-- JARUBAS ON THE RESIGNATION OF GŁODŹ, THE EXPANSION OF THE EUROPEAN COALITION, WASZCZYKOWSKI ON PROPERTY RESTITUTION - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/05/14/

-- AFTER THE EC CONFERENCE, NOWACKA FOR 300: Biedroń says today that he has credibility, but declarations alone are not enough: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/05/14/nowacka-dla-300-dzis-biedron-mowi-o-tym-ze-ma-wiarygodnosc-ale-same-deklaracje-nie-wystarcza/

-- AMERICA IS TRYING TO PREVENT A CATASTROPHE - JĘDRZEJ BIELECKI IN RZ ON MOSBACHER'S INTERVENTION: “Israel could not have chosen a worse moment to discuss the restitution of Holocaust victims' property. America is trying to prevent a catastrophe.” https://www.rp.pl/Swiat/305139910-Ustawa-447-Ambasador-Mosbacher-uspokaja-sojusznikow.html

-- BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI IN GW ON ISRAEL PLAYING FOR KONFEDERACJA: “But an action causes a reaction. Israel’s firm stance on property return (with American support) is mobilizing the Polish far-right. The PiS government, at one point, provided a protective umbrella for it and turned a blind eye to racist incidents. Today, the KORWiN Konfederacja has put the opposition to ‘Jewish claims’ on its banner, even though legally, no one can force anything upon Poland. The Israeli authorities should understand that by playing out the issue of restitution in this manner, they are burying the achievements of two generations of Poles and Jews and strengthening, perhaps permanently, the opponents of the reconciliation process.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24782027,dlaczego-izrael-wspiera-konfederacje.html

-- AFTER THE SEKIELSKI BROTHERS' FILM, THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN PIŚ AND THE CONSERVATIVE HIERARCHY IS BACKFIRING - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “And after the premiere of the Sekielski brothers' film on Saturday, the PiS leader's statement has become a burden for his camp. Because the uncritical alliance with the hierarchical Church, which faces serious accusations, is a burden today. PiS is clearly scared of this documentary. After the premiere, PiS politicians hid and pretended the film didn't exist. The best indicator of sentiments in the ruling camp is TVP's 'Wiadomości.' The film, at a time when everyone was talking about it, practically didn't exist there.”

-- WIELOWIEYSKA WRITES THAT EC POLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO CALM TEMPERS: “Opposition leaders apparently want to ensure that PiS doesn't have an excuse to scare its voters. So that it cannot tell them that if the opposition comes to power, they won't be allowed to live. Therefore, instead of exacerbating things, European Coalition politicians are trying to calm tempers. They speak not of settling scores with PiS, but of ideas for healthcare reform, long queues, fighting pedophilia, the climate, and environmental protection. They want to win over people tired of the harsh political war, yearning for peace and stability. It is precisely these moderate voters, not unequivocally aligned with either side, who would be the most valuable acquisition today. Because the opposition already has the support of declared PiS opponents.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24781070,pedofilia-na-finiszu-kampanii-jaki-wplyw-wywrze-film-sekielskich.html

-- THE HEAVIEST WEAPONS AGAINST THE CHURCH WERE WIELDED NOT BY JOURNALISTS LIKE SEKIELSKI, BUT BY THOSE WHO BETRAYED THEIR CALLING, AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT THE CHURCH MOST FEROCIOUSLY WERE THOSE WHO DOWNPLAYED IT - MARCIN FIJOŁEK: “Even if the intentions, views, or sensitivities of the film's authors are not my cup of tea, even if I have no illusions that such a film will be used in a more or less primitive and vulgar witch hunt by anti-clerical circles. In the end: what does it matter? Does the fact that a declared Catholic did not tell the true stories from the film invalidate these narratives, dramas, traumas? The heaviest weapons against the Church were wielded not by journalists like Sekielski, but by those who betrayed their own calling, transforming from shepherds of sheep into their tormentors. Finally, those who fought most fiercely against the Church in Poland were those who hid these attitudes, downplayed them, and shrugged them off.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/kosciol/446326-kilka-trudnych-akapitow-po-filmie-sekielskiego

-- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ARGUE WITH THE FILM - ANDRZEJ GAJCY: “The worst thing that could be said about this picture is that it is an anti-clerical attack on the Church. It is not a flawless film, and various accusations can be leveled against it, but the facts and confessions it presents are devastating and impossible to argue with. Anyone who claims otherwise is either living on another planet or denying what happened out of fear, for example, of consequences or oversights.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/tylko-nie-mow-nikomu-andrzej-gajcy-o-filmie-braci-sekielskich/jdscmf6

-- SWEEPING THE PROBLEM UNDER THE RUG IS THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE DECHristIANIZATION OF POLAND - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Society is changing, and sweeping the issue under the rug, believing that this protects the Church, is the shortest route to the dechristianization of Poland – just like the alliance between some bishops and PiS. Therefore, engaged laypeople should send clear signals to the hierarchs. And express words of appreciation for Archbishops Gądecki, Polak, and other hierarchs who are taking action to cleanse the Polish Church. And at the same time, strongly protest against such contemptuous attitudes as that of the Metropolitan of Gdańsk. By downplaying the Sekielski film, Archbishop Głódź trivializes the suffering of pedophilia victims. This is more dangerous for the Church than the actions of its enemies.” https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/190519804-Po-premierze-Tylko-nie-mow-nikomu-Pora-na-glos-wiernych.html

