-- PRIME MINISTER IN DAVOS: LISTENING TO THE VOX POPULI IS NOT POPULISM - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/01/24/ -- PIOTR ZAREMBA WRITES ABOUT PiS'S STRATEGY: NOT ONE STEP BACK - in DGP: "This reinforces the reflex within PiS: not one step back. A manifestation of this was, it seems, Kaczyński's fear of appearing in the parliamentary chamber during the commemoration of Adamowicz (he expected an attack from Schetyna), or his absence at the funeral. After all, the president and prime minister were seated in the fifth row. The idea of gritting one's teeth and adopting humility is not in the party leader's style." -- ZAREMBA ON DISCONTENT WITHIN PiS REGARDING PM MORAWIECKI'S CONCILIATORY APPROACH: "PiS could even benefit from a division of roles between a tougher leader and a softer head of government. Except that Kaczyński has always feared the rise of popular politicians within his own camp, those with better contact with the outside world than himself. Toughness is valued. Recently, Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński has been praised for it, not Morawiecki. Of course, no one will replace the prime minister before the elections. But he may face difficulties in pushing through various decisions." -- ZAREMBA DESCRIBES A CASE WHERE NOWOGRODZKA BLOCKED MORAWIECKI'S CONCILIATORY GESTURE TOWARDS THE OPPOSITION: "According to a PiS politician from the party headquarters on Nowogrodzka Street, Morawiecki wanted to go further. He intended to make some kind of apologetic gesture towards the opposition – for the overly harsh language. What's more, he wanted to direct it towards PSL politicians, who were to be invited to the ceremonies honoring Witos. The annual presence of PiS leaders in Wierzchosławice was perceived by the peasant party as part of an effort to take away their electorate. However, the Independent Farmers' Solidarity was to invite PSL guests, and it did not. And a signal came from Nowogrodzka: the prime minister should apologize to no one. Morawiecki complied."https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/589824,zaremba-opinia-w-pis-ani-krok-w-tyl-w-cenie-jest-twardosc.html -- CHRZANOWSKI POINTS TO GLAPIŃSKI - GW FRONT PAGE: "It was the NBP President Adam Glapiński who inspired the meeting between the KNF chairman and banker Leszek Czarnecki – Marek Chrzanowski, former head of the Financial Supervision Authority, was to testify in court. A corrupt proposal was made at that meeting at the KNF."http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,24392773,afera-knf-chrzanowski-wskazuje-na-glapinskiego-to-prezes-nbp.html -- KNF PROVIDED A PROTECTIVE UMBRELLA FOR KASA STEFCZYKA - Bartek Godusławski on the front page of DGP: "In June of last year, the commission considered the idea of appointing a receiver for SKOK Stefczyka. The proponent of this solution was dismissed a week after it was presented. (...) According to our information, the document did not contain a recommendation on what decision the commission should make. Nevertheless, the arguments contained within it convinced at least one member of the KNF that the motion for a receiver should be put to a vote. Our sources indicate that this refers to Deputy Minister of Finance Piotr Nowak."https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/589816,knf-kasy-stefczyka-parasol-ochronny-skok.html -- PiS AS A HOSTAGE OF PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI in Rz: "The biggest threat to the politics of love is the media supporting PiS. This is because their raison d'être for a long time seems to be a bidding war of radicalism. Each media environment openly supporting the government considers itself a guardian of the sacred fire of right-wing identity, and therefore does everything to add fuel to the fire of political emotions, to press the accelerator in accusing political opponents, to hunt for enemies and traitors."https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/301239917-Szuldrzynski-PiS-jako-zakladnik-prorzadowych-mediow.html -- TVP IS PERCEIVED AS THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO THE OPPOSITION REGAINING POWER - JACEK KARNOWSKI: "Regardless of the assessment of TVP (which is sometimes assessed differently even on the right), political analysis must lead to a clear conclusion: public television is currently perceived by the opposition as the main obstacle on the path to regaining power, to victory in the elections. This must be the conclusion from various analyses and considerations. One cannot disagree: this is indeed the case. And hence this assault, so nicely choreographed. An assault whose goal may not be to capture the fortress; quiet vassalization is enough, even under the same banner."https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/430856-tvp-jest-dzis-glowna-przeszkoda-na-drodze-opozycji-po-wladze -- PO BOYCOTTS TVP, BUT TO WHAT END? - RAFAŁ KALUKIN in Polityka: "The boycott of TVP by Civic Platform is rather an empty gesture. It's not entirely clear what Grzegorz Schetyna's party intended to achieve with this." -- THE BALANCE IS SO-SO, ALTHOUGH THE LOSSES SHOULD NOT BE DEMONIZED EITHER - KALUKIN CONTINUES: "The overbidders will not be upset, but they will gladly accept invitations to the seats vacated by Platform members and at least promote themselves a little. It would be better, therefore, to start with an appeal to the entire opposition to boycott. Then, any strike-breakers would have to make some effort. So the balance is