-- MAZUREK IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: "Mazurek To Go" and "Mazurek's Faults" – the well-known columnist returns to "Plus Minus" with two commentaries. Every week starting this weekend.

-- BAD NEWS FOR FUR FARMERS - GPC: “I think the ban on fur farming will be adopted; I am in favor of this industry being liquidated in Poland. (...) I think the bill will be passed. However, it is necessary to act in such a way that producers who make a living from this activity do not suddenly find themselves in a dramatic situation,” said Terlecki.

-- GPC ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE BAN ON KILLING ANIMALS FOR FUR: “It is known that the PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński is a supporter of the law. He previously appeared in a spot for the Viva Foundation, in which he supported the ban on killing animals for fur. Within PiS, the closure of farms is also supported by, among others, MP Krzysztof Czabański and MP Joanna Lichocka. On the other hand, there is strong resistance from the Ministry of Agriculture. Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, among others, is against the liquidation of farms. Similar divisions also appear in other parliamentary clubs. Unwavering support for the industry is provided only by the National Movement, whose media arm is the portal wSensie.pl, and the Radio Maryja community.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/99229-zlawiadomoscdlafutrzarzy.html

-- GW ON POLAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: “This will likely be perceived as a continuation of the "charm offensive" and flattery of the US president's ego, initiated by last week's proposal to create a "Trump fort" in Poland.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,23971676,posiedzenie-rady-bezpieczenstwa-onz-duda-dziekowal-trumpowi.html

-- JAKI'S NEW SPOT: COMPARING TRZASKOWSKI'S 12-MINUTE PROGRAM SPEECH WITH JAKI'S 2-HOUR OFF-THE-CUFF SPEECH:

-- PŁAŻYŃSKI'S NEW SPOT, BIELAN ON "SCHETYNA'S LIE", CZARNECKI ON PiS IN THE EPP - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/09/27/

-- GUZIAŁ TRAVELS TO KRAKOW FOLLOWING TRZASKOWSKI'S PROMISES: “Piotr Guział, candidate for Deputy Mayor of Warsaw alongside Patryk Jaki, is undertaking an unconventional action. On Friday morning, he is traveling to Krakow – along the route of Rafał Trzaskowski's promises – tvp.info has learned. The local government official wants to check whether the candidate for the capital's mayor, who is also a Member of Parliament elected in Krakow, has kept the promises made in 2015, as he remains an MP for the Krakow region.” https://www.tvp.info/39196462/szlakiem-obietnic-trzaskowskiego-guzial-przeprowadza-niestandardowa-akcje

-- DESPITE CONSERVATISM, A COURAGEOUS DECISION BY THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT - Ewa Siedlecka: “We will see what other chambers of the NSA do. Despite its conservatism, the decision to suspend nominations to the Criminal Chamber is extremely courageous at a time when judges ruling against the government's wishes are immediately subjected to disciplinary, criminal, and professional harassment, not to mention smear campaigns like: judges hate their own homeland.” https://siedlecka.blog.polityka.pl/2018/09/26/nsa-zawiesza-nominacje-do-sn/

-- DUDAS'S "REFORM" HALTED - headline in GW.

-- SUPREME COURT VS. PRESIDENT - front page of DGP.

-- CHAOS IN THE SUPREME COURT - Grzegorz Osiecki, Małgorzata Kryszkiewicz in DGP: “The dispute over the heads of chambers is a new battlefield in the conflict over the reform of the judiciary. Unlike the First President of the Supreme Court, who has mainly representative powers, the heads of chambers have real authority, e.g., to appoint judging panels. – I hope the judges will reflect. If actions are taken in the Supreme Court that prevent this institution from functioning, then other state organs must act. The simplest solution is a legal amendment so that the court can function – warns Andrzej Dera. Such an amendment could introduce a provision analogous to the one applied to the First President of the Supreme Court: if there is no head of a chamber, the judge with the longest tenure will lead it.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/581939,sad-najwyzszy-andrzej-duda-prezydent-sedziowie-tsue-pytanie-prejudycjalne-izba-karna.html

-- JUDGES, BELIEVE ME, NOT EVERYONE WHO CRITICIZES YOU WISHES YOU ILL - ŁUKASZ WARZECHA: “Talking to them is easy; what drives them is not sympathy for you and understanding of the role you play, but hatred of the government. Try talking to those who remember the embarrassing billboards about judges stealing sausages. To those who have a bad opinion of you. They should be your most important conversation partners today. Explain, clarify, meet. Immediately get rid of the black sheep – there's no point in defending them. And believe that not everyone who criticizes you wishes you ill. There are also well-intentioned critics, including the author of this text.”

-- JUDGES ACTING AS POLITICIANS CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO YOUR AUTHORITY - WARZECHA CONTINUES: “Judges who have taken on the role of politicians, such as Waldemar Żurek, Igor Tuleya, or Wojciech Łączewski, are causing irreparable damage to your authority today. Judges whose commitment means they have long ceased to guarantee impartial proceedings. Their behavior may please a handful of the most fanatical opponents of the government, but it convinces the rest of the people – the people whose opinions should matter to you – that judges are a group of troublemakers simply defending their privileges in alliance with the "Targowica" (a historical reference to Polish nobles who betrayed their country).”

-- DON'T YOU SEE WHO RUINED YOUR REPUTATION - WARZECHA TO JUDGES FURTHER: “This leads me to a more serious question: don't you see who has ruined your reputation over the past years and who is still ruining it today? Do you remember all those disciplinary cases where rulings were made that, from the perspective of ordinary people, and probably yours as well, were absurd? Could you explain why Judge Milewski, who stood at attention before "Prime Minister Tusk", was only transferred elsewhere?” https://opinie.wp.pl/lukasz-warzecha-sedziowie-uwierzcie-nie-kazdy-kto-was-krytykuje-zyczy-wam-zle-6299423462811265a

-- POLAND'S SITUATION MOST DIFFICULT SINCE 2004 - JERZY BUZEK IN DGP: “Whether he will return depends primarily on Donald Tusk himself, please ask him. Our country's position before the European elections is difficult. On the one hand, we have the highest support in Europe, 86%, for EU membership. On the other hand, the government and the president, by violating the constitution and dismantling the separation of powers, have chosen an anti-European course. (...) Poland's situation is the most difficult since 2004. It has never happened before that a Polish president would say at a public rally that the EU is an "imaginary community from which nothing accrues to Poland." Andrzej Duda makes such statements at a time when the fate of the new seven-year EU budget is being decided. This is a deficit of responsibility. And yet, the government and the president control public media, which should take on the role of educating.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/581963,buzek-wywiad-nord-stream-2-gaz-rzad-prezydent-duda-wybory.html

-- PIS IS NOT SOCIALISM, BUT ANTI-DEMOCRACY - DAVID OST TO WOSIA - writes in KP: “The left can support some social laws (and proposals) of PiS, but there is no basis for closer cooperation with Kaczyński's party precisely because PiS will continue to abandon employee rights and make deals with entrepreneurs to achieve its primary goal, its essence – to stay in power and transform Poland into a Catholic authoritarian state. This project is already underway.” http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/lewica-pis-wos-ost/

-- PARTY CASH FROM PCK - Jacek Harłukowicz in GW: “Money withdrawn from the Lower Silesian PCK was transferred to PiS politicians not only on the occasion of election campaigns; for some of them, it constituted a regular additional income. Current MP Piotr Babiarz was allegedly "earning" in this way. The prosecutor investigating this fraud resigned from the investigation a few weeks ago and requested a voluntary demotion.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23972149,sledztwo-wyborczej-tak-plynely-pieniadze-z-pck-do-pis-niektorzy.html

-- THE PRESIDENT WON'T LIKE THIS - headline in Fakt about Duda's conversation with Tusk.

-- PEKAO REPRESENTATION IN LONDON: “Pekao SA has opened its first foreign representative office in London. The office in the UK is intended to support Polish companies planning international expansion, facilitate relations with private equity funds interested in Poland, and increase opportunities in the private banking offering.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/99207-przedstawicielstwopekaowlondynie.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Ast, Adam Kasprzyk.