Nationalist Law and Justice party candidate Karol Nawrocki has overnight won the Polish presidential election, beating prime minister Donald Tusk’s candidate the Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski by 50.89% to 49.11%. The first exit poll had Trzaskowski ahead…
Nawrocki’s campaign survived numerous scandals. He was endorsed by the Trump administration which is close to the Law and Justice party (PiS) – which lost power in parliament in 2023. Polish presidents can frustrate parliamentary majorities with veto powers while PiS still has its appointees in the constitutional court. Battles ahead…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”