The country’s government is centrist, with deep ties to Brussels. Its new president is a Trump-backed nationalist. That reflects a broader struggle.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he will request a vote of confidence in the near future. His centrist government suffered a setback after conservative nationalist Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa reacted extremely sharply to the victory of Karol Nawrocki from the Law and Justice party in the presidential election.

Karol Nawrocki, a hard-right nationalist, won Poland’s presidential election, meaning the country’s leadership will remain bitterly divided.

It’s terrible news for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose domestic reform agenda is now in tatters after the failure of liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski to win the presidency, defeated 50.89 percent to 49.11 percent by Nawrocki.

Polish nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country's presidential election with 50.89% of the votes, the electoral commission said on Monday, in a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government.

Eurosceptic Karol Nawrocki has won the Polish presidential election with 50.89 per cent of the votes in a blow to Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Nawrocki, a historian and amateur boxer, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities,

Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future