Warsaw is silent, but Poland rises up in anti-establishment statement - anaylsis

Nawrocki’s narrow win, securing just over 50.8% of the vote, marked a stunning reversal of the liberal optimism that swept Prime Minister Donald Tusk into power barely 18 months earlier.

Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, speaks next to his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel and daughter Katarzyna, as he reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Poland, June 2025.

(photo credit: REUTERS/ALEKSANDRA SZMIGIEL)

ByALEX WINSTON

JUNE 3, 2025 16:26