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.

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 right and far right and it flashed a big red warning signal for the moderate government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

" [Polish Prime Minister] Donald Tusk, who often accuses the opposition, especially the Law and Justice party, of "pro-Russian sentiments," sharply expressed his sympathies. Namely, calling for even more intense work in the next two weeks, he said on social media: "Not a step back!"This is what Russian dictator Joseph Stalin called for in 1942!"