-- 300LIVE: DWORCZYK ON THE BRUSSELS SUMMIT'S BACKROOM DEALINGS AND NO PLANS FOR MEDIA REPOLONIZATION, HALICKI ON THE CHADEK AND SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC BLOC: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/06/21/ -- WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR DEVELOPMENT TO BE STIFLED AND THE GREATEST BURDENS TO BE PLACED UPON OUR COUNTRY - THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE SUMMIT: https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C472342%2Cpremier-dla-pap-jestesmy-zwolennikami-ambitnej-i-innowacyjnej-polityki -- PIŚ DID NOT CRUSH THE TEACHERS' REBELLION, IT MERELY WAITED IT OUT - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN PTT: “In public schools, we saw a great teachers' rebellion. PiS didn't so much crush it as wait it out. Then they won the elections, which makes returning to strike in the autumn much harder for teachers. They don't have the freshest and clearest mandate; the government does.” -- ZAREMBA ON THE HANDOUTS WHICH RESULTED IN THE "SPIRIT OF BALCEROWICZ" TOWARDS SCHOOLS: “One could understand this if, as during the PO-PSL governments, there truly were 'no funds'. But they exist, being distributed among others to wealthy pensioners and parents of the first child. If Prime Minister Morawiecki follows Leszek Balcerowicz's line of thinking regarding schools, simply because there are insufficient funds for education, the system will not work any better.” -- THE RIGHT-WING'S EXPEDIENCY TOWARDS ITS OWN FORMER PROGRAM - ZAREMBA'S CONCLUSION: “The next school year will not be a good year for Polish education. It will reveal the complete expediency of right-wing politicians towards their own former programs and the ease with which they sacrifice their ideological goals for electoral effectiveness. PiS politicians have already calculated that they can govern without the support of teachers. But they won't build a good school without them.” https://polskatimes.pl/piotr-zaremba-to-nie-bedzie-dobry-rok-dla-szkol/ar/c1-14227061 -- AGNIESZKA WIŚNIEWSKA ON WHETHER ANOTHER FILM WILL WIN ELECTIONS - writes in Krytyka: “Should PiS be afraid of Patryk Vega's film? Not really. Yes, many people will watch this film. But will they be PiS voters who, leaving the cinema, will think: 'Wow, I didn't know these politicians were so uncool'? Doubtful. If Vega manages to stir up the atmosphere, the opposition will be ready to think that the film will win the elections for them (similar hopes were attached to the Sekielski brothers' film, and what happened?). And if the opposition thinks this way, they'll be ready to slack off during the campaign, and then Kaczyński can sleep soundly. He should even send Vega a box of chocolates in thanks.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/felietony/agnieszka-wisniewska/panie-kaczynski-pani-pawlowicz-nie-lekajcie-sie-vegi/ -- SIEMONIAK STATES THAT POLISH POLITICS IS DOMINATED BY TWO BLOCS AND PIŚ ACTIVISTS ARE DEMOTIVATED - in gazeta.pl: “The facts today are that Polish politics is dominated by two blocs. Only PiS and anti-PiS matter. Or looking at it the other way: the anti-democratic bloc and the democratic bloc. Robert Biedroń got 6%, and Konfederacja with Kukiz together slightly over 8% of the vote. Such are the social moods. Depending on various factors – including the economic situation, scandals, and affairs – either of these blocs can win the elections. President Kaczyński knows this, and that is why, on election night, he warned PiS politicians against triumphalism and overestimating the results of the European elections. The May victory might be very demotivating for the 'good change'. Personally, traveling around Poland, I very clearly see a mood of relaxation and self-satisfaction among PiS activists and politicians, a conviction that more prosperous years await them in state institutions and state-owned companies.” -- A MILLION VOTES CAN BE MADE UP - SIEMONIAK FURTHER: “Without exaggeration, but assessing the situation coolly, a difference of one million votes between the European Coalition and the United Right can be overcome. Especially if we break it down by individual electoral districts, counties, and municipalities, and add to that the lack of mobilization on the opposition's side. Many people are saying today that it's over, that we're finished. In the autumn, they might be surprised, because it's far from over. Let's not succumb to the mood of helplessness and great sadness. The time for dwelling on defeat and complaining ended on June 4th in Gdańsk. A new stage began there, where local government and local government officials are becoming our very active partners and players in a future coalition.” -- SIEMONIAK ON RELATIONS WITH PSL: “The tactics of coalition talks and taking an initial position in them – that's one thing; the political facts – that's another. So, calmly, no doors are closed yet. From the public statements of PSL politicians, I infer that during the European campaign, they were hindered by things that did not play out within the European Coalition – Leszek Jażdżewski's speech, the Sekielski brothers' film, the Equality Parade in Gdańsk the day before the elections.