-- VON DER LEYEN'S SECOND FOREIGN VISIT TO POLAND, MUELLER DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM PIONTKOWSKI'S WORDS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/07/23/ -- MANY PRODUCERS WON'T EVEN HARVEST APPLES BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROFITABLE - DR. HAB. SŁAWOMIR KALINOWSKI, Professor at the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialist in poverty and living standards in rural areas, in an interview with Nowa Konfederacja: "It's hard to increase land area, difficult to develop. Wholesale prices are low. Last year, a kilogram of apples cost up to 50 groszy, some sold apples for 10 groszy, cabbage for 15 groszy, potatoes for 20 groszy... Many producers won't even harvest these apples because it's not profitable for them. Research shows that 90% of farmers believe that production is not profitable." -- LOW PRODUCTIVITY BUT GOOD QUALITY - KALINOWSKI CONTINUES: "In Poland, agricultural productivity is 40% lower than in the EU. We need to catch up, and the gap is still huge. But let's remember that our products are of very high quality, and if the right conditions are created, the gap can be closed." https://nowakonfederacja.pl/co-sie-dzieje-z-polska-wsia/ -- THE DISPUTE WITH LGBT IS NOT A UNIVERSAL POLITICAL MECHANISM THAT ALWAYS BRINGS VICTORY TO THE RIGHT, ONE MUST PLAY CAREFULLY AND EVEN CAUTIOUSLY HERE - JACEK KARNOWSKI: "If the right allows the left to portray itself as a victim – which is its clear goal – it may lose the elections, precisely in the area where it won in May. If it stops communicating the defense of Poles' right to live in a free country, the right to preserve tradition, and starts communicating – even unknowingly – aggression and excessive offensiveness, it will find itself on the defensive. In this sphere, public sentiment is, in my opinion, quite volatile. This concerns, of course, the sentiments of those voter groups that determine the retention or defeat of power. The key is therefore simple: a strong and unambiguous defense of normality – yes. But at the same time: one must be very careful not to create the impression that one is going much further, because this can lead to bitter disappointment." https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/456030-spor-z-lgbt-to-nie-jest-uniwersalny-przepis-na-sukces-pis -- PIS POLITICIANS AMONG THE BANDITS - on GW's front page: "In Białystok, services are counting the injured and arrested, and the city mayor is notifying the prosecutor's office about the suspicion of a crime committed by the voivodeship marshal from PiS and his trusted associates." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,25018508,po-napadzie-na-marsz-rownosci-politycy-pis-wsrod-bandytow-i.html -- HUNTING FOR QUEERS AND LESBIANS - PIOTR STASIŃSKI IN GW: "'Fashies', 'nazis', football hooligans – emboldened by the authorities and priests – are almost unpunished. The authorities ensure that they do not face severe sanctions for hatred and violence. The prosecutor's office dismisses investigations or pretends to conduct them. They seek leniency for an aggressive antisemite. A prosecutor – let's remember – Magdalena Kołodziej dismisses the case against the bandits from the so-called independence march, who beat and insulted women protesting against the fascist march, because 'the attackers' intention was not to beat, but to express dissatisfaction', and 'violence from the attackers was directed at less sensitive parts of the body'. And the judge – let's remember – Marcin Czerwiński fines the women – victims of this beating." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,25018468,polowanie-na-pedala-i-lesbe-w-faszyzujacej-sie-polsce.html -- JĘDRZEJ BIELECKI IN RZ ON 7 CANDIDATES FOR POLISH COMMISSIONER: "The decision will be made in the next dozen or so days within the triangle of PiS leadership, the Prime Minister, and the Presidential Palace. According to 'Rzeczpospolita' information, seven names are being considered. These include the head of Andrzej Duda's cabinet, Krzysztof Szczerski, Minister for European Affairs Konrad Szymański, Jadwiga Emilewicz, responsible for the Ministry of Entrepreneurship, and Minister of Infrastructure Jerzy Kwieciński. However, one of the PiS MEPs could also become a commissioner. The candidates would be: Adam Bielan, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, and Ryszard Czarnecki. In fear of defeat, no one from this group officially confirms their candidacy." -- BIELECKI ON EMILEWICZ'S SPECIAL CHANCES: "Poland is also in the crosshairs in Strasbourg – says another source in the ruling camp. If such fears prevail in the circles of power, the government will propose Kwieciński or Emilewicz to the new Commission. Their chances will further increase if von der Leyen offers our country a very technical portfolio, such