-- LET'S PROTECT CHILDREN. LET'S GIVE THEM SENSIBLE SEXUAL EDUCATION - AGNIESZKA WIŚNIEWSKA, editor-in-chief of KrytykaPolityczna.pl: “The titles of Nowak's book: 'So That There Is No Scandal.' Victims Have a Voice, or the Sekielski film: 'Only Don't Tell Anyone,' perfectly illustrate the current state of affairs. It is silence. Some are silent because they protect the Church (a questionable protection in my opinion, because I genuinely don't believe believers will forgive an institution they identify with for allowing children to be harmed for years), others are silent because they are afraid, because they don't know who to tell (children told their parents, who were helpless, and if they reacted, they were simply silenced within the Church's internal procedures and had no chance of achieving justice). There are situations where our proverbs turn out to be terribly stupid. In the case of pedophilia in the Church, silence is not golden. Let's give children knowledge and tools so that they never remain silent again when they are harmed.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/felietony/agnieszka-wisniewska/sekielski-tylko-nie-mow-nikomu-film-edukacja-seksualna/

-- THE CASE OF PODLEŚNA MAKES ONE REALIZE THE JOKES ARE OVER - RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI IN CONVERSATION WITH KAROLINA WIGURA AND JAROSŁAW KUISZ IN KL: “Great mobilization is needed. I think what was done in the case of Ewa Podleśna [the author of the image of the Mother of God with a rainbow halo – editorial note] must make people realize that the jokes are over. It's a bit like in an authoritarian system – as long as you mind your own business and don't stick your neck out, everything is fine. But if you defend the rights of others or come into conflict with the interests of the PiS state, or even with the interests of some local PiS activist, the state apparatus will be used against you. And in this sense, the thread of synergy between the PiS state and the institutional Church, which can result in elements of a confessional state, is very dangerous. Only this needs to be discussed in a completely different language than the extremes on both sides are trying to impose on us.”

-- A CERTAIN PART OF VOTERS AND COMMENTATORS IS IMPATIENT, ONE CANNOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH SOMEONE AFTER A WEEK - TRZASKOWSKI CONTINUES: “Creating new political entities is very difficult today. In the era of ubiquitous media, one must not only be a top-tier professional but also have experience, patience, and, above all, a proper, serious support base. Politicians lacking maturity and responsibility, with too much narcissism and conviction of their own uniqueness – have a very difficult task in politics. It is also difficult to move from the second league to the premier league – the demands, pressure, stress, and the possibility of making mistakes are immense. What particularly troubles me is that a certain part of our electorate, including many commentators, is so impatient today. One cannot be disappointed with a political entity one supported after a week. First, be in ecstasy, and then criticize everything across the board. Yesterday it was Petru, today Biedroń, but many are already tempted to look for something new.”

-- TRZASKOWSKI ON THE QUESTION OF THE PRESIDENCY: “I am asked this question every week, and I answer like Donald Tusk. The presidential elections are a very distant prospect. Today, if anyone in a position like mine were to think about the presidency of Poland, it would mean they were not entirely responsible. My only interest today is Warsaw. Besides, we first have to win the European and parliamentary elections.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2019/05/14/trzaskowski-wybory-europejskie-wojna-kulturowa-wywiad/

-- JADWIGA EMILEWICZ ON KULTURA LIBERALNA'S QUESTION (Sawczuk, Pawłowski) ABOUT THE EURO: “I think we should ensure that the door to the Eurozone room has handles on both sides so that we can always enter. When we know that the Eurozone is stable and free from the risks of southern countries, and that joining the Eurozone will not cause a rapid increase in prices.”

-- EMILEWICZ RESERVED ABOUT KACZYŃSKI'S PROPOSED DECLARATION OF "NO TO THE EURO": “I am not a fan of such declarations, because economics is a historical science that explains the past perfectly but poorly predicts what is about to happen, even in the next five years. We accepted this commitment upon joining the European Union, and meeting the convergence criteria, which are necessary to join the Eurozone, is in our economic interest.”

-- WE DIFFER FROM PiS BY 10 PERCENT OF ISSUES, IN KE IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND - EMILEWICZ FURTHER IN KL: “We differ by 10 percent of issues, in KE it's only a matter of time before the proportions are reversed. We have common roots. If the Civic Coalition has more candidates from Leszek Miller's government than from PO...” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2019/05/14/emilewicz-wybory-europejskie-wywiad/

-- FALL DOWN CHILDREN, THE MINISTER IS FLYING - Fakt's front-page lead. https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/joachim-brudzinski-smiglowcem-polecial-do-choszczna/1jhj2vs

-- THE PRESIDENT HAS A NEW FRIEND - Fakt on PJK's words about Przyłębska.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Rocki, Piotr Ikonowicz, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Andrzej Person, Jarosław Pietras, Barbara Włodarczyk, Kamil Zaradkiewicz.