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bne IntelliNews on MSNSo what is at stake in Polish elections?Poles will turn out at some 27,000 polling stations countrywide to elect their new head of state. Polish Constitution makes a president weak if he is dealing with a large parliamentary majority but pretty strong if the majority is not enough to reject his vetoing powers.
Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, running neck-and-neck with his nationalist rival ahead of Poland's presidential runoff, is an avowed Europhile pledging to relax abortion laws and protect LGBTQ rights.
Reminder, the second round of presidential elections in Poland will be held on June 1.
The second round of the Polish presidential election is set to be a tight contest between Civic Platform candidate Rafal Trzaskowski and Law and Justice-backed Karol Nawrocki. After the first ...
Sunday's ballot will be the biggest test of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European vision since he came to power in 2023.
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Poles elect their president on Sunday in the biggest test yet of whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-European agenda is going to prevail against the surge of the country’s nationalist forces.