A eurosceptic supported by Trump will become president of Poland. What the media is writing
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Conservative Karol Nawrocki won the Polish presidential election. This was a blow to the European Union, which expected Warsaw to return to a pro-European course, and the current government of Donald Tusk. Navrotsky is a Eurosceptic and an opponent of Ukraine's entry into Western alliances, for which he is supported by US President Donald Trump. What the media write about the election results is in the Izvestia digest.
CNN: Navrotsky won the Polish presidential election
Karol Nawrocki, a candidate from Poland's right-wing populist Law and Justice Party (PiS), scored 50.89% of the vote, defeating Warsaw's liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who had long been considered the favorite. Navrotsky's victory extends the 10-year presence of the PiS in the presidential palace and could turn into a disaster for Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
CNN
During the election campaign, he emphasized his Catholic faith, promised to reduce migration, and relentlessly criticized Brussels and Tusk. He received late support from participants at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which held its first meeting in Poland earlier this week, cementing a decades-long rapprochement between populist right-wing movements in Poland and the United States.
Navrotsky's victory seemed unlikely until the first round of voting two weeks ago. But the first round showed that he was slightly behind Trzaskowski, and revealed a higher level of support than expected from a small number of far-right supporters, some of whom subsequently voted for Navrotsky.
Bloomberg: the candidate supported by Trump won in Poland
US President Donald Trump supported the victorious Navrotsky. His election was the first success for the MAGA movement, which tried but failed to tilt elections in favor of nationalist or far-right candidates in countries such as Germany, Romania, Canada and Australia.
Bloomberg
Navrotsky's campaign gained the support of the White House, where he briefly met with Trump in the Oval office last month. During a visit to Poland last week, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristy Noam presented the prospect of close ties with Trump as an incentive to vote for Nawrocki and called Trzaskowski "an absolute loser among leaders."
Poland is one of the EU's fastest-growing economies and the country with the largest defense spending, so the failure of the Tusk government is likely to have an impact on the entire bloc, which is under increasing pressure due to Trump's tariffs. Navrotsky told his supporters that his victory would mean limiting Tusk's "monopoly on power," which "takes away our big dreams and takes away our aspirations."
Financial Times: Nawrocki's victory deals a blow to Poland's EU agenda
Poland's president-elect Nawrocki will give new impetus to right-wing populists across the continent. His victory will heighten tensions between the president and the government, derailing judicial reform that Tusk promised to implement in 2023 in exchange for Brussels unblocking billions of euros from EU funds frozen during a dispute over the rule of law with the previous government.
Financial Times
"For Tusk, he will be much worse than [previous president Andrzej] Duda," said Adam Leszczynski, director of the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute for Political Thought, a government think tank. "He is much more radical in his views and assumes the presidency with great indignation after being personally attacked by Tusk and his allies during the election campaign."
Tusk's premiership in a year and a half has failed to smooth over differences in an extremely polarized Polish society. Navrotsky's success came ahead of other key votes in Central Europe, where billionaire eurosceptic Andrei Babis hopes to return to the post of prime minister of the Czech Republic, and Viktor Orban hopes to extend the powers of head of government in Hungary.
Reuters: who is Navrotsky and what does he think about Ukraine
During his campaign, conservative historian Navrotsky created the image of a tough guy by posting videos of him at shooting ranges and boxing rings. His past has become a topic of intense public debate after a series of negative media reports. There were questions about his purchase of an apartment from a pensioner and his admission that he had participated in organized fights.
Reuters
Unlike other eurosceptics in Central Europe, such as Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico or Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Navrotsky supports providing military assistance to Ukraine <...>. However, he said that if elected, he would oppose Ukraine's membership in Western alliances. This position is reflected in the decline in support for Ukrainians among Poles, who have accepted more than a million refugees from abroad.
His supporters from the Law and Justice party supported Kiev's accelerated membership in the EU and NATO while it was in power until the end of 2023. Navrotsky, on the other hand, expresses a critical tone towards Ukraine, supporting Poland's far-right politicians on this issue.
Politico: Poland faces conflict at the highest level
Nawrocki seeks to distance Poland from the European mainstream in a more populist direction. His victory deals a significant blow to the Tusk government, whose legislative efforts have been blocked by the incumbent Duda. The same thing is likely to continue under Navrotsky.
Politico
"The Nawrocki presidency means a high—level conflict between the president and Tusk," said Joanna Sawicka, a political analyst at Politica Insight, a Warsaw-based think tank. "But it is obvious that it will be difficult for the government to implement key reforms, since the president can veto most of them."
The Polish presidency is mostly a ceremonial function, but the president can veto a bill or send it to court. The Tusk-led coalition does not have the votes in parliament to override a veto, so President Navrotsky will make it very difficult for the prime minister to govern. The election result highlights the deep political divisions in Poland between more liberal cities and conservative small towns and villages.
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