-- MÜLLER: HEADLINERS TODAY, FULL SLATES SOON - 300LIVE:https://300polityka.pl/live/2023/08/31/

-- I KNOW ROMAN IS AGAINST ABORTION, AND I BELIEVE HE WON'T CHANGE HIS MIND. AND THAT'S GOOD, HE SHOULD REMAIN TRUE TO HIS CONVICTIONS – MACIEJ GIERTYCH COMMENTS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH SE: "What does his father, a scientist and former politician, think about this? - I know Roman is against abortion, and I believe he won't change his mind. And that's good, he should remain true to his convictions – comments Maciej Giertych, who is pleased with his son's candidacy in the elections. - Roman has been involved in politics for a long time, he comments on what's happening every day. I will be happy if he enters the Sejm – he adds. Is it good that his son is running for a mandate in Kielce specifically? - It will be an interesting fight, as he will be in the same constituency as Kaczyński. I predict they will both enter the Sejm – forecasts Maciej Giertych."
https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/maciej-giertych-apeluje-do-syna-nie-zgadzaj-sie-na-aborcje-aa-o1DM-aT9b-FCwc.html

-- BUT WILL VOTERS FORGIVE TUSK FOR ALL THE MEANS HE WILL EMPLOY IN THIS FIGHT? - KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: "If the most important thing is to remove PiS from power, then it's understandable that Tusk is focusing on Kaczyński in the campaign. But will voters forgive Tusk for all the means he will employ in this fight? (...) Tusk is focusing on Kaczyński, Kaczyński on Tusk – this is how the election campaign looks and will likely continue to look. One is fielding the author of regular letters to Jarosław on the lists, presenting him as a determined investigator. The other points to the only enemy – an agent of Russia, Germany, and Brussels, and even the devil. Yes, these are elections for a democratic Poland, so it's understandable that Tusk is focusing on the biggest threat to our democracy. However, for some voters, the argument of determination in striving for victory may not be enough to tolerate too much. And Giertych is a lot. Determination is understandable, but the red line, as is known, is thin."
https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2023/08/31/skrzydlowska-kalukin-tusk-kaczynski-giertych-i-dyskomfort/

-- TUSK MADE THE DECISION BASED ON HIS POLITICAL INTUITION, NOT POLLS. THIS SHOWS EVEN MORE CLEARLY THAT IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THE CIVIC PLATFORM LEADER HAS TAKEN SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ELECTION RESULTS – FOR BETTER OR WORSE - ŁUKASZ LIPIŃSKI ON TYGODNIK POLITYKA PORTAL: "Tusk's decisions, on the one hand, are met with trust by a large part of the party, believing after a series of failed experiments with party leadership that the former prime minister's return may also signify a return to victories against PiS and to power. The leader's position in the party and the credit of trust towards him are even higher today than during Tusk's government. However, when it comes to specific decisions, doubts arise. Civic Platform politicians have said unofficially that campaign research indicated that Kołodziejczak would not harm KO's results, but Giertych's candidacy for the Sejm might. If this is true, Tusk made the decision based on his political intuition, not polls. This shows even more clearly that in this campaign, the Civic Platform leader has taken sole responsibility for the election results – for better or worse. Making decisions against the will of part of the party or even his surroundings means that, depending on the outcome, it will be President Tusk himself who will receive the splendor of victory – or the bitterness of defeat."
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2225608,1,giertych-i-campus-tusk-bierze-pelna-odpowiedzialnosc-za-wynik-ko.read

-- THE PRESIDENT OF WARSAW FACES A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO PROTECT CAMPUS POLSKA IN THE FORMULA THAT EARNED IT POPULARITY AND MAKE IT A USEFUL TOOL FOR HIS FUTURE POLITICAL CAREER - ŁUKASZ ROGOJSZ ON INTERIA.PL: "Trzaskowski should care about this and fight for it with all his might. An initiative like Campus Polska, with such a brand and scope of influence, but most importantly, the community that has gathered around it, is an invaluable vehicle for further success in his political career. It is an open secret that he himself would like to make this next step the presidency of Poland in 2025. However, if this vehicle loses credibility and popular appeal, it will lead neither Trzaskowski nor the Civic Platform anywhere."

-- CAMPUS IS A PLACE WHERE EVEN WITH AN EXTREMELY TIGHT CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE, YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO SHOW UP, EVEN FOR A FEW HOURS - ROGOJSZ CONTINUES: "Some will say: of course, they came because it's the middle of the election campaign. Others might reply: so Campus is a place where, even with an extremely tight campaign schedule, you simply have to show up, even for a few hours. The same applies to guest panelists – both Polish and foreign. This year's edition of Campus featured, among others, the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzeziński, his predecessor in this position, Georgette Mosbacher, and one of the leading European intellectuals, Ivan Krastev."
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2023/news-arcywazne-wyzwanie-trzaskowskiego-chodzi-o-campus-polska-i-p,nId,6995225

