech Balczun, Zygmunt Frankiewicz.