-- PI'S NARRATIVE ON TEACHERS – THAT WOULD BE 17 BILLION – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/03/26/

-- TAX ON LINKS AND CONTENT FILTERING WON'T FIX THE INTERNET – JULIA REDA IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM OSTOLSKI IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA:“Publishers are hoping that the proposed solutions will function as a kind of tax. But if you tell a company that it has to pay for linking to your page, it will probably just stop linking to it. From the perspective of an ordinary internet user, there is a risk that large platforms will decide not to pay publishers and simply block links to their sites. In the future, it may turn out that when you try to post a link on Facebook, you'll see a message saying 'Sorry, linking to this page is not possible in Europe.' And even if you don't often share links, the result will be that you'll see fewer links to press articles, and they will come from a narrower range of sources.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/filtrowanie-tresci-nie-naprawia-internetu/

-- I WISH THE ENTIRE OPPOSITION GOOD LUCK – BOGDAN ZDROJEWSKI IN GAZETA WROCŁAWSKA – speaking to Andrzej Zwoliński: “Compliments have been directed at me from both the left and the right of the political scene. Everyone in Wrocław and Lower Silesia knows perfectly well that I am a centrist politician. For that reason, it is easier for me today to say that I wish the entire opposition to PiS good luck.”

-- I'M NOT SULKING – ZDROJEWSKI CONTINUES: “It was never easy for me in PO. I always had to prove myself. I won almost a million votes for PO in various elections. But I am not driven by ambition, nor do I throw a tantrum. That's not my style.” https://gazetawroclawska.pl/zdrojewski-odejdzie-z-po-nie-strzelam-focha-to-nie-w-moim-stylu/ar/13993093#polityka

-- THE OPPOSITION HAS STOPPED EXPLAINING ITSELF TO PI'S – KATARZYNA KOLENDA-ZALESKA in GW: “PiS cleverly used the signing of the LGBT+ Charter in Warsaw, but the European Coalition responded just as cleverly to its attack. Surprisingly, it did not withdraw from the decision, did not explain itself, did not formulate convoluted justifications, but bravely stood in defense of the charter, and Rafał Trzaskowski became one of the heroes of Saturday's convention. It was he, along with Grzegorz Schetyna, who outlined the dividing line in these elections. It is a choice – as they said – between tolerance and incitement, between truth and lies, between a strong Poland and Poland on the margins, between Europeanism and nationalism, between the modesty of power and its excess. Marshal Kuchciński, who enjoyed traveling on government jets and moving around the Sejm with full escort, greatly helped the opposition in this.”

-- WIOSNA HAS CHANGED ITS NARRATIVE AND STANDS WITH THOSE DEMANDING RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW – KKZ CONTINUES: “The campaign promises to be fascinating also because in the background, there is still Robert Biedroń's Wiosna – lively and enthusiastic. This is an important emphasis, because it seems that only this distinguishes it from the European Coalition, which has stopped avoiding difficult topics. This is a conclusion from Saturday. And also, that Wiosna has definitely changed its narrative, and Robert Biedroń now stands with those who demand that PiS respect the rule of law. This, as it turns out, is also his war. By summing up the surveyed support of the European Coalition and Wiosna, they can defeat PiS. But the path to taking power is still long, especially since the whole autumn is ahead of us.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24584371,pis-ma-klopot-opozycja-przestala-sie-tlumaczyc.html

-- MARCIN FIJOŁEK ON THE DOORS OPENED BY NOWOGRODZKA: “One of the natural doors that are worth keeping open, bridges worth not burning, are conversations with representatives of other parties or movements. Hence the informal meetings between PiS and PSL, which have been numerous recently (something both sides are reluctant to admit), hence Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's winks towards the Peasants' Party, and finally, soundings out within Kukiz‘15. Not every meeting, not every decision must herald great changes or plans, but one thing is certain: no one in PiS intends to slam doors shut. There are too many unknowns, too few reliable surveys and polls, too much experience, especially among party leaders, to afford such carelessness or arrogance. Therefore, the coming months, besides fierce political struggle, may bring us some non-obvious moves, statements, or signals. And in the autumn – peculiar alliances. Such are the charms of an election year.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/439555-nowogrodzka-otwiera-furtki-do-rozmow-a-moze-i-do-koalicji

