-- KUKIZ BELIEVES THE SUPREME COURT CONTROVERSY WILL END LIKE THE IPN LAW CONTROVERSY - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/09/24/

-- POLITICAL PLAN FOR THE WEEK: President of Poland in the USA, government on the 2019 budget, Jaki's meeting with Dubai investors and a new spot, possible motion to the ECJ, Senate after recess. https://300polityka.pl/news/2018/09/23/polityczny-plan-tygodnia-pad-w-usa-rzad-o-budzecie-na-2019-spotkanie-jakiego-z-inwestorami-z-dubaju-i-nowy-spot-mozliwy-wniosek-do-tsue-senat-po-przerwie/

-- TUSK CAUSED ARMAGEDDON - Jędrzej Bielecki in RZ: “After the plan of May was thwarted by the President of the European Council, the risk of breaking off talks with Brussels, and even the disintegration of the United Kingdom, is growing.”

-- BIELECKI ON SPECULATION THAT TUSK IS SEEKING PARIS SUPPORT TO OBTAIN A NEW POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: “British media, in turn, reveal that May learned about the declaration Tusk intends to make at the last minute. Among the EU leaders, only Emmanuel Macron took an equally sharp tone towards London, even calling supporters of a hard Brexit on the Islands 'liars.' Hence the speculation that Tusk, whose career in Brussels ends in nine months, is seeking Paris's support to obtain a new position in international institutions.”

-- POLAND WILL LOSE FROM A HARD BREXIT - BIELECKI CONTINUES: “After Tusk's declaration, a departure of the British from the EU without an agreement is significantly more likely. In such a case, Poles living on the Islands would lose their rights, London would cease to pay contributions to the Community budget from March 29, 2019, and economic cooperation with Great Britain, our third trading partner, would essentially freeze. The agreement must be reached by November at the latest.” https://www.rp.pl/Brexit/309239961-Brexit-Tusk-wywolal-armagedon.html

-- WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF LOW WAGES - POLES TO THE GOVERNMENT - Fact's front page.

-- WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF LIVING FOR PENNIES - further in Fact.

-- PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES ARE PROTESTING, NOBODY CARES - Adriana Rozwadowska in GW.

-- MARCIN ANTOSIEWICZ ON THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF BUILDING BIEDROŃ'S PARTY STRUCTURES: “According to 'Newsweek' information, he has so far appointed two people tasked with building the structures. Both are associated with the Polish Initiative, an association of Barbara Nowacka, who, instead of cooperating with Biedroń, chose an alliance with Civic Platform and Nowoczesna. The construction of structures in northeastern Poland is the responsibility of Warsaw councilor Paulina Piechna-Więckiewicz. For central Poland, it's Grzegorz Pietruczuk, deputy mayor of Warsaw's Bielany district. Our information was confirmed in an interview with 'Newsweek' by Dr. Marcin Anaszewicz, head of Robert Biedroń's campaign staff and think tank – the Institute of Democratic Thought.”

-- IN ANTOSIEWICZ'S ARTICLE, MARCIN ANASZEWICZ COMMENTS ON BIEDROŃ'S STRATEGY: “We are in the process of building a new political project, so we have a chance to build something from scratch, to build our political and programmatic credibility from the ground up. We have time to prepare voters for a new way of political debate – Anaszewicz tells us, emphasizing that they are preparing 'a political offer beyond gender divisions, which aims to include rather than exclude, an offer for everyone who shares our values.' Through dialogue and 'authentic conversation' with voters, they want to explain their position. He adds that their 'project aims to de-escalate internal polarization, the artificial divisions that PiS and PO have been creating and fueling for years.'”

-- MICHAŁ SYSKA IN ANTOSIEWICZ'S ARTICLE, STATING THAT A PROGRESSIVE PARTY CANNOT ANTAGONIZE THE MALE ELECTORATE: “It's not just about the demands themselves. The left doesn't have to give up promoting public transport over moving away from cars in cities. Today, the main problem for the left is the language it uses to communicate with various social groups. It's important that these 'white men' don't feel attacked, excluded, and lectured, so that, for example, drivers aren't presented as enemies of progress – believes Michał Syska, who points out that many left-wing feminist organizations use confrontational language and provocation, which closes off their communication channels with many social groups, and thus they have no chance of convincing them.” http://m.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/lewica-w-polsce-stawia-na-kobiety-i-zapomina-o-mezczyznach-zmieni-to-biedron-,artykuly,433239,1.html

-- WARSAW AUTHORITIES ARE BREAKING THE CONSTITUTION AND THEN RUNNING AROUND THE CITY PUTTING SHIRTS ON MONUMENTS - PIOTR IKONOWICZ - IN CONVERSATION WITH JAKUB MAJMUREK: “The authorities are not only not counteracting homelessness, but they are causing it – thus violating the constitution. For people who then run around the city putting 'Constitution' shirts on monuments, it's a bit shameful.

-- MERCHANTS WERE DESTROYED BECAUSE THEY COMPETED WITH THE CENTRAL DEPARTMENT STORE - IKONOWICZ CONTINUES IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “We want marketplaces in every district where merchants can rent stalls for a symbolic fee, and people can buy food cheaply. Such marketplaces are a great asset to the city – they just need to be organized, perhaps renovated a bit. The Civic Platform authorities did the opposite – the Merchants' Department Stores at Defilad Square were destroyed, supposedly to build the Museum of Modern Art there. The Museum of Modern Art is still not there, but the merchants from the Merchants' Department Stores are no longer competing with the Central Department Store. Even though few can afford to buy there.”

