-- SAWICKI ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: WE WILL RUN INDEPENDENTLY, WE WILL NOT BE DONALD TUSK'S DESSERT - 300LIVE:
 https://300polityka.pl/pl/live#bedziemy-startowac-samodzielnie-sawicki-o-wyborach

-- MORAWIECKI IS BUILDING HIS OWN BASE, BUT NOT AIMING FOR A SPLIT - ANDRZEJ GAJCY IN TYSOL: “The former prime minister is not packing his bags at all – he is consistently building the foundations for a new shape of Law and Justice. Despite the ongoing war of “spin” and media leaks, his goal is one: to take over the party's leadership from Jarosław Kaczyński with his full anointment, preserving its unity, but changing its course towards the center, making it more pragmatic.”

-- THIS IS A MULTI-STAGE GAME FOR FULL SUCCESSION, NOT FOR A MARGINAL EXISTENCE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIGHT - GAJCY CONTINUES IN TYSOL: “However, Morawiecki is playing differently. His goal – despite media spin – is not his own 'sofa party,' but to replace Jarosław Kaczyński in the chairman's seat with his full approval and anointment. This is a multi-stage game for full succession, not for a marginal existence on the fringes of the right.”
https://www.tysol.pl/a155118-andrzej-gajcy-ujawnia-morawiecki-buduje-wlasne-zaplecze-ale-nie-dazy-do-rozlamu

-- MORAWIECKI IS BEING CODDLED, HAVING MET WITH KACZYŃSKI BEFORE SATURDAY'S EVENT IN THE KRAKOW SOKÓŁ HALL - AGATA KONDZIŃSKA IN GW: “Morawiecki is being coddled, having met with Kaczyński before Saturday's event in the Krakow Sokół hall. – That's when he might have learned it's Czarnek, but he probably guessed earlier, he's not stupid... He probably expressed his complaints and grievances, but ultimately behaved properly, he came to Krakow – assesses a PiS MP.” 

-- WE MUST DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE OTHER IMPORTANT POLITICIANS UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE A ROLE - KONDZIŃSKA QUOTES A VOICE FROM PIS ON OFF: “– It won't be easy, but we must do everything to make other important politicians understand that everyone can have a role. That Czarnek is becoming a face, but not the only one – says a PiS politician, presenting a scenario: Morawiecki is the economic offer, the urban electorate, Beata Szydło is a proposal for left-leaning voters, because her premiership is associated with pro-social policy.”https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32654383,czarnek-na-premiera-a-pis-sie-uklada.html

-- WHY IS THE PIS RESERVE BENCH MUCH LONGER THAN THE CIVIC COALITION'S BENCH - PROF. MARCIN MATCZAK IN GW: “Thus, PiS proposed Przemysław Czarnek as a candidate for prime minister, and had a wealth of choice in this regard: Morawiecki, Bogucki, Bocheński, or the youngest of them, Lucjusz Nabdereżny. One can focus on how much of a "Taliban" – as governing politicians describe him – Czarnek is, and why he might lead to Poland turning brown, but it's also worth considering another problem: why is PiS's reserve bench much longer than that of the Civic Coalition?”

-- MAYBE DONALD TUSK IS SIMPLY SUCH A DOMINANT FIGURE THAT NOTHING IS ALLOWED TO GROW ABOVE GRASS LEVEL IN HIS SHADOW? - MARCIN MATCZAK CONTINUES: “Trzaskowski and Sikorski? The former, after two lost campaigns, is unlikely to lead anymore; Sikorski, like Tusk, is over sixty, and besides, it's hard to consider that he was raised by PO. Maybe Donald Tusk is simply such a dominant figure that nothing is allowed to grow above grass level in his shadow?”

-- THE LEADERS OF THE LIBERALS ARE LIKE A FROZEN WALT DISNEY – THEY ARE LIKE CREATORS OF A FAIRY-TALE VISION OF THE WORLD WHO REFUSE TO LEAVE - MATCZAK'S CONCLUSION IN GW: “For now, however, the liberal leaders are like a frozen Walt Disney – they are like creators of a fairy-tale vision of the world who refuse to leave (they can always return like Sleeping Beauty). So perhaps this succession weakness should be overcome by a conscious decision? After all, isn't it shameful that a seemingly decrepit formation, swaying to the tune of "Barka," has about ten potential prime ministerial candidates, while a modern, urban liberal party again only one?”https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32652175,marcin-matczak-potezny-problem-tuska-i-po-ujawnil-sie-juz-12.html

-- THE MOOD AROUND SAFE IS CHANGING - MICHAŁ KOLANKO IN RZ: “A new poll shows that the president's narrative about the Polish SAFE at 0 percent is starting to work. Public opinion is not static, and polls are always a snapshot of the current situation. In mid-February, an IBRiS poll for 'Rzeczpospolita' showed that nearly 60 percent of voters at the time wanted the SAFE bill signed, with only 30 percent expecting a veto. However, opinion is beginning to change. On Wednesday, Marcin Duma, founder of IBRiS and political analyst, published a poll from his polling firm on his X account from March 9, in which the identical question was asked as the one 'Rzeczpospolita' posed in February. The result: 54 percent want the president's signature, and 42 percent want a SAFE veto.” https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43947801-spor-o-safe-prezydent-w-pulapce-zastawionej-przez-donalda-tuska-ale-nastroje-sie-zmieniaja

-- KACZYŃSKI HAS CROSSED ANOTHER RUBICON IN HIS CAREER - RAFAŁ KALUKIN IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “By organizing resistance against SAFE, Kaczyński has crossed another Rubicon in his career. This is something more serious than previously questioning the KPO in defense of the particular interests of his own camp. This time, PiS was ready to put the most fundamental issue on the ideological scale, namely the security of the state, its defense capabilities. Not long ago, right-wingers under Kaczyński were not averse to European money. On the contrary, it was eagerly used to consolidate power. The unwritten rule at the time was: take as much as possible, give back as little as possible, and once we become a net payer, we can think about Polexit. However, an unambiguous orientation towards the USA at a time of actual crisis in the transatlantic community accelerates the moment of crystallization.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2335043,1,napad-na-safe-nawrocki-wpuszczony-w-pulapke-kaczynski-przekroczyl-kolejny-w-karierze-rubikon.read

-- THE DECLINE IN FARMERS' MOOD IS GREATER THAN AFTER RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON UKRAINE – ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM KOŹMIŃSKI UNIVERSITY - ALEKSANDRA PTAK-IGLEWSKA IN RZ: “The very bad atmosphere in agriculture seems justified, as all the most important factors in agriculture are doing poorly today. Diesel prices have already exceeded 7 PLN per liter and are heading towards 8 PLN. Agricultural commodity prices, on the other hand, are very low, and there is little indication that this situation will improve – predictions of drought are heard again, despite a snowy winter this year.”https://www.rp.pl/rolnictwo/art43946621-depresyjne-nastroje-rolnikow-ceny-paliw-i-nawozow-w-gore-miesa-i-mleka-w-dol

-- BIRTHDAYS: Janina Ochojska, Leszek Czarnobaj, Thomas Orchowski, Grzegorz Witkowski.