-- PROF. DUDEK: IN MAY WE WILL HAVE PRIMARIES AHEAD OF THE AUTUMN – he tells Interia: “This is, of course, a game. We must be aware that the May elections will be another plebiscite on the assessment of the PiS government, even clearer than in the case of local government elections – notes the Interia interlocutor. As he explains, during the EP elections, the two largest camps will clash, and EU issues will remain a 'complete pretext, a fig leaf.' – The essence of the dispute will be to get voters' answer to the question: are you for the United Right and the continuation of its government? We are dealing with a kind of primary elections before the autumn elections – believes Prof. Dudek.” https://fakty.interia.pl/raporty/raport-unia-europejska/polska-w-ue/news-prof-dudek-w-maju-bedziemy-mieli-prawybory-przed-jesienia,nId,2902449

-- NO MAJOR GOVERNMENT SUCCESSES ON THE HORIZON – ŁUKASZ PAWŁOWSKI in KULTURA LIBERALNA: “Saturday's conventions of the three largest parties confirmed what we have known for a long time. Just as PiS wanted, the election campaign will probably be conducted primarily around topics related to domestic policy. Contrary to appearances, however, this is not good news for the ruling party. Thus, at the end of March, the situation seems most favorable for the European Coalition and troublesome for PiS. Polls can have a soporific effect on the ruling party. However, further troubles loom on the horizon – spectacular protests, but also, among other things, a ruling from the Court of Justice of the EU. Major successes, on the other hand, are not visible.”

-- WIOSNA HAS SURPRISINGLY QUICKLY ACCEPTED THE ROLE OF JUNIOR PARTNER – PAWŁOWSKI CONTINUES: “Today, Sylwia Spurek states in 'Plus Minus' that all polls show that 'Wiosna, along with Platforma, is realizing the first and most important goal of PO, which is to remove PiS from power.' The difference is seemingly small, but significant. It suggests that Biedroń's party has already accepted the role of a junior partner. It's hard not to add: surprisingly quickly. Of course, Spurek simultaneously announces that in return, PO will have to implement Wiosna's demands. I dare to doubt this. It will be difficult for Wiosna to explain to voters if it does not enter into a coalition with PO and thus allows PiS to continue its rule. And this, even if Grzegorz Schetyna does not agree with most of Biedroń's promises.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2019/03/26/kampania-partie-konwencje-obietnice/

-- SCHETYNA CUTS OFF BIEDROŃ'S OXYGEN – Jacek Niznkiewicz in RZ: “The scheme for PO to outmaneuver Wiosna is similar to the one Platforma used against Nowoczesna. First, waiting for the novelty effect to wear off, then accusing them of favoring PiS, then undermining them behind the scenes despite public declarations of cooperation, and taking over their main postulates. It then became increasingly brutal, including the vassalization of Katarzyna Lubnauer's formation. The EP election results will show whether it pays off for Schetyna to politically kill Biedroń, or whether the latter will commit political suicide first.”

-- NIZINKIEWICZ ON THE LEFTIST TEST FOR PO: “Meanwhile, the leftist test for PO will be the response of further cities governed by its politicians to the adoption of the LGBT+ declaration.”

-- PLATFORMA'S OPENNESS WAS FORCED BY BIEDROŃ – NIZINKIEWICZ CONTINUES: “Platforma did nothing regarding registered partnerships during its eight years in government (PO-PSL). It achieved nothing. It misled minorities for years, playing politically with worldview issues. PO's openness to leftist postulates was forced by Robert Biedroń. https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/303259922-Nizinkiewicz-Grzegorz-Schetyna-odcina-tlen-Robertowi-Biedroniowi.html

-- THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FOR MONEY – on the front page of GW.

-- WILL THE GOVERNMENT BREAK THE EXPENDITURE RULE? – GW: “According to the experts who signed the appeal, if the rule were followed, the increase in expenditures in next year's budget could not exceed PLN 42 billion. 'Meanwhile, the expected increase in only eight categories of expenditures, though significant in volume (expenditures of local government units, Ministry of National Defence, National Health Fund, Social Insurance Institution, Ministry of Interior and Administration, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, public debt servicing, and EU contribution) amounts to about PLN 70 billion next year, and this is even without accounting for the expected increase in local government expenditures by nearly PLN 6 billion from the newly established Fund for Local Roads,' they explain.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,24583427,zwyciestwo-nie-za-wszelka-cene-ekonomisci-bija-na-alarm-w.html

