Polish Nationalist Karol Nawrocki wins presidency with 51% votes in high-turnout runoff vote
Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country's presidential election with 50.89 pc of the votes. Nawrocki, who is supported by the Law and Justice party, is expected to continue the policies of his predecessor, Prez Andrzej Duda. The 42-year-old is a Eurosceptic historian campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies that favour Poles over other nationalities. The electoral commission said that Poles set a record turnout for the second round of a presidential election, at around 71 pc. Nawrocki's win deals a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government.
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