-- Civic Platform on Prosecutor's Office Inaction Regarding Srebrna, Biedroń on Why the European Commission Isn't Defending Rabiej, Graś Before the Investigative Committee - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/03/21/

-- THE GOVERNMENT HAS SHOWN IT CAN RAISE MONEY, SO A QUEUE IS FORMING - PIOTR ZAREMBA: “It seemed that PiS would break this curse. The opposite happened. Mainly for political reasons – it's more convenient to shower all pensioners or all parents with money than one social group, especially one that is partly revolting. Because of the inconvenconveniences of the school reform, because of natural left-wing sympathies… Prime Minister Morawiecki doesn't understand why teachers want to strike, getting small raises from PiS, and didn't want to in 2014, getting nothing from Civic Platform. Beyond ideological reflexes, there's a kind of embarrassment of riches at play. The current government has shown that it knows how to acquire money. So, a queue is forming…”

-- ZAREMBA ON BRONARZ'S SUICIDAL STATEMENT: “From faking sick leave to the absurd, suicidal statement by the head of ZNP, Sławomir Broniarz, threatening not to promote students, there have been many instances of self-discreditation by the rebellious environment. I quietly tell myself that I wouldn't have behaved like this years ago, because students were most important to me, and I saw that job as a life adventure. But should I not understand people who are not young and alone like I was then, who are looking for life stability? Who are fighting to be respected. I also remember the activists of the 'Solidarity' teachers' union occupying the Lesser Poland superintendent's office. They speak and behave differently than Broniarz and his colleagues. A line has been crossed. But breaking this strike will not be a useful lesson. On the contrary, it's another step towards trampling the remnants of the intellectual ethos. That Mr. Broniarz is helping with this? The game isn't about him.” https://www.przewodnik-katolicki.pl/Archiwum/2019/Przewodnik-Katolicki-12-2019/Opinie/Granica-zostala-przekroczona

-- A PIŚ MP INSTRUCTS TEACHERS ON HOW TO LEAVE ZNP - Dziennik Łódzki's lead story: “Waldemar Buda, a PiS MP from Łódź and the party's candidate for city mayor in the last local elections, gave instructions to school employees on how to leave the Polish Teachers' Union – ahead of the strike in education prepared by this organization.” https://dzienniklodzki.pl/waldemar-buda-posel-pis-z-lodzi-szkoli-nauczycieli-jak-wystapic-z-znp-przed-strajkiem-w-oswiacie/ar/13981725#edukacja

-- DGP's LEAD STORY ON THE RECORD FEBRUARY DEFICIT: “The appearance of a hole in the budget is an argument for the Ministry of Finance to limit spending. After February, the budget showed a deficit of PLN 800 million. This is the first such case in several years. Usually, at this stage of income and expenditure plan execution, the state treasury was in surplus. Regardless of whether this is a result of a weaker economic climate or active budget management by the Ministry of Finance, the February result may help to cool the ambitions of those demanding increased spending, both within and outside the government, e.g., teachers. This is important because, considering that from September the Ministry of Finance will pay out the 500 plus benefit also for the first children, it already has to be careful with its wallet.” https://gospodarka.dziennik.pl/finanse/artykuly/593994,piatka-pis-deficyt-resort-finansow-kprm-oszczedzanie.html

-- THE MINISTER OF FINANCE WILL LEAVE - Agata Kondzińska in GW: “- The Minister of Finance Teresa Czerwińska will leave the government in a few weeks – a high-ranking PiS politician tells 'Wyborcza'. According to our sources in the ministry, the head of the department believes that next year it will be impossible to finance the social promises known as 'Kaczyński's Fifth'.

-- PIŚ IS LOOKING FOR THE BEST MOMENT FOR CZERWIŃSKA'S DEPARTURE - continued in GW: “In PiS, they are looking for the best political moment for Czerwińska's departure. – 'Kaczyński's Fifth' did not bring a stunning effect in the polls, there is no euphoria, and the finance minister's departure in protest against our flagship postulates would be a disaster – says a PiS politician. Therefore, it is not excluded that the prime minister will offer Czerwińska a new position, to say that she has moved on to new tasks.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,24568546,minister-finansow-odejdzie.html

-- THE MINISTER WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - WITOLD GADOMSKI in GW: “If her resignation is confirmed, it will indicate not only that she values her dignity – a rare trait among our politicians – but also that she has maintained common sense.

-- IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A SUCCESSOR FOR CZERWIŃSKA - continued by Gadomski: “If Teresa Czerwińska officially announces her resignation, it will be difficult for Morawiecki to find her successor. The next minister will have the prospect of a few months in office, without a guarantee of retaining the position after the elections. In a few weeks, the head of the finance ministry will have to present a Convergence Plan to the European Commission. It should show a path to stabilizing public finances. In the current situation, it will either present a path leading to disaster, or it will be a fiction that makes specialists laugh.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155290,24568025,dymisja-szefowej-resortu-finansow-teresy-czerwinskiej-wisi-nad.html

-- KORNEL MORAWIECKI WANTS TO TAKE AWAY THE 13TH PENSION FROM WEALTHY PENSIONERS AND GIVE A RAISE TO TEACHERS - SE: “Teachers deserve raises! – says the prime minister's father, Kornel Morawiecki (78) in an interview with 'Super Express'. And he suggests to the government where to get the money for higher wages for educators. - Wealthy pensioners should not receive the 13th pension, and wealthy families don't need to take the 500 plus benefit. Part of that money could go towards raises for teachers – Morawiecki emphasizes.” https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/kornel-morawiecki-o-swiadczeniach-dla-najbogatszych-zabierzcie-500-plus-i-trzynastki-bogatym-dajcie-podwyzki-nauczycielom-aa-SwrF-zFjg-8k1X.html

-- GW's LEAD STORY ON AN ENVELOPE - as written by Iwona Szpala and Wojciech Czuchnowski: “– I handed over the envelope, and Mr. Kaczyński went into his room with the envelope, where Mr. Sawicz was already sitting – testified Gerald Birgfellner at his last interrogation. This concerns PLN 50,000 for Fr. Rafał Sawicz from the council of the Lech Kaczyński Institute.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,24568590,tasmy-kaczynskiego-ujawniamy-szczegoly-zeznan-austriaka-w-sprawie.html

-- DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ ON JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI RULING THE SEJM: “President Kaczyński can not only open and close parliamentary corridors. Not only speak without any procedure. He can also remove a bill from the agenda with a nod of his hand, to which other MPs have already submitted comments and doubts. However, no one listened to them, and his intervention was met with an immediate response.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/gest-szeregowego-posla-jak-jaroslaw-kaczynski-rzadzi-polskim-sejmem/mdmty41

-- HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND ADMINISTRATION RECEIVES A REPRIMAND, AND WE LECTURE THE FRENCH AND GERMANS - GALOPUJĄCY MAJOR CRITICIZES: “Perhaps this is because we are a safe country at the moment. We don't have a terrorist threat like the countries of the wealthy West, apart from a handful of fascists kept under a glass bell. We don't have problems with violence resulting from a mix of racism, poverty, and exclusion in immigrant ghettos. We don't have violent social protests; two burning tires in Warsaw cause fear and trembling. Perhaps this is why the state is shrinking and doing nothing, because it will somehow work out. Perhaps, however, as a society, we are absolutely incapable of anything, because there might be less violence here, but we are still in the greatest state of danger in Europe, due to smog and road accidents, among other things. And even with such fairly obvious knowledge, we are unable to do anything as a state, and Brudziński, driving at almost 100 km/h, only gets a reprimand. Because, above all, even though we can't even catch anyone important, we are exceptionally good at lecturing, especially the French, Germans, and Scandinavians. After all, we've organized our own state so wonderfully.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/felietony/galopujacy-major/panstwo-w-stanie-pouczenia/

-- MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI ON ZBIGNIEW ZIOBRO HARMING PIŚ: “Some wonder if this was not a deliberate action by the Ministry of Justice to, on the one hand, show that Zbigniew Ziobro is the toughest politician defending Polish sovereignty against the EU's encroachments, and on the other hand, to fuel the polexit topic, which will lead to a decrease in PiS's results and allow for demands for accountability and reshuffles within the party after the elections. But it's hard to believe that such cynicism in politics is possible.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/190329915-Szarza-Ziobry-na-Dobra-Zmiane.html

-- PULS BIZNESU ON PKO BP'S SPORTS MARKETING SUCCESS: “PKO BP is not yet the title sponsor, and customers already have a high awareness of its connection with the Ekstraklasa. When asked which bank is the sponsor of the Ekstraklasa, PKO BP was spontaneously indicated by over 16% of respondents, and among PKO BP customers, it was 22%. For this stage of cooperation, it's a surprisingly good result – assesses Michał Gradzik, managing partner at Sponsoring Insight.” https://www.pb.pl/pko-bp-wygrywa-na-ekstraklasie-956456

-- BIRTHDAYS: Michał Olech, Rafał Zasuń, Kamila Biedrzycka, Michał Chyczewski, Katarzyna Kołodziejska, Maciej Sonik, Jerzy Jaskiernia.