so-so. As is usually the case with us, the politics of gestures outweighed common sense. There was an 'event', some 'likes' were gained, but the benefits are negligible. Although the losses should not be demonized either, because in TVP's propaganda monolith, Platform representatives have been extras anyway. Or even worse – humiliated scapegoats."https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1779680,1,po-bojkotuje-tvp-tylko-po-co.read?src=mt -- MORAWIECKI EXTENDS HIS HAND AGAIN - ESCAPE FROM THE POLITICAL PATOSTREAM - MARCIN FIJOŁEK: "Could more have been done, better? Perhaps, one can always extend a hand even more strongly, make another positive gesture; I myself wrote about returning to the idea of a democratic package (this can and should still be done!). However, if we look at it coldly, it is difficult to reach any other conclusion than this: this bidding war would probably continue indefinitely, and no gesture would be appreciated: after the resignation of the TVP president, questions would arise about the hosts, after them about some MPs and ministers, and finally – as Marek Pyza accurately pointed out using the example of Prof. Staniszkis – a demand for Jarosław Kaczyński's departure from politics. In essence, it is simply about conceding power by walkover, preferably after previously admitting guilt, weaknesses, and taking 100% responsibility for the overly heated atmosphere. This is, of course, impossible."https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/430793-pmm-znow-wyciaga-reke-wyjscie-z-patostreamingu-polityki -- ANDRZEJ GAJCY WRITES IN ONEt THAT PiS IS TO PRESENT A NEW SUPER SOCIAL PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO 500+: "Furthermore, PiS also intends to present a new super-program, intended to be as spectacular as 500 plus. - We are aware of how much good and how important the 500 plus program turned out to be. If we want to win the next elections, we must show Poles that Polish families, ordinary Poles, both women and men, are still the most important for us - one of the leading PiS politicians tells us. With this step, the ruling party can indeed win back those voters who have lost patience with Kaczyński's party over the last four years. On the other hand, such a super-program would be an extremely large challenge for the state budget and a question of whether it is even sustainable." -- GAJCY WRITES THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES AT TVP: "This narrative is to be built mainly by Public Television, where there will be no changes before the elections. And this despite the criticism leveled at TVP and its president Jacek Kurski for attacks on Paweł Adamowicz and materials prepared on political orders after his death. And although no one in the ruling camp will officially admit it, PiS, if it wants to win the elections, cannot afford any major turmoil at Woronicza Street."https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/nowa-twarz-pis-na-wybory/kf8e3zj -- JACEK GĄDEK ON THE ILLUSORY HELP FOR FOREIGN-CURRENCY LOAN HOLDERS: "For the president and PiS, only saving face is important today. The ruling camp wants to have an answer to the accusations that despite promises, they have done nothing for foreign-currency loan holders. The goal of pushing through the presidential bill is to create the narrative 'we did what we could' for the benefit of almost 30 million non-loan holders. Not real help for those loan holders who actually need it."http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,24391400,j-kaczynski-obiecywal-koniec-wspolczesnego-niewolnictwa-slowa.html#s=BoxMMtImg2 -- MY GENERATION IS POLITICALLY WEAK - KAROLINA LEWICKA in conversation with Jakub Bodziony in Kultura Liberalna: "My generation is politically weak. Previous generations have so strongly dominated the political scene that for a long time there was no breathing room or space for the generation born in the 1980s. Look, when we say 'young politician', we often cite Rafał Trzaskowski, who is 47 years old! And you don't even need to look at Emmanuel Macron, who reached political heights very young – it's enough to mention Aleksander Kwaśniewski, who won the presidential election at the age of 41." -- THE SHODDY STATE IS OFFENSIVE - LEWICKA CONTINUES in KL: "This brings us to a very important point. We only remember the importance of boring regulations and laws when a tragedy occurs. In light of what happened recently in Gdańsk or Koszalin, where five girls died, or earlier with the Smoleńsk disaster, the shoddy state, which does not function on so many levels, is offensive. Daily good politics is about meticulously tightening screws, not a fireworks display. When these screws are in place, security companies provide personnel who react at the right moment, and the operation of escape rooms must be regulated by specific provisions, without waiting for someone to die. On the one hand, the state should do this, and on the other, offer some grander narrative, if you insist. Because I sense the need for such a story."https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2019/01/24/lewicka-bodziony-rozmowa-pokolenie-lat-80-polityka/ -- IF SOMEONE WAS BORN when Platforma Obywatelska was founded at the Olivia Hall in the presence of "the three tenors", they are now turning 18. -- BIRTHDAYS: Jadwiga Skórzewska-Łosiak, Wojciech Maziarski, Tomasz Sekielski, Marian Janicki, Zbigniew Derdziuk, Dorota Rutkowska, Wojciech Orliński, Paweł Szałamacha, Maciej Żywno,