-- IN 6 DAYS, IMPACT MOBILITY’18 STARTS IN KATOWICE - THE MOST MODERN EVENT ON SMART MOBILITY - GUESTS INCLUDE: MORAWIECKI, EMILEWICZ, KWIECIŃSKI, WILD, AS WELL AS 300POLITYKA AND 300GOSPODARKA - REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN: https://impactcee.com/mobilityrevolution/2018/

-- SCHEURING-WIELGUS SUPPORTED WOJCIECHOWICZ, PALIKOT ON BIEDROŃ'S CHANCES - 300LIVE:https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/09/05/

-- JAKI AT A STEVE JOBS-STYLE CONVENTION - Michał Wojtczuk in Stołek: “Meanwhile, preparations are underway at Jaki's headquarters for a grand event: the PiS candidate's Warsaw convention. - It will be very spectacular, a bit in the style of a Steve Jobs conference - says our informant from Jaki's team. He announces that Jaki will present "a grand project, the main program proposal of this campaign." The convention is scheduled to take place at Hybrydy.”

-- KRYSTYNA PROŃKO TO LEAVE PLATFORM AND SUPPORT WOJCIECHOWICZ - WOJCZUK CONTINUES:“Jacek Wojciechowicz, former deputy mayor and now an independent candidate for president of Warsaw, is organizing a conference with Krystyna Prońko, a PO councilor. This could be another Warsaw local government official to support Wojciechowicz. Over the weekend, three PO councilors did so. The conference begins at 12:30 PM.” http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23863636,jaki-szykuje-konwencje-w-stylu-steve-a-jobsa-trzaskowski-przyciska.html

-- STATE OF PLAY WONDERS IF PROŃKO WILL SING WOJCIECHOWICZ A SONG ABOUT BEING A CURE FOR ALL ILLS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7d3VyB7Ic

-- HOW STRUŻIK DESTROYS GLUSMAN, A CANDIDATE FROM URBAN MOVEMENTS RUNNING AGAINST CIVIC COALITION IN WARSAW - as Wojciech Karpieszuk and Michał Wojtczuk write in Stołeczna:“Either work or an election campaign, that's the alternative Struzik's officials presented Justyna Glusman, the activists' candidate for president of Warsaw, with. PO politicians working in Mazovian institutions don't have to make such choices.”

-- MOST POLES BELIEVE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE EASIEST START TODAY - KRZYSZTOF PACEWICZ IN OKO: “Among all Poles, the largest portion - 43% - believe that young people have the easiest start today, meaning since 2015. Second place with 21% is the answer that it was in the 2000s. However, when we compare the answers of PiS supporters with the answers of Civic Coalition supporters and the left (SLD + Biedroń + Razem + IP + Greens + urban and women's movements), the difference is dramatic. As many as 72% of PiS supporters believe that young people have the easiest start today. In contrast, among Civic Coalition supporters, the option that it was in the 2000s wins - 40%, the same among left-wing voters - 44%.” https://oko.press/kiedy-mlodzi-mieli-latwiej-wyborcy-pis-dzisiaj-opozycja-w-latach-2000-sondaz/ -- THE FORMER OPPOSITION IS UNABLE TO BREAK THE GLASS CEILING - ROBERT BIEDROŃ IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ZUZANNA DĄBROWSKA IN RZ: “People need some hope in this hopelessness of ours. On one hand, the growing strength of PiS. On the other hand, an opposition that cannot break the glass ceiling. For three years, the opposition's polls, especially for Platform and Nowoczesna, haven't changed, and if they do - it's for the worse. New energy and a new deal are needed. Something that will restore hope that there is a good future for Poland. If you don't aim high, if you don't convince people that change is needed for this human energy to come - then truly nothing will change. And I am a person who deals with change. I know how to do it.”

-- WILL PO VOTE FOR 'LET'S SAVE WOMEN' - BIEDROŃ ASKS: “This project is truly meant to bring about social change, and they fear it will threaten their currently dominant position. Hence the desire to control me, to harness me into party ranks. The best scenario would be if I joined the PO lists. And where did this sudden affection come from? Has Grzegorz Schetyna become a leftist? Will the entire PO vote for projects like 'Let's Save Women'?”

-- I DON'T BELIEVE NOWACKA WILL END UP IN PO WITH HER VIEWS: “I am open to Inicjatywa Polska and I don't believe Barbara Nowacka will end up in PO with her leftist sensitivity and progressive views.”

