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Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska assured that "what was given to people, will not be taken away". Civic Coalition's candidate for prime minister listed the key points of the programme.

:: overhaul of the health service, including shortening of waiting time for specialist consultation to 21 days, and to 60 minutes in emergency cases, restoring of night service at the A&E's, lowering cancer mortality rate;

:: smart and tolerant school;

:: wages increase, "restoring dignity of the working people", equal pay for men and women in the same positions;

:: environment protection, including stopping of logging, fight against smog, stopping of waste import, end of Russian coal import;

:: civil rights, including civil unions, women's rights, rights of disabled people, rights of minorities;

:: amended offer for the elderly: pension bonus up to 20.000 zlotys for active retirees, pension income tax exemption for those working; "caretaker cheques" for less mobile worth up to half of minimum wage, that is over 1.000 zlotys;

:: fight against domestic and sexual violence: consistent prosecution of perpetrators and protection of victims, "actual" execution of alimony;

:: two-month paid "fatherhood" leave;

:: access to free-of-charge in-vitro procedure

:: right to free anaesthetic during childbirth;

:: free internet for the youth until 24;

:: support for entrepreneurs: clear and transparent tax law, promoting business development;

:: culture understood as an element of society development, including the right to a creative experiment, no censorship, transparency in granting subsidies, rich variety of grants, limited influence of public officials on cultural institutions and artists, restoring of 50-percent tax deductible expenses for authors;

:: overhaul of the public media to make them "truly public", abolition of subscription.

Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP