US EditionPoland’s Presidential Election Could End Last Vestige of Populist Resistance to PM Tusk | News Channel 3-12
- Polish voters will cast ballots on May 18 in a presidential election to choose the next president amid growing political tensions in Warsaw.
- The election follows Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s return to power in late 2023 and persistent obstruction by incumbent President Andrzej Duda, who cannot run again.
- Rafal Trzaskowski, Warsaw mayor and center-left liberal, leads polling against Karol Nawrocki, a national-conservative right-wing candidate backed by the Law and Justice party.
- Polls project Trzaskowski to receive approximately 30-35% and Nawrocki 20-25% in the first round, with a likely runoff on June 1 if neither wins outright.
- The election’s outcome will influence Tusk’s reform agenda, as a Trzaskowski win would ease legislative progress, while a Nawrocki victory would hinder the government until 2027.
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Poland’s presidential election could end last vestige of populist resistance to PM Tusk
Since winning power back from the hands of his populist rivals a year and a half ago, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has faced one very stubborn roadblock to his plans: the country’s president.
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