-- BUDGETARY EARTHQUAKE – PIOTR SKWIROWSKI in RZ: “We are getting into trouble actually at the peak of the economic cycle. One shudders to think what will happen next. Fitch rating agency has announced a revision of Poland's assessment for Friday. Information about the deficit increasing to around 3 percent could negatively affect this assessment. https://www.rp.pl/Opinie/303259897-Budzetowe-trzesienie-ziemi.html

-- HELMSMAN AND NAVIGATOR IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE – THE ROLE OF MORAWIECKI'S ENTOURAGE IS GROWING, WHILE THE FINANCE MINISTRY'S IS SHRINKING – Bartek Godusławski and Grzegorz Osiecki in DGP.

-- THERE IS NO GREATER DESERTER THAN ZALEWSKA – JACEK HARLUKOWICZ in GW: “European Parliament elections 2019. Nowhere is the term 'evacuation operation,' coined by the opposition, more fitting for the list of PiS candidates for the EP than in Lower Silesia. For there is no greater deserter from the battlefield than Anna Zalewska, the head of the Ministry of Education and leader of the Lower Silesian-Opole list for the EP.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,24581367,wybory-do-europarlamentu-2019-akcja-ewakuacja-minister-zalewskiej.html

-- 14 DAYS UNTIL THE STRIKE – front page of GW.

-- DIALOG FULL OF TENSION, BUT WITHOUT CONCRETE RESULTS –DGP on the strike.

-- THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET A COURSE FOR STRIKE AND CONFRONTATION WITH TEACHERS – Zuzanna Dąbrowska in RZ: “This protest cannot be talked away by presenting the old proposal of a 5 percent increase in September instead of January. The government knows this, so it is trying to shift the responsibility, expecting the unions to present a joint stance, which is as likely as Jarosław Kaczyński and Grzegorz Schetyna reaching an agreement. A weak maneuver, because it won't convince anyone as a potential reason for the government to break off talks.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/303259914-Dabrowska-Rzad-wzial-kurs-na-strajk.html

-- IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE TRICK WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL WILL SUCCEED – EWA SIEDLECKA in POLITYKA: “Therefore, the chance that the trick will succeed in the case concerning the legality of the appointment and operation of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) is not high. Of course, the decision rests with the CJEU. Unless the Supreme Court withdraws its preliminary questions, which is unlikely. However, it is certain that the PiS authorities will present today's ruling of the 'Good Change' Constitutional Tribunal as proof of the legality of the KRS's actions and the validity of rulings issued by the neo-judges appointed by it. Especially those in the Supreme Court. And even more so in the new chambers: Disciplinary and Extraordinary Control.” https://siedlecka.blog.polityka.pl/2019/03/25/tk-wreszcie-orzekl-w-sprawie-krs/?nocheck=1

-- KALE'S ETHICS REGARDING THE MONUMENT – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI in RZ: “But at the same time, it must be remembered that it is simply improper to ride a scooter on a monument commemorating such a terrible tragedy as the Smolensk catastrophe. And it's good that law enforcement officers pointed this out to the teenagers, although they could have done so in a more polite way. But the rule of law also consists of small things – not jumping on monuments, not whistling at politicians in a cemetery, nor approving of the arbitrary destruction of the legally standing monument of Fr. Jankowski. But the popular, recently common ethics in Polish debates does not allow for this acknowledgment: Kale's ethics.” https://www.rp.pl/Opinie/190329575-Michal-Szuldrzynski-Pomnik-smolenski-i-etyka-Kalego.html

-- THE AUSTRIAN GETS HIS TESTIMONY MIXED UP – Grażyna Zawadka and Izabela Kacprzak in RZ: “However, this is not supported by the investigation materials. Despite a month and a half having passed and the prosecution's demands for the businessman to provide evidence – transfers, payments, paid bills – the Austrian is not providing them. 'Mr. Gerald Birgfellner has not yet (as of March 20, 2019) provided any documents that would confirm his incurred costs,' Łukasz Łapczyński, spokesman for the prosecution, responds to us, adding that the businessman has been asked to submit them.” https://www.rp.pl/Tasmy-z-Nowogrodzkiej/303259910-Watpliwe-honorarium-za-wiezowce-Kaczynskiego.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Barbara Szczepuła, Malwina Dziedzic.