-- ANALYSTS FROM POLITYKA W SIECI ON TWITTER: Whichever political party supports the so-called #ACTA2 in tomorrow's vote will face a 'Vietnam' on social media. https://twitter.com/Polityka_wSieci/status/1039383367475716096

-- TOMASZ PORĘBA ANNOUNCES PIS WILL SEEK ACTA2 REJECTION: “We have always been, are, and will be against any plans threatening free access to the internet. Therefore, if our strategic amendments, beneficial to internet users, fail in the EP in Strasbourg tomorrow, then, just like 2 months ago, we will vote against #ACTA2.” https://twitter.com/TomaszPoreba/status/1039409918070140928

-- PIS MEP KOSMA ZŁOTOWSKI ON MAINTAINING RESISTANCE AGAINST ACTA2: “Similar to July, I am strongly opposed to the report by @AxelVossMdEP, which was adopted in @EP_Legal. On Wednesday, we will also vote on amendments that fundamentally change this text. I hope that thanks to this, we will manage to stop #ACTA2.”

-- AND WHAT WILL THE POLISH GOVERNMENT AND MEPs DO, WILL THEY SIDE WITH GERMAN MEPs DREAMING OF CENSORSHIP, OR WILL THEY DEFEND FREE INTERNET? - LEAD ARTICLE FROM WPOLITYCE.PL: “So? Who will the Polish government and Polish MEPs side with on this matter? With German publishers? With those dreaming of limiting content again? Or with those who, in 2015 and later, showed the power of a free internet? We have written about this matter many times, but it returns like a bad dream. Even more disturbing because we can observe strong pressure from lobbyists on the Polish authorities. And the question is fundamental: will the new copyright solutions, the so-called ACTA 2, restore the power of the largest publishers, especially German ones, or will the current freedom of competition and content creation be preserved?”

-- WITH ACTA 2, WE WILL RETURN TO TIMES OF MEDIA MONOPOLY - CONTINUES WPOLITYCE: “In short, it's a battle over whether the current freedom to share links (including links to other content) will be preserved, or whether it will be subject to restrictions. Will, for example, search engines, aggregators, social media be able to freely display any results, or only those with which creators they have agreements? Search results will no longer depend on the substantive value of the text, but on whether the publisher has 'reached an agreement with the search engine.' We can predict how this will end. Agreements will be made with the largest entities, and we know who belongs to this group in Poland and Europe. And if someone smaller and independent somehow manages to squeeze in, we can imagine that after some time – for example, under pressure from someone from Czerska on some headquarters in New York – they will be removed. We've been through this too many times to be naive. And so, we will return to the times of media monopoly, where a few foreign publishers will decide what is available in the media circulation.”

-- THE POLISH GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO FAVOR A BAD SOLUTION - CONTINUES WPOLITYCE: “One of the possible solutions on Wednesday is the adoption of a version of the draft that would be as close as possible to the version adopted in the Council of the EU (a very bad draft, mistakenly called a 'compromise'). Most disturbingly, the Polish government seems to favor such a solution – it supported this draft at the beginning of the year, and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (represented by Deputy Minister Paweł Lewandowski) continues to maintain this support in public statements, claiming that the Council's version does not contain provisions harmful to the internet.” https://wpolityce.pl/media/411607-no-i-co-polski-rzadzie-pojdziesz-tu-z-niemieckimi-mediami

-- NIEZALEŻNA ON ACTA 2: LOBBYING FOR THE EU DIRECTIVE MAY END FATALLY: “However, opponents of the directive emphasize that the implementation of this law – which seemingly targets services like Google News or Wykop – would effectively kill free online discussion, which includes discussing, quoting, and analyzing specific news items and press articles.” http://niezalezna.pl/235575-zaiks-i-inni-w-obronie-acta-2-ich-lobbing-za-unijna-dyrektywa-moze-skonczyc-sie-fatalnie

