Right-winger wins Polish presidential election

右翼候选人赢得波兰总统选举

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2025-06-02

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Right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki has narrowly won Poland's presidential election, in what is a blow to the governing centrist coalition. Mr Nawrocki - who is backed by the main opposition Law and Justice party - will wield a powerful veto over policy - so what does it mean for the pro-EU government led by former European Council president Donald Tusk? Also in the programme: What exactly caused the "mass casualty" event at an aid station in Gaza?; and positive news on colon cancer recovery, as research shows survival rates are boosted by a third - just by regular exercise. (Photo shows Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki reacts to the results of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. Credit: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour, live from the BBC World Service in London.

  • I'm Rebecca Kesby and we begin the programme today in Poland,

  • where last night, by the narrowest of margins,

  • the right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election,

  • beating the Liberal candidate,

  • Mayor of Warsaw, Raul Trzaskowski, by just about 1.5% of the vote.

  • The scenes from last night.

  • So what do we know of Mr. Nawrowski?

  • He's fairly new to politics.

  • Apparently, he's a Eurosceptic.

  • He's a fan of Donald Trump and apparently an amateur boxer.

  • For more details, I've been speaking to Polish journalist Marcin Makowski.

  • Really unknown how he will deliver his promises because he made some of them.

  • At least eight points that he signed with Sławomir Mensa,

  • the candidate of the Confederation Party,

  • to get his followers show us a very clear path that he possibly will take.

  • And quite a right-wing one.

  • Yes,

  • you could describe this as a right-wing one or something like a mainstream of right-wing parties right now in Europe.

  • If you call it radical or not, it depends on the view, I assume.