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.

Mr Nawrocki trails behind Rafal Trzaskowski, the Warsaw mayor backed by Civic Coalition ( KO ), the party at the head of Poland’s ruling alliance. Slawomir Mentzen, of Konfederacja, a hard-right party that unites MAGA types,

A Nawrocki win could solidify Poland as America’s staunchest European ally, continuing the shift of Europe’s center of gravity from Berlin to Warsaw. On May 1, 2025, Karol Nawrocki, a Polish civic presidential candidate backed by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party,