Party candidate Law and Justice for president Karol Nawrocki on phase with his wife Marta, Warsaw, Poland, 1 June 2025. © Sean Gallup / Getty Images
Conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki was elected president of Poland in a Sunday supplementary vote, defeating somewhat centred, pro-European president of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski.
Trzaskowski achieved good results in large cities, while Nawrocki led in agrarian areas and among older voters.Nawrocki, supported by the opposition organization Law and Justice (PiS), ran on a platform of Catholic values, greater national sovereignty and restoring balance in Poland's relations with the EU.
He runs the Institute of National Memory, a state investigation centre liable for promoting Polish past and investigating crimes committed in Poland during both the Nazi business and during the period of socialism.Nawrocki met with US president Donald Trump at the White home last month.“President Trump said: “You will win” – he later told Polish media, according to Reuters.Trzaskowski is an crucial figure in the Civic Coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
He campaigned to strengthen ties with the EU, advance judicial reforms, mitigate restrictions on abortion and introduce partnerships for LGBTQ couples.Both candidates pledged to increase defence spending, responding to Trump's calls for Europe to contribute more to NATO.
They besides support further assistance to Ukraine.
However, Trzaskowski supports Ukraine's membership of NATO, calling it key to Poland's security.
Nawrocki said he would not ratify it, informing that it could drag the block into the war with Russia.“Poland needs a president to defend the constitution and our values” said Nawrocki during his last appearance on the run on Friday.
Trzaskowski told supporters that he imagined "modern European Poland that protects freedom and the regulation of law".
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618468-right-wing-nawrocki-narrow-lead/
