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He doesn't appear to have that political baggage that other candidates might have.
He's also an amateur boxer and his campaign has regularly shown videos of him going to the gym,
going to the shooting range.
This is something I think that's also helped his image.
With war ranging next door, the image of a strong leader has appeal.
Nowacki has described Russia's aggression against Ukraine as a new imperial war.
On the other hand, he is against NATO membership for Ukraine.
Nowadays in Poland, anti-Russian sentiment coexists with anti-Ukrainian sentiment,
so those are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Poland is a NATO member and backs Ukraine in this war.
Scaling up security is an issue almost all polls agree on,
yet there are some signs of shifting attitudes.
In this episode of the Global Jigsaw,
we put the election discourse under the magnifying glass to understand how conflicting priorities and a distinctive set of values are shaping the eastern flank of the West.
Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
I'm Krassi Ivanova-Tweek and this is the Global Jigsaw from BBC Monitoring,
where we look at the world through the lens of its media,
exploring the narratives, the propaganda and the disinformation.
Western countries are not the international community.