Fight between Polish liberals and populists reflects a polarized West
This past weekend's presidential elections in Poland saw Karol Nawrocki, a historian supported by the conservative Law and Justice party, best liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in a squeaker — 50.89 percent to 49.11 percent. After President Donald Trump hosted Nawrocki in the Oval Office last month, and after Homeland Security Secretary Security Kristi L. Noem and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban both endorsed Nawrocki at a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering in Poland days ahead of the vote, it's tempting to chalk this up as a crucial victory for right-wing populism in Europe.
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