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.

Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, the electoral commission said based on votes from 100% of electoral districts.

Meanwhile, Poland is holding the first round of the presidential election, as President Andrzej Duda is stepping down due to term limits. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, a run-off between the top two will be held on 1 June 2025.

It was noted that the voter turnout of 67.3% on May 18 was the highest since 1990. The runoff presidential election will be held in Poland on June 1.

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.

" [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!"

Poles vote on Sunday in a presidential election that will decide whether Warsaw follows the pro-European path set by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, or takes a step towards bringing back nationalist admirers of U.

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has warned “the game for everything is beginning” after a first-round presidential election saw his candidate finish just 1.5 points ahead of his populist rival. Liberal pro-EU Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski saw a ...