-- GLIŃSKI ON MEDIA DECONCENTRATION - FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS WITH EUROPEAN PARTNERS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/11/21

-- PIS WILL GOVERN IN SILESIA AFTER ALL: “PiS will govern the Silesian Voivodeship because one of the Civic Coalition councillors has switched sides. The Civic Coalition learned about this just before the inaugural session of the Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik. The councillor in question is Wojciech Kałuża, a councilor from Żory, recommended by Nowoczesna before the elections. – My party is Silesia. Voters expect effectiveness – Councillor Kałuża confirmed these speculations.” http://katowice.wyborcza.pl/katowice/7,35063,24192541,pis-przejmuje-wladze-w-wojewodztwie-slaskim-sejmikowy-radny.html#s=BoxLoKaMT

-- JACEK GĄDEK ON DWORCZYK: Michał Dworczyk proved effective in building a coalition in Lower Silesia, and now he has snatched Silesia from the opposition. PiS can be congratulated on Dworczyk, and Nowoczesna on its cadres. https://twitter.com/JacekGadek/status/1065159321711980545

-- LOCAL GW ON THE WEST POMERANIAN SEJMIK: “During Friday's session, Marshal Olgierd Geblewicz might still be surprised, he might lack votes – announces Małgorzata Jacyna-Witt, a councilor from the PiS list. – I'm not talking about PSL or SLD councilors, it's simply that not all PO councilors have to vote for him. The voting for the Voivodeship Marshal is secret. Sometimes parties try to secure themselves by having councilors show the voting slips to their club colleagues sitting next to them.” http://szczecin.wyborcza.pl/szczecin/7,34939,24190452,co-dalej-z-zachodniopomorskim-sejmikiem-jest-tresc-umowy-koalicyjnej.html

-- THE OPINION ABOUT THE CIVIC COALITION'S VICTORY IN CITIES SEEMS EXAGGERATED - RYSZARD PETRU in an article for RZ: “Of course, the Civic Coalition's support in the second round ultimately helped them win, but perhaps even without it, these particular candidates would have managed. Meanwhile, the Coalition itself won in 28 cities. Out of 107, this result can be considered not bad, but these numbers clearly show that the prevailing opinion about the Civic Coalition's victory in large cities turns out to be greatly exaggerated after in-depth analysis. It was good names and faces known to people that won, not the Civic Coalition.”

-- PETRU ON THE CASE OF NOWACKA WHO JUMPED INTO THE CIVIC COALITION LIKE INTO A WELL AND DISAPPEARED: “There's no point in broadening a formula that hasn't worked. The case of Barbara Nowacka, who jumped into the Civic Coalition like into a well and then disappeared, shows that one can endlessly add new groupings to this well. Because they too will cease to exist in the Polish consciousness. And what about Nowoczesna? Election results show that the Civic Coalition achieved almost the same percentage result in the local elections as Platforma Obywatelska achieved on its own in the parliamentary elections.”

-- PETRU ON A MOSAIC OPPOSITION: “Today, I propose a completely new coalition formula, which I figuratively called 'mosaic.' A mosaic is a collection composed of very different fragments that, when put together, create a coherent whole. Every element is important, each is distinct, and each – both small and large – contributes to the complete picture. This is the key to electoral success.” https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/311209936-Petru-Czas-na-prawdziwie-zjednoczona-opozycje-Mozaikowa.html&template=restricted

-- JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ WRITES IN RZ THAT BIEDROŃ'S CHANCES ARE MUCH GREATER THAN PETRU'S: “Biedroń's chances of success are much greater than Petru's. Especially since voters see that Biedroń might be driven by more than just personal ambition, that he is motivated by nobler reasons than Petru – he adds. Professor Domański, in turn, claims that for voters, Biedroń represents not only a new proposition, but his strength also lies in the fact that he hasn't compromised himself yet.” https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/311209921-Nizinkiewicz-Tenorow-trzech.html&template=restricted

-- SOSZYŃSKI IS TO BE THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF WARSAW - Michał Wojtczuk in GW: “According to our information, it might be about Robert Soszyński. In the last decade, he was one of the key figures in the Warsaw local government. From 2006 to 2008, he served as the mayor of Mokotów. Concurrently, he was also a councilor of the Mazovia Voivodeship Sejmik and its chairman. As well as one of the deputy heads of the Warsaw branch of Platforma Obywatelska and a member of the party's National Council. He is associated with Andrzej Halicki, the current head of the Mazovian structures of PO. In 2007, after the elections won by Platforma, he was offered the position of Mazovian Voivode. He declined because he did not want to give up his well-paid positions on the supervisory boards of the Palace of Culture and the Mazovian Regional Loan Fund.” http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,24192117,rafal-trzaskowski-kompletuje-zespol-w-ratuszu-czy-byly-burmistrz.html

-- PIS MUST WITHSTAND THE FIRST WAVE OF ASSAULT WITHOUT PANICKING - JACEK KARNOWSKI: “Today, PiS must primarily withstand the first wave of assault without panicking. Not because it lacks the ability to make moves that would be substantively sensible, but because at the current moment, no action by the ruling party will satisfy anyone and will only encourage further hunting.”