-- TOMORROW THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MAY DECIDE THE END OF THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT - NEWSWEEK: “In July, the European Parliament rejected the copyright directive, known as ACTA 2. After numerous discussions and amendments, MEPs will once again vote for or against the draft of the new EU law. On September 12, the EP may decide to change the internet as we know it. Especially since the provisions of the directive may limit, among other things, the freedom to publish content or the development of startups.” http://www.newsweek.pl/swiat/spoleczenstwo/acta-2-glosowanie-w-parlamencie-europejskim-kontrowersje-wokol-dyrektywy,artykuly,432716,1.html

-- ADAM LESZCZYŃSKI COMPARES BIEDROŃ AND NOWACKA'S STRATEGIES IN OKO STRATEGIA – A DRAW WITH A SLIGHT EDGE TO BIEDROŃ: “Polls show a draw with an edge to Biedroń. A significant majority of the opposition electorate would prefer a single coalition, but simulations of results indicate that only the creation of two coalitions: center-right and center-left, would prevent PiS from gaining an absolute majority in the Sejm. However, this political fiction does not take into account the differences – difficult to predict – in the dynamics and effectiveness of the election campaign in both variants.”

-- LESZCZYŃSKI CHALLENGES NOWACKA'S NARRATIVE: “Contrary to Nowacka's arguments, the entry of a third force into polls breaks the tight narrative of a PiS vs. PO duopoly and causes it to stop working – at least for some voters. PiS loses the most from this.” https://oko.press/biedron-i-nowacka-czyli-skrajnie-rozne-pomysly-na-lewice-ktore-z-nich-ma-racje/

-- JAKUB MAJMUREK ON NOWACKA'S NEGATIVE BALANCE: KO WILL REMAIN CENTER-RIGHT: “The balance on Nowacka's side is no longer so promising. Although thanks to the alliance with KO, she practically has a guaranteed seat, one can have serious doubts about her actual political influence in a future coalition. Even during Tusk's time, Civic Platform reached for politicians associated with the left – Danuta Hübner, Józef Pinior, Dariusz Rosati. They attracted new voters to the Platform, but their influence on the party was minimal. Civic Coalition, with support ranging from Nowacka to Roman Giertych, will remain a center-right force. If such a center-right can be persuaded to offer free tickets to students, it will not be convinced about women's reproductive rights – issues with defending which Nowacka has been primarily associated over the last three years.” http://m.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/barbara-nowacka-laczy-sily-z-koalicja-obywatelska-na-lewicy-zawrzalo,artykuly,432722,1.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

-- SCHETYNA SHOWED THE WAY TO FIND THE KEY TO CONVINCING DISAPPOINTED VOTERS - KATARZYNA KOLENDA-ZALESKA IN GW: “This is a global trend today – seeking the key to convincing disappointed voters. Schetyna showed the way: modernity, tradition, social sensitivity. This could be a good election slogan, encompassing everything that is important to Poles, including tradition, sensitivity to the past, history, respecting the habits of Poles. This is what PiS so brilliantly sensed and implemented, and from which the liberal parties abdicated. Finding the right language that appeals to emotions is essential for the opposition today to encourage citizens to adopt its vision of the future. Exactly the kind of vision Grzegorz Schetyna outlined.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23904101,barbara-nowacka-cenny-nabytek-schetyny-kolenda.html

-- NOWACKA MAY END UP LIKE ARŁUKOWICZ - CHIEF EDITOR OF KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA AGNIESZKA WIŚNIEWSKA: “If she manages to get KO to ensure easy access to gynecological clinics or emergency contraception – the entire hateful left will have to apologize to her. If she fails – she will repeat the path of Bartosz Arłukowicz, an MP 'rescued' by PO from SLD, placed in the mock role of the Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary for Combating Social Exclusion, and then working in the back ranks of parliament. The Third Polish Republic has transformed into a state of self-proclaimed elites who are completely indifferent to the fate and opportunities for social, financial, or professional advancement of the so-called ordinary people.”