-- WE CAN'T JUST JOIN IN BECAUSE IT CLEARLY ISN'T WORKING - BIEDROŃ CONTINUES WITH DĄBROWSKA: “Because I never answer calls, I send texts or call back. And such complaints are a bit naive. I am not naive and I know why these sudden feelings in PO have appeared. It's of little importance, anyway. We can't just join what already exists because it clearly isn't working. We have to do our own thing. https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/309049906-Biedron-Wiem-jak-zabrac-elektorat-PiS-owi.html

-- BIEDROŃ'S PROJECT HAS A GOOD CHANCE, SOMETHING IS IN THE AIR THAT WE CAN'T GRASP - GRZEGORZ SROCZYŃSKI ON GAZETA.PL: “In normal times, I would consider waiting for a 'big change,' a third force, and a 'Polish Macron' to be naive, but currently such a project has a good chance. A window of opportunity for change has opened, not only in Poland but also in many shaken Western democracies. There is an undefined 'something' in the air, some breakthrough that we don't grasp, we can't describe it well. The dispute conducted by PO and PiS - though important and not artificial at all - is becoming deeply anachronistic. People, of course, are still passionate and engaged by it, but in the privacy of their hearts, they are waiting for a new melody. Does Robert Biedroń have a chance to jump through this window of change? Yes, under certain conditions.”

-- BIEDROŃ SHOULD FIND A NON-PIS LANGUAGE OF DISTANCE FROM PO: “This may even be more important than attacking PiS. Biedroń should find a non-PiS language to express distance (or perhaps even hostility) towards the PO-Nowoczesna camp. The melody 'Let's not destroy each other in opposition, because it serves PiS' is false. To attract PiS's soft electorate (voting, for example, because of 500+), as well as citizens discouraged by politics and part of the middle class, a new movement must be anti-Platform and anti-PiS simultaneously. Otherwise, it won't be credible. Biedroń, solely smiling, Biedroń 'uniting everyone with everyone' will be condemned to the role of another leftist mascot. Poles - I believe - want a sharp dispute in politics. But a different one than the current one. More real, modern. Without the decorations of a workplace safety seminar. The disputes currently offered to Poles do not express the real differences between them, but rather mask and falsify them.”

-- BIEDROŃ WILL INTRODUCE TOLERANCE IN A NON-INVASIVE WAY - SROCZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “Contrary to what some liberal (openly) and leftist (secretly) circles believe, the Polish provinces are not a xenophobic museum. The Polish provinces are susceptible to progressive demands. The principle 'Let them do what they want in their own homes. What do I care what people do in their beds?' is the ABC of small towns and can be a starting point for further change. Similarly, anti-clericalism in the countryside. People can talk about priests there more harshly than you can read in the weekly 'Nie.' There is one catch: a glimpse of a Pride parade in Berlin is enough, and for the so-called simple people, all this acceptance immediately disappears. People are not changed by hitting them over the head with a club. Biedroń, as one of the few on the left, understands this, he knows how to introduce tolerance in Poland non-invasively, in good doses, and in a way that the medicine works. His new movement should absolutely not hide identity, gender, and LGBT demands. At the same time, Biedroń must present this part of the leftist ABC in his own way, reasonably, and even though progressive circles will probably constantly hoot at him, pressure him, shout: 'Be bolder, bolder!', he must have the courage to ignore these hoots.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23861956,sroczynski-wal-pan-w-po-panie-biedron-co-musi-zrobic-nowa.html

-- BIEDROŃ'S COMFORTABLE POSITION - Tomasz Sawczuk in Kultura Liberalna: “Biedroń has put himself in a quite comfortable position. If all political forces attack him, he will be able to present himself as a messiah who brings new politics to Poland. On the other hand, if the left approaches him with sympathy, he will grow as its leader.

-- SAWCZUK ON BIEDROŃ'S METAPHOR OF A POLAND WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL AT HOME: “Firstly, Biedroń referred to the metaphor of Poland as a home, where one can feel 'at home,' on which PiS symbolically relies today. In the same vein, he rejected the excessive 'Warsaw-centricity' of today's politics in favor of solving people's local problems. Secondly, he abandoned the language of 'defending the past' and thus fixating on the topic of PiS, which attacks this past. As he stated at a press conference, 'let it not be as it was, let there finally be change.' Consequently, Biedroń suggested the possibility of an alternative response to PiS populism. Populism generally has two opposites: elitism and pluralism. Until now, the elitist response has dominated the debate, in short: 'we built the Third Republic, so we have merits and the associated political right, but PiS bribed the ignorant masses.' Biedroń is leaning more towards thinking about the long-term search for consensus among different groups of people, and thus towards a more pluralistic and democratic response. https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2018/09/04/sawczuk-robert-biedron-nowa-partia-komentarz/

-- THE OPPOSITION HAS NO RESPONSE TO PIS'S SOCIAL POLICY - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “This is also the secret to the high support for Jarosław Kaczyński's party and the helplessness of the liberal opposition, which has no response to the social policy of the government since 2015. The minimum pension for mothers of large families will therefore be a test for liberal circles, just as 500+ or other social ideas of the PiS governments were. One can agree or disagree with this party, but it has led to a revolution in social policy.”

