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Poland's Election: Potential Outcomes and Their Implications

May 8, 2025 | 19:25 GMT

Supporters of the PiS party demonstrate April 12 in Warsaw, Poland.

Supporters of the PiS party demonstrate April 12 in Warsaw, Poland.

(WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Poland will hold a presidential election May 18 and runoff June 1 if no candidate obtains more than 50% in the first round. The outcome will determine whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist government will coexist with a cooperative president or continue to face institutional constraints from an ideologically opposed president. ...

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