Poland’s Presidential Election Could End Last Vestige of Populist Resistance to PM Tusk | News Channel 3-12

Presidential election in Poland – threatens the end of the democratic comeback? And: dispute over new gas power plants in Germany.

The President of Poland does not have as much power as that of France, but he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, helping to determine foreign policy and, above all, signing the laws. This last task has been since 2023 serving Andrzej Duda to make life impossible for Prime Minister Donald Tusk . Making use of his right to veto or sending the laws to the Constitutional Court, is preventing the changes Tusk promised in campaign. Impatie…

The mayor of western Warsaw and a conservative historian could advance from Sunday's first round to a decisive second round. If the ruling Civic Coalition candidate does not win, some of their reforms could be permanently stalled. The campaign took a surprising turn with an elderly man's apartment and the PiS candidate's rambling explanations, but another case could have hurt the mayor in the process.

The mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski is the wish-president of the liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The national conservative opposition wants to continue to saw his chair via the head of state

Rafał Trzaskowski, favorite for the presidential elections on Sunday, is trying to please a non-his own electorate, making a bet

On Sunday, the first round of the presidential election is taking place in Poland, which will actually open the final two-week battle: it will be led by two campaign leaders for the votes of 11 candidates who will be dismissed by the Sunday ballot.