-- WAIT FOR THE SEPTEMBER POLLS - PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: "We will see a more realistic picture of the attitudes of Poles before the elections in telephone polls in September, including three studies by Ipsos for OKO.press and TOK FM. Much indicates that the (electoral) cards are largely dealt: PiS will fight with KO for victory, with even a draw meaning a few more mandates for the ruling party. PiS benefits from the fact that the voting power of voters from metropolitan areas (and thus mostly opposition supporters) is weaker, partly because the party in power blocks demographic adjustments to constituency sizes. Regardless, the election outcome will be decided by support for, on the one hand, Confederation, and on the other, Third Way and the Left. Independent rule by PiS does not seem possible. No one today can predict whether the opposition will have enough votes to take power. The differences may be minimal in one direction or the other."
https://oko.press/po-sondazach-cbos-i-kantar-public-czy-pis-zgniecie-opozycje

-- THE MOST COMMON FORM OF ACTIVITY IS MEMES AND ETERNAL OUTRAGE. LOCAL ACTIVISTS ARE DOOMED TO WAIT WITH GUNS AT THEIR FEET UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION CAMPAIGN - BOGUSŁAW SONIK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MONIKA WALUŚ IN ONET: "I was talking about the Civic Platform, but every party in Poland, perhaps except for the Polish People's Party, has undergone a leadership revolution. It boils down to the decision of one or two people, and national councils have become purely ceremonial bodies that are supposed to approve what the leader has decided. There is no such thing as discussion, debate, or clash of opinions. Such paralyzing centralism does not foster creative activity. Politics is conducted mainly in the media, which describe who said what; there is no real political life. In such a situation, the most common forms of activity are memes and eternal outrage. Local activists are doomed to wait with guns at their feet until the next election campaign. And in the end, they have to support a leader, once again imposed by Warsaw, as in Krakow."

-- THE PARTY THAT STARTED AS LIBERAL-ECONOMIC, FOCUSING ON LOWERING TAXES AND STREAMLINING ADMINISTRATION, HAS SUDDENLY BECOME A PARTY THAT WANTS TO PLEASE EVERYONE - SAYS BOGUSŁAW SONIK IN ONET: "In some aspects. For example, when the Civic Platform tries to outdo PiS's proposals: 800 plus immediately, 500 plus for everyone, etc. A party that started as liberal-economic, focused on lowering taxes and streamlining administration, has suddenly become a party that wants to please everyone. It has lost its program coherence. Under the pressure of the programmatic offensive of the United Right, it tries to speak a similar language and show that it will do the same, only more and better."

-- I OBSERVED HOW, DURING THE PiS GOVERNMENT, THE FUNDING FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND MONUMENT RESTORATION GREW GIGANTICALLY. THIS REMINDED ME THAT DURING OUR GOVERNMENT, WE ABSURDLY AIMED TO REDUCE FUNDING FOR THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RESTORATION OF CRACOW MONUMENTS - SONIK CONTINUES IN ONET: "It was also difficult for me to speak out against the 500 plus benefit, because living in France, I saw the role that similar benefits played there, with which the state supported families. In such situations, I was convinced that the Civic Platform's strategy was flawed. I observed how, during the PiS government, funding for cultural heritage and monument restoration grew gigantically. This reminded me that during our government, we absurdly aimed to reduce funding for the Social Committee for the Restoration of Cracow Monuments."

-- OTHERWISE, WE WILL BE LEFT TO SUCH GENERALS WHO ARE ALWAYS PREPARING FOR THE PREVIOUS WAR - SONIK CONTINUES IN ONET: "That today we urgently need to find answers to new challenges. We have a war in Ukraine, the risk of global confrontation, the threat that artificial intelligence will push millions of people out of the labor market, including many Poles. We must curb ecological threats without ruining the economy and quality of life, ensure our energy and food security, and find answers to demographic problems and the issue of migration. Only those who can formulate answers will gain access to the minds of voters. Otherwise, we will be left to such generals who are always preparing for the previous war."
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/krakow/po-20-latach-rzucil-partyjna-legitymacja-doszedlem-w-platformie-do-granicy/qvjqkcq -- DESPITE THE LACK OF FUNDS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE PROGRAM IS ACCELERATING. WE ALREADY HAVE 36 INVESTMENTS REGISTERED, AND SOMETIMES SEVERAL PROJECTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT WITHIN ONE INVESTMENT - PFR PRESIDENT PAWEŁ BORYS: "Despite the lack of funds from the European Commission, the program is accelerating. We already have 36 investments registered, and sometimes several projects are being carried out within one investment. So far, we have disbursed approximately PLN 4 billion, and we estimate that by the end of this year, we will have disbursed a total of PLN 12 billion. Above all, we see that the entire process is significantly accelerating, as institutions needed several months to conduct tenders and select contractors, and now they are reaching the point where we see these investments starting – said Paweł Borys." https://polskieradio24.pl/42/259/artykul/3232918,mimo-braku-srodkow-z-komisji-europejskiej-program-przyspiesza-pawel-borys-o-kpo-i-budzecie-na-2024-rok

-- 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUGUST AGREEMENTS.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Stefan Frankiewicz, Henryk Woźniakowski.