as new technologies. The German woman has already announced that she wants half women in her team. This is an additional point for the Minister of Entrepreneurship." https://www.rp.pl/Unia-Europejska/307229924-Kto-zostanie-polskim-komisarzem-Kandydatow-jest-siedmioro.html -- THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE RIDICULED BY REJECTING THE POLISH COMMISSIONER - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: "From this point of view, the PiS government faces a very serious challenge. Regardless of what Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki agreed to in exchange for supporting Ursula von der Leyen for the position of European Commission President, the Polish candidate might still be rejected by the European Parliament. Although formally Parliament does not have the right to choose individual commissioners, the threat of vetoing the entire Commission has in the past led to some candidacies being withdrawn under pressure. The government would thus be ridiculed, and the blame would be placed on EU mechanisms. The question is whether, by making any deal on this matter, the government was aware of the associated risk." https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/307229922-Szuldrzynski-Kwadratura-kola-czyli-PiS-szuka-komisarza.html -- THERE IS NO PLAN FOR JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER - JACEK SASIN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: "The debate could take place between the candidates for prime minister, and there are two of them – Mateusz Morawiecki and Grzegorz Schetyna. There is no plan for Jarosław Kaczyński to become a candidate for prime minister. Mateusz Morawiecki is the Prime Minister and candidate for Prime Minister." -- COURTS SHOULD NOT RELEASE SUCH BANDITS BACK INTO FREEDOM - SASIN CONTINUES IN RZ: "We are in favor of a discussion conducted in a civilized, cultural manner, not a discussion conducted with fists and bottles. We will not allow that, and the services will always act very decisively. I hope that the courts will also act decisively and will not release such bandits back into freedom." -- IN POLAND, NO ONE IS PERSECUTED FOR THEIR VIEWS OR ORIENTATION - SASIN CONTINUES IN RZ: "This is an unnecessary heating up of the atmosphere. Such provocations serve the other side. They provide fuel to talk about this being a persecuted group in Poland, whose rights they want to take away, and that is not the case. In Poland, everyone has equal rights, and certainly, no one is persecuted for their views or sexual orientation." https://www.rp.pl/Rzad-PiS/190729882-Sasin-PO-lapala-niemrawo.html -- THE IDEOLOGICAL WAR DIVERTTS ATTENTION FROM PIS'S REAL PROBLEMS - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: "Inflation, the drug crisis, problems in schools with the double intake of students, foreign policy failures of the government – these are issues that, as if by magic, have suddenly disappeared from the agenda of the most important matters in national public debate. It is not by chance that these were inconvenient issues for PiS. They were skillfully covered up by an insertion in 'Gazeta Polska', a close ally of the current government, about the publication of 'LGBT-free zone' stickers. The weekly announced the controversial initiative a full week before its publication. Politicians of the ruling party distanced themselves from the action." https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/307229925-Nizinkiewicz-Wojna-ideologiczna-najbardziej-oplaca-sie-PiS.html -- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN THE WESTERPLATTE ACT: "I believe that President Andrzej Duda will not yield to this pressure. On the other scale, there is a great opportunity. We stand before the possibility not only of honouring the heroes who 'went in fours to heaven' with dignity but also of creating a centre that will radiate the truth about World War II, which, in this fight against terrible lies about the fate of our grandparents, will be a beam of light against falsehood. The late President Lech Kaczyński perfectly understood the importance of these factors, as he demonstrated in Warsaw and many other places, and it was at Westerplatte that he delivered one of his most important speeches. I am convinced that his close associate at the time also understands this. For this reason, I (we) ask – please, Mr. President, sign this act. Not against Gdańsk, not against Ms. Dulkiewicz (let's know the proper measure, by the way), but for Poland, for the truth about its past, and for its future." https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/456095-prezydencie-prosimy-o-podpisanie-ustawy-o-westerplatte -- BIRTHDAYS: Waldy Dzikowski turns 60, Robert Kropiwnicki, Marcin Witko, Wojciech Niewierko, Marcin Wójcicki, Karol Maciej Darmoros, Jan Tymowski, Maciej Zauszkiewicz.