-- WIŚNIEWSKA'S CONCLUSION ON THE PROSPECT OF A UNITED LEFT: “This is just a prelude to the reshuffling that the local government elections will bring, and later the preparations for the European Parliament elections. Will the reshuffling on the left bring about a grand ecumenical unity beyond divisions? I wouldn't count on that. It's the left, after all. But it might bring about several agreements, the conclusion of which has been blocked in recent years by personal animosities, resentment, or the egoism of minor differences, making it better to be a 'non-taking number one' on an election list than a 'taking number three.' http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/poczatek-przemeblowania-na-lewicy/

-- THERE IS NO GOING BACK TO WHAT WAS - JAROSŁAW GOWIN IN A CONVERSATION WITH JAROSŁAW KUISZ AND KAROLINA WIGURA IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “I suspect you are aware that after our government, there is no going back to what was. We must move forward. Poland must be reinvented. (...) In this sense, these changes are an opportunity – they allow for building something more durable, more modern in the future, better responding to the challenges of the 21st century. If the United Right had not come to power, the Third Polish Republic would probably have been slowly rotting from the inside for a long time, lulling Poles with the sound of warm water from the tap and wasting our potential year after year.”

-- WHERE LAWYERS ARGUE IN VAIN, POLITICS BEGINS - GOWIN ON HIS TERM IN THE SUPREME COURT: “And returning to the Supreme Court: the only contentious issue is the question of whether the term of the First President can be shortened. And here, unfortunately, we return to the weaknesses of the current fundamental law, which is very imprecise, and in this case, even internally contradictory. Because on the one hand, it mentions a six-year term, and on the other – that upon reaching retirement age, the judge goes into a state of rest. What needs to be done? Where lawyers argue in vain, that is where politics begins. Therefore, the role of people as flawed as politicians is certainly not to make judgments, as this is precluded by the principle of the separation of powers, but to slowly build spans and bridges, i.e., new constitutional solutions. Only by this path will we avoid a moral civil war.”

-- I AM NOT AFRAID OF AUTHORITARIAN TEMPTATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY BALANCED SOCIAL SUPPORT BASE - GOWIN FURTHER IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “I am not. Moreover, I am not afraid of these authoritarian temptations from the right or the left because we have a very balanced social support base. If we consider the part of society that supports the United Right and the opposition parties, and the part that couldn't care less about either, they are roughly three equally sized groups. I see no possibility for any political camp to gain a long-term advantage. And only long-term governments provide the opportunity to give them an authoritarian character.”

-- GOWIN ON THE REALITIES OF SCIENCE REFORM – RANKING POSITION AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR BUILDING PRESTIGE: “Another example: the instrument for building a university's prestige is its position in the rankings. That's why we created the possibility of universities 'federating' in the law. The creation of a federation by the University of Warsaw and the Medical University of Warsaw would automatically place them together in the top 200 universities in the world. It is significantly easier to attract an outstanding scholar to a university in the top 200 of the Shanghai Ranking than to a university in the fourth hundred.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2018/09/11/jaroslaw-gowin-wywiad-nauka-polityka-wojna-kuisz-wigura/

-- GOWIN AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN A POLITICAL DYNAMIC THAT UNDERMINES HIS VALUE SYSTEM - KAROLINA WIGURA IN A COMMENTARY FOLLOWING AN INTERVIEW WITH GOWIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “By voting for the so-called 'judiciary reform' in Poland, Jarosław Gowin, a politician who calls himself conservative and compromising, is endorsing the deeply un-conservative and un-compromising policies of Jarosław Kaczyński. I don't know if Jarosław Gowin is truly like Orwell's protagonist. However, as a citizen, I have the feeling that he has agreed to participate in a political dynamic that undermines his publicly declared value system. This is happening regardless of his true intentions.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2018/09/11/jaroslaw-gowin-wigura-komentarz-polityka/