-- THE STATE'S EXPECTATIONS TOWARDS CITIZENS HAVE CHANGED - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “It's not about liberals indulging in a populism race today. No, they must, however, understand that using the term populism for every government action in the field of social policy or the implementation of solidarity principles is not only wishful thinking but also distorting reality. In the post-crisis reality, citizens' expectations towards the state have changed, expectations for more inclusive policies, caring for those groups that bear greater costs - and large families undoubtedly belong to them. https://www.rp.pl/Rzecz-o-polityce/309049905-Wyborcy-wybaczaja-bledy-PiS-Bo-jest-prospoleczne.html&template=restricted

-- COMPETITION WILL NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT ŁAPIŃSKI'S MOVE - ADAM SZOSTKIEWICZ IN POLITYKA: “The second doubt concerns Łapiński's potential business advantage in the industry competition between companies earning money from political and image marketing. The minister justifies his 'new project' with his many years of experience gained in politics, but this specifically means a network of contacts with politicians that competitors might envy. They will certainly not be happy, rather they will try to show Łapiński his place in the pecking order. https://szostkiewicz.blog.polityka.pl/2018/09/04/ucieczka-rzecznika-lapinskiego/?nocheck=1

-- JACEK KARNOWSKI WRITES ABOUT THE DISRUPTION OF LECH KACZYŃSKI'S CHANCELLERY BY HIS EMPLOYEES: “The matter would probably not be worthy of attention if it weren't for the experiences from the time of the late Lech Kaczyński's presidency, when the disruption of his chancellery by some employees - disloyal, unprofessional, playing for themselves, cooperating with the other side - had very serious consequences. Indeed, the times were different, the pressures incomparably stronger, the balance of power significantly different, but… it's better to be safe than sorry. President Andrzej Duda simply must remember that experience. This does not mean that such people are or were in his surroundings; it's about stability.”

-- THE PRESIDENT'S IMAGE IS STATE SECURITY - KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “President Duda is currently the clear favorite for the next presidential election. There is no one who could seriously threaten him. Even Donald Tusk will not win, I am deeply convinced, against Andrzej Duda, if he returns at all. However, for a moment we cannot forget that Poland is a very valuable stake in the European and world game, and any mistake, seemingly innocent, can come at a high cost. Those who doubt the seriousness of the situation should recall Schetyna's speech a few days ago, when he announced an attempt at impeachment of the head of state. The president's image, his prestige, are not just a matter of his election chances. They also concern the success of the entire political camp, and more broadly, the security of the state. Therefore, nothing should be underestimated. https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/410831-dymisja-rzecznika-pad-czyli-i-banal-i-sygnal-ostrzegawczy

-- JK AGREES TO NIK FOR MACIEREWICZ - Justyna Dobrosz-Oracz in GW.

-- THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION WEAKENS THE OPPOSITION'S CHANCES OF CONTROLLING ELECTIONS - Agata Kondzińska and Iwona Szpala on the front page of GW: “– The new provisions violate the constitutional principle of equality of elections – PO MP Mariusz Witczak tells 'Wyborcza.' And he recalls how it was before the amendment: – Representatives to the commission were nominated by committees running in a given electoral district. If there were more of them than seats in the commission, the draw concerned everyone. It was fair. Now PiS has given privileges to political parties.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23862812,mniejsze-szanse-opozycji-na-kontrole-wyborow-samorzadowych.html

-- ONET ON WOMEN CHANGING WARSAW - FRAGMENT ABOUT BEATA CHOMĄTOWSKA: “Beata Chomątowska is a writer and journalist who, although originally from Krakow, has lived in the capital since 2005 and significantly influences life in the city. She knows how to tell stories about Warsaw like no one else, especially about Muranów, which she particularly loves. She wrote the book "Stacja Muranów" about this part of the city, inhabited mainly by Jews before the war. Her next work is the biography "Lachert and Szanajca. Architects of the Avant-garde.” https://warszawa.onet.pl/te-kobiety-zmieniaja-warszawe/zsqjzy2

-- -- END OF GENERATIONS OF SUBORDINATION - PREMIERE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING POLITICAL BOOK OF THE SEASON - JAROSŁAW KUISZ FROM KULTURA LIBERALNA: “This book is for everyone who wants to understand – Why the fall of the Polish state is the nightmare of contemporary politics? – Why is the intergenerational conflict deeper than party divisions? – What awaits us after the post-communist Western myth burns out? – What is the significance of the degeneration of the anti-communist opposition ethos? – Why are neither the Warsaw Uprising nor Solidarity adequate models for action in peacetime?” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/wydawnictwo/zapowiedzi/

-- BIRTHDAYS:Andrej Babiš, Waldemar Pawlak, Bartek Godusławski, Bartek Milczarczyk, Krzysztof Nakonieczny, Grzegorz Zaleski, Łukasz Rzepecki, Patrycja Loose, Zygmunt Hortmanowicz, Mariusz Szczygieł.