When the PiS party was in power, between 2015 and 2023, it tightened Poland’s already severe abortion laws, packed the constitutional tribunal with loyalists, drifted toward “legal exit ...

It was a very close election, with Nawrocki garnering 50.89 percent of the vote and his opponent getting 49.11 percent. Nawrocki is linked to the right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS), and he has now ...

With Nawrocki’s victory in the presidential race, Poland’s ruling coalition suffered a serious blow. Yet it may prove a Pyrrhic victory for the opposition, as the far right – whose voters ...

Nawrocki is officially non-partisan, but entered the campaign for presidency as a candidate backed by the right-wing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party that ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023.

Though Tusk will continue to represent Poland at EU summits, Nawrocki and PiS can challenge the prime minister’s legitimacy abroad by tactfully fracturing his coalition at home.

Poland elected right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki, ... (PiS), Poland’s main opposition party. The newly elected president’s academic work, as a historian, centred on anti-communist resistance.

Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki (R) speaks after receiving a the certificate of winning the Presidential elections during the ceremony at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, 11 June 2025 ...

But Przybylski said Poland's increasingly powerful role within the European Union was unlikely to change with the new president. "Poland has gained this status and it will grow anyway," he said.

Karol Nawrocki, the candidate aligned with Poland’s right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, won 50.89% of the vote, defeating the liberal mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski – long the ...

Poland's election of pro-Trump nationalist Karol Nawrocki will likely undermine the country's pro-EU government and increase political tensions to the point that early elections could be held, ...

Poland. Trzaskowski conceded defeat and congratulated Nawrocki on his win but also cautioned him to represent all Poles. “This win is an obligation, especially in such difficult times.