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,24917917,siemoniak-dzisiaj-w-polskiej-polityce-liczy-sie-tylko-pis-i.html -- THE POLITICAL POTENTIAL OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION IS HUGE - PIOTR PACWICZ ON RESEARCH FOR OKO: “Only 18% of respondents considered the 13th pension a significant state budget expenditure, and 17% considered the 500+ for every child. Three times more often, shortening queues for doctors (57%) was chosen, twice as often help for people with disabilities (37%), and improving education (34%). The political potential of health and education is enormous.” -- SLOGANS ARE NOT ENOUGH - PACWICZ FURTHER ON THE TOPIC OF SOCIAL SERVICES: “There is, of course, one condition: they must be convincing and simply good. It is not enough to throw out the slogan 'we will shorten queues'. One must say how: where to get doctors from (e.g., make it easier for medics from Ukraine to work), how to finance improvement (increase health contributions), etc. With education, it is simpler in that many changes for the better require reducing the workload for both students and teachers, and streamlining the curriculum and greater teaching flexibility can even lead to savings.” https://oko.press/piatka-kaczynskiego-przegrywa-z-kolejkami-do-lekarzy-i-edukacja-500-plus-mniej-wazne-sondaz/ -- PIOTR ZAREMBA AGREES WITH TOMASZ TERLIKOWSKI REGARDING BODNAR: “Agreement with Terlikowski once again. And for the unconvinced, I propose a simple thought experiment: imagine that Tomasz Komenda was detained in a similar manner. We don't have immediate certainty whether the detained person is guilty. And one more remark. I also dislike some of the RPO's opinions. But the primitive libel from Wiadomości, where everything was connected to everything as usual, in the spirit of resisting the enemies of the only correct government, evoked warmer feelings in me towards Mr. Bodnar.” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011509202636 -- EWA SIEDLECKA ON INEQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE TREATMENT OF A PRIEST AND ELŻBIETA PODLEŚNA: “She can do this because she has freedom of speech. A person who feels offended in their religious feelings (because Christ excluded no one) is not right. Firstly, a priest is a Catholic and heads a parish, so it cannot be rationally assumed that he intended to offend the feelings of his parishioners. Secondly, offense to religious feelings is measured by the sensitivity of the average believer. And the average believer has such sensitivity that they consider non-heterosexuality a sin. And the prosecutor discontinued the investigation. But Elżbieta Podleśna, who posted posters with the Rainbow Madonna in protest against this Holy Sepulchre, faces charges of offending religious feelings. Earlier, her apartment was searched at 6 am, electronic devices were seized, she was transported from Warsaw to Płock, and held at the police station for five hours. Well, she is neither a priest nor even a nun.” https://siedlecka.blog.polityka.pl/2019/06/20/co-wolno-ksiedzu-nacjonaliscie-neosedziemu/?nocheck=1 -- THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN PRIVATE MEDIA - title in RZ of an article on Gowin's announcements. -- IT'S NOT ABOUT REPOLONIZATION, BUT ABOUT ORBÁN'S PATH - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “After all, recently Radio Zet was 're-Polonized' – a foreign concern sold the station to the Polish company Agora. But there was no audible enthusiasm from the ruling party – the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, or other prominent politicians did not hold press conferences to express their approval. No, because the whole talk about repolonization is simply about the fact that private media are not as favorable to the 'good change' as the politicians of the ruling party would wish. And what is called repolonization is actually an attempt to follow Viktor Orbán's path. The Hungarian Prime Minister consistently removed foreign concerns from the country, which then ended up with oligarchs in orbit around the government.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/306209948-Szuldrzynski-Nie-chodzi-wcale-o-repolonizacje.html?cid -- HURRAY FOR PRIVATE MEDIA - AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: “A respectable state and nation cannot allow the majority of media to be in foreign hands – announced Jarosław Gowin. A respectable Deputy Prime Minister has no right to deceive people like that.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,24921070,jak-wybory-to-huzia-na-prywatne-media.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Pusz, Wojciech Filemonowicz, Andrzej Owczarek, Damian Kwiek, Krzysztof Iszkowski, Jan Wnuk.