-- MICHAŁ FALZMANN'S DAUGHTER ON A SERIES OF MURDERS: INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ARE STILL FREE: https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/411639-falzmann-o-fozz-wplywowe-osoby-wciaz-sa-na-wolnosci

-- ADAM SZOSTKIEWICZ DECLARES SUPPORT FOR KO IN POLITYKA: “For me, voting for KO, especially after Barbara Nowacka's accession, is not a matter of conscience, but a pragmatic choice. However, I do not wish ill upon the 'Biedroń' project, as long as he can move from words to hard organizational work. Let's think. The clock of Polish history is ticking louder and louder.” https://szostkiewicz.blog.polityka.pl/2018/09/10/tylko-zjednoczona-opozycja-przeciwko-zjednoczonej-prawicy-prawda-czy-falsz/?nocheck=1

-- WILL GIBAŁA SUPPORT THE PIS CANDIDATE IN THE SECOND ROUND? - Wojciech Czuchnowski, Magdalena Kursa in GW: “Gibała publicly strongly denies the possibility of supporting the PiS candidate. – Małgorzata Wassermann's victory would be a catastrophe for our city. She has no clue about city affairs, and furthermore, she is completely dependent on Jarosław Kaczyński – if she wins, the city hall would certainly be flooded with Misiewiczes – he assures in an interview with 'Wyborcza.' He announces that if he doesn't make it to the second round, he will not support anyone and will cast an invalid vote. He presents this matter slightly differently in his quarterly called 'Logical Alternative': 'If instead of you, the PiS candidate enters the second round, then Majchrowski still wins. Does someone who doesn't want Majchrowski to rule Krakow until 2023... – here the interviewer pauses. – Simple calculation,' Gibała replies.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23904894,lukasz-gibala-dostal-50-mln-zl-od-ojca-maja-mu-pomoc-w-zdobyciu.html

-- JAKI WANTS TO BUILD A SECOND ASTANA - Artur Celiński in GW: “The world knows such concepts well. For example, Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, the Expo area in Kazakhstan's Astana, or the artificial islands of Khazar Islands, near which the Azerbaijan Tower, exceeding a kilometer in height, is planned. They symbolize unattainable dreams of a new, wonderful city. Of overcoming ordinariness and mediocrity. All were created at the turn of the century, and after more than a decade, it is clear how brilliant visualizations turn into poor implementations. Instead of a good place to live for everyone, closed enclaves for the chosen are created. The same will happen with 'Future District.'

-- JAKI WANTS TO DEEPEN THE OPINION, SHARED BY MANY COMMENTATORS, ABOUT TRZASKOWSKI'S LACK OF VISION - CONTINUES CELIŃSKI: “This project is nothing more than a hammer with which Jaki wants to hit Trzaskowski and deepen the opinion, shared by many commentators, about his lack of vision for the capital. However, if Jaki proposes such an idea in return, it means that he either does not have a very high opinion of Warsaw residents, or his knowledge of how modern cities function is at a low level.” http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23905165,celinski-jaki-chce-budowac-w-warszawie-druga-astane.html

-- JAKI ON LIVING LAB, TRZASKOWSKI ON THE VISTULA BEING THE 19TH DISTRICT, PAD'S SPOKESPERSON APOLOGIZES, NOWACKA ON THE SECTARIANISM OF THE LEFT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/09/11

-- 17 years ago, the Campaign Against Homophobia association was founded.

-- Anniversary of the death of Władysław Liwak, MP of the OKP (Citizenship Parliamentary Club).

-- BIRTHDAYS: Adam Strzembosz, Adam Lipiński, Aleksandra Rybińska, Teresa Bochwic, Wiesława Dróżdż.

-- STATE OF PLAY WELCOMES HELENKA MASTALEREK TO THE WORLD! https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/trzecia-kobieta-w-zyciu-bylego-rzecznika-pis-aa-uenW-fhRC-2FSY.html