May-poll dance: Poland's presidential race

五月舞会:波兰总统选举

The Intelligence from The Economist

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2025-05-19

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Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor expected to win the first round cleanly only squeaked by. We ask what's at stake in the NATO-front-line country now the second round looks so uncertain. In the new world of weight-loss drugs Wegovy, from Novo Nordisk, has reigned supreme—perhaps not for much longer (9:40). And people really do look—but also act—like their dogs (16:51).
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Bloor.

  • And I'm Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • You'll have heard of Wagovi,

  • a weight loss drug popular with many people who want to shed some pounds.

  • But another medicine could soon be eating Wagovi's lunch.

  • Our correspondent chews over which pharmaceutical company might get to have their cake and make money from it.

  • And you know that thing where people seem to look a lot like their dogs?

  • Some German researchers decided to put the weight of scientific inquiry behind that notion and now they have data.

  • It's not your imagination and it's not a coincidence.

  • First up, though.

  • In Poland, presidents can rarely impose their own agendas,

  • but they can certainly frustrate the governments.

  • Just ask Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

  • He came to power in 2023 in coalition with Greens, Liberals, and leftists.

  • This was after years of rule by the Law and Justice Party.

  • which had gleefully dismantled Poland's institutions and civil services.

  • Yet for all the reforms that Mr. Tusk promised,