-- THERE ARE CHILDREN IN PRAGA WHO HAVE NEVER CROSSED THE VISTULA - IKONOWICZ CONTINUES: “But an evicted family also lived in my apartment; they sent their child to school on Jagiellońska Street in Praga. Do you know that 20,000 apartments in Warsaw have no toilets? Do you know that there are children in Praga who have never crossed the Vistula? They haven't seen the Royal Castle? Do you know that according to Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz's research, a resident of Praga Północ has a chance of living 16 years less than a resident of Wilanów? I want to connect the capital, divided by the Vistula. A person traveling from Praga to the left bank shouldn't feel like an illegal immigrant there.”

-- EVERY FOURTH COUNCILLOR IS A MILLIONAIRE, IS EVERY FOURTH WARSAW RESIDENT TOO? - IKONOWICZ STILL WITH MAJMUREK IN KP: “I appeal to the residents of the capital to send a signal in the first round that they do not agree with the current policy and vote for me. Today, in the Warsaw City Council, every fourth councilor is a millionaire. Is every fourth Warsaw resident too?” http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/miasto/warszawa-ikonowicz-majmurek-wywiad-wybory/

-- PIS IS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BEND NECKS - Grzegorz Osiecki and Magdalena Kryszkiewicz in DGP: “Last week, it seemed that after the conversation between Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the current First President of the Supreme Court, Małgorzata Gersdorf, the specter of a complaint receded. The meeting was intended to gauge whether it was possible to de-escalate tensions around changes in the Supreme Court and the amendment to the Supreme Court Act. This included restoring judges recently retired to active duty and the status of Gersdorf. For the president and the government, she is the former First President, but she herself, along with many Supreme Court judges and a significant part of the opposition, considers her to be the incumbent president. Some maneuver might have been possible here, but after what she did, it became impossible. Especially if the Commission were to file a complaint with the ECJ – says one of the politicians from the ruling camp.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/artykuly/581729,pis-sn-ustawa-komisja-europejska-skarga-tsue.html

-- IF JUDGES ENTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH PIS, THEY WILL BE LIMITED - Dominika Wielowieyska in GW: “In this political and legal chaos, the stance of judges and the Supreme Court should be as clear as possible. Any negotiations with PiS would undermine the authority of this environment.”

-- WIELOWIEYSKA BELIEVES MORAWIECKI GAINED IMAGE-WISE: “Regardless of how one looks at it, the political beneficiary of this situation is Mateusz Morawiecki. During the election campaign, PiS's strategy is that the prime minister – as its face – should court moderate voters who may have doubts about whether the war over the judiciary serves Poland. By visiting Professor Gersdorf, the head of government presented himself as willing to engage in dialogue and compromise. And that was the point. Regardless of how this unfolds, Morawiecki has gained image-wise.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23958531,przedwyborcze-kuszenie-sedziego-sedziowie-nie-dajcie-sie-na.html

-- EWA SIEDLECKA IN OKO O "PATRIOTIC JUDGES": “During the People's Republic of Poland, there were 'patriotic priests,' and in the Third Polish Republic, PiS has 'patriotic judges.' For now, fortunately, only a few.” https://oko.press/sedziowie-nienawistni-i-sedziowie-patrioci-nowa-wykladnia-prawa-prezesa-kaczynskiego/

-- TOMASZ PIETRYGA ON PM MORAWIECKI'S MISTAKE IN MEETING GERSDORF - writes in RZ: “The meeting with Gersdorf was therefore the prime minister's mistake, which Jarosław Kaczyński quickly rectified, making it clear on Saturday that there would be no change of course.” https://www.rp.pl/Opinie/309249976-Prezes-mowi-ani-kroku-w-tyl---komentuje-Tomasz-Pietryga.html

-- KACZYŃSKI PROVIDED AMMUNITION - Michał Szułdrzyński: “By introducing the concept of oikophobia into his political speech during the local government convention in Olsztyn, he has once again provided ammunition to those who accuse him of dividing judges into good Poles and those who allegedly hate Poland.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/309239973-Kaczynski-i-ojkofobia-czyli-wiec-to-nie-seminarium.html&template=restricted

-- ANDRZEJ PARAFIANOWICZ AND GRZEGORZ OSIECKI IN DGP ON THE LACK OF GOODWILL FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE DISPUTE: “It is a shame that out of Andrzej Duda's entire visit to the USA, the photo over the desk and the reaction of the Polish president, who attributed the source of the internet storm to 'mockery and attacks by left-wing media,' stood out the most. It is also a shame that the current ruling team was not eager to admit that the adopted declaration is a creative development of what was initiated in 2008 by Radosław Sikorski, who is hated by PiS, and which was patronized by the late President Lech Kaczyński. A little goodwill from both sides would have been enough to demonstrate the continuity and seriousness of Polish politics. A moment of reflection and restraint would have been enough to not function as an incomplete state, even for a moment.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/581740,radoslaw-sikorski-andrzej-duda-usa.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Opioła, Andrzej Blikle, Janusz Steinhoff, Wiktor Bater.