Why so much is riding on Poland’s presidential elections
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FANS OF POLAND’S main opposition party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS), called it a PR coup big enough to swing the country’s presidential election. Two weeks ahead of the vote, set for May 18th, Karol Nawrocki, the PiS-backed candidate, surfaced alongside Donald Trump in the White House for a photo op. “You will win,” Mr Trump told him, according to Mr Nawrocki.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Pushing back populists”
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May 17th 2025
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