Tusk Says Ballot Recount Unlikely to Reverse Presidential Result
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said suspected voting irregularities in the country's June 1 presidential election were unlikely to lead to a reversal of the victory of nationalist Karol Nawrocki.
The premier called for a recount of votes from some polling station in the contest, in which his ally, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, was narrowly defeated. Poland's Supreme Court, which validates the election, received thousands of complaints after the tight election.
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