Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s newly elected president from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, narrowly defeated Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition candidate, Rafał Trzaskowski, by less than 2%. Nawrocki is expected to block Tusk’s pro-EU reforms and escalate tensions between the presidency and government, marking a shift towards more extreme rightwing politics in Poland and potentially across Europe. His victory, supported by a pact with the far-right Confederation party, reflects a growing resilience of pro-Trump and far-right populist forces in the EU.
