Source: US News & World Report
“There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election — but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the political right and far right and it flashed a big red warning signal for the moderate government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk’s candidate, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, and a conservative opponent backed by the national conservative Law and Justice party, Karol Nawrocki, emerged ahead in a pack of 13 candidates. They were extremely close — Trzaskowski with 31.36% of the votes and Nawrocki with 29.54%, according to final results released Monday morning. Poles now head to a nail-biting second round on June 1, with much resting on the outcome of the runoff.” (05/19/25)