-- KARNOWSKI ON THE LACK OF CLEAR DISPUTE LINES: “Less than a year before the elections, the United Right is primarily plagued by the lack of clear and attractive dispute lines with the parties of the Third Polish Republic. In short: it's unclear where the front is. Voters are disoriented by the departure (after all) from the values-based language of 2015, the excessive shift in emphasis towards mainstream pragmatism, the delusive hope that certain groups can be persuaded by transfers or favor. Elections for everything in a country that is both a former colony and a geopolitical corridor will not be won this way, certainly not to a degree allowing for independent governance. One can only win here by standing with an open visor, which – to preempt accusations – does not at all mean a radical course, but merely a clear and credible course.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/422040-pis-musi-przede-wszystkim-wytrzymac-pierwsza-fale-szturmu

-- WP WRITES THAT GIERTYCH COULD BE MINISTER OF JUSTICE IN A CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT: “To reverse everything that PiS has ruined, brave and determined people will be needed – the spokesperson for Platforma Obywatelska, Jan Grabiec, tells us in the Sejm. Therefore, many politicians in Grzegorz Schetyna's party see lawyer Roman Giertych as the future Minister of Justice. – Only someone with balls and position can cut off all of Zbigniew Ziobro's people from the prosecution with a chainsaw and clean up this mess. Roman is a full-blooded politician, but above all, a brilliant lawyer. He will not take prisoners in the war with PiS – claims a source from the opposition for Wirtualna Polska.” https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/roman-giertych-moze-zostac-ministrem-sprawiedliwosci-i-prokuratorem-generalnym-w-rzadzie-po-6318977261836417a

-- PIS'S TALENTED CHILD, JK'S TRUST IN KAMIŃSKI UNDERMINED - GW lead story: “– This is probably the first time that President Kaczyński's trust in Mariusz Kamiński has been undermined – a PiS politician tells us. The son of the head of special services received a lucrative position at the World Bank in the summer thanks to the National Bank of Poland. Kacper Kamiński's career was based on his connections to the party.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,24191939,kacper-kaminski-zdolne-dziecko-pis-ujawniamy-kulisy-kariery.html

-- THE IDEAL OF GOOD CHANGE HITS THE STREETS - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI in RZ: “'Good Change' carried with it the promise not only of repairing the state but also of raising standards. The unfolding KNF scandal shows that the ideal is increasingly reaching the streets. And this is the biggest political risk to PiS's image. By playing for time, the ruling party loses the opportunity to present its own credible narrative regarding these events. And its supporters will have to face questions over Sunday dinners or in elevators about PLN 40 million for a lawyer – an acquaintance of the KNF head, or half a million for a minister's son.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/311209914-Szuldrzynski-Teoretyczna-dobra-zmiana.html

-- PIS'S SUICIDAL TACTICS - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA - in GW: “However, the question remains why Glapiński – in a way contrary to common sense – defends his protégé Marek Chrzanowski. The rational answer is that a strong signal was sent to the former head of the Commission: don't worry, don't say anything, don't testify, we will defend you as if you were the nation's independence. Kaczyński allows this because he has realized he is in a trap – every move is risky. So he chose the version that 'there is no scandal,' and the priority is stability in the banking market.”

-- THE BANKRUPTCY OF CZARNECKI'S BANKS WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE - WIELOWIEYSKA continues: “This catastrophe would be attributed to PiS, and Poles would pay dearly for it. For this reason, the Financial Stability Committee convened late Sunday evening and issued a statement that everything is fine with the Polish financial system. Glapiński himself has stated a hundred times that the situation is stable.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24191992,afera-knf-pis-wpadl-w-panike-bankructwo-bankow-czarneckiego.html

-- SOKAL'S NOMINATION WITHOUT THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT'S SIGNATURE - RZ lead story: “Professor Ryszard Piotrowski from the University of Warsaw somewhat softens this opinion. – Unfortunately, constitutional practice, which has some characteristics of a custom, allows the president to issue individual acts concerning the appointment of his representatives to various bodies without the prime minister's counter-signature – he states, adding that he would be very cautious in this matter.” https://www.rp.pl/Kraj/311209905-Nominacja-Sokala--bez-podpisu-szefa-rzadu.html

-- ADAM SZOSTKIEWICZ ASKS WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE TERAZ PARTY NOW: “What do we need the Teraz party for now? Now is the time for a joint list of the democratic opposition for the European Parliament, not for dividing and scattering its forces. As much as possible, the opposition should unite in a pro-European bloc under the slogan: we will not let Poland be taken out of the EU!” https://szostkiewicz.blog.polityka.pl/2018/11/20/po-co-teraz-partia-teraz/?nocheck=1

-- GAZETA.PL ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE TRADE LAW: “The Sejm website already shows information that PiS MPs have submitted a draft amendment to the law restricting trade on Sundays and holidays. The representative of the project's initiators is Janusz Śniadek, former chairman of NSZZ "Solidarność." The text of the proposed amendment is not yet visible, but the portal 300polityka suggests that it is about sealing the system.” http://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,24192112,zakaz-handlu-w-niedziele-pis-sklada-projekt-nowelizacji-ustawy.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Patrycja Kotecka, Wanda Nowicka, Joanna Lichocka, Maciej Manicki, Andrzej Papierz, Kamila Wronowska.