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Straits Times
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Poland's ruling party candidate leads opinion poll ahead of Sunday vote
Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the Civic Coalition, speaks as he attends \"Patriotic March\" organised by the ruling party, ahead of the second round of presidential elections, in Warsaw, Poland, May 25, 2025. Agencja Atys via REUTERS/ File Photo WARSAW - The candidate from Poland's ruling Civic Coalition (KO), Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, leads nationalist Karol Nawrocki in popularity ahead of Sunday's second round of the presidential election, a poll by Ipsos for the website showed on Thursday. According to the poll, Trzaskowski would get 48% of votes and Nawrocki 47%, while 5% were undecided. Trzaskowski, from Prime Minister Donald Tusk's ruling KO, came ahead of Nawrocki, the candidate backed by the conservative-nationalist PiS, in the first round of the presidential election, 31.4% to 29.5%, a much narrower gap than opinion polls had suggested. The following is a summary of the most recent poll results (figures in %): Date Poll by 29.05 48.0 47.0 Ipsos 29.05 47.7 46.0 IBRiS 28.05 47.4 45.0 United Surveys 28.05 47.5 45.9 Opinia24 27.05 45.7 44.9 IBRiS 26.05 47.0 46.0 Opinia24 26.05 45.7 43.6 Pollster 26.05 45.7 44.9 IBRiS 23.05 47.0 47.0 Ipsos 22.05 45.0 47.0 Opinia24 REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
RTÉ News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- RTÉ News
Polish presidential candidates to face off in second round
Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on 1 June, near-total voting results from the electoral commission (PKW) have showed. The commission published data from 99.7% of voting districts by provinces at 6.52am Irish time, but did not give an overall result. The data shows Mr Trzaskowski and Mr Nawrocki being well ahead of other candidates in 13 of 16 provinces. An Ipsos late exit poll from the first round yesterday showed Mr Trzaskowski placed first with 31.2% of the vote, ahead of Mr Nawrocki, who had 29.7%. The gap was much narrower than the 4-7 percentage points seen in opinion polls before the vote. "We are going for victory. I said that it would be close and it is close," Mr Trzaskowski told supporters. "There is a lot, a lot, of work ahead of us and we need determination." Mr Nawrocki also told supporters he was confident of victory in the second round and called on the far-right to get behind him and "save Poland." "We have to win these elections so that there is no monopoly of power of one political group, so that there is no monolithic power in Poland," he said. An Opinia24 poll for private broadcaster TVN published after the first round gave Mr Trzaskowski 46% in the run-off and Mr Nawrocki 44%, with 10% of voters either undecided or refusing to say. Far-right candidates Slawomir Mentzen and Grzegorz Braun scored more than 21% combined, a historically high score. Mr Braun, who in 2023 used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in the country's parliament, an incident that caused international outrage, won 6.3% of the vote according to the late poll. Mr Mentzen stopped short of immediately endorsing Mr Nawrocki. "Voters... are not sacks of potatoes, they are not thrown from one place to another," he said. "Each of our voters is a conscious, intelligent person and will make their own decision." Stanley Bill, Professor of Polish Studies at the University of Cambridge, said the combined strong showing of nationalist and far-right parties meant the results were "a disappointment for the Trzaskowski camp and put wind in the sails of Nawrocki." "I would add to this that the results are a significant blow to Donald Tusk's ruling coalition," Mr Bill added. Turnout was 66.8% according to the late poll. Presidential veto In Poland, the president has the power to veto laws. A victory for Mr Trzaskowski in the second round would enable Mr Tusk's government to implement an agenda that includes rolling back judicial reforms introduced by PiS that critics say undermined the independence of the courts. However, if Mr Nawrocki wins, the impasse that has existed since Mr Tusk became prime minister in 2023 would be set to continue. Until now, PiS-ally President Andrzej Duda has stymied Mr Tusk's efforts. If the late poll is confirmed, the other candidates in the first round, including Mr Mentzen from the far-right Confederation Party, Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia of the centre-right Poland 2050 and Magdalena Biejat from the Left, will be eliminated. One more updated poll that takes into account partial official results will be published later during the night. Role in Europe Mr Trzaskowski has pledged to cement Poland's role as a major player at the heart of European policymaking and work with the government to roll back PiS's judicial changes. Mr Nawrocki's campaign was rocked by allegations, which he denies, that he deceived an elderly man into selling him a flat in return for a promise of care he did not provide. But Mr Trump showed support by meeting Mr Nawrocki in the White House. Mr Nawrocki casts the election as a chance to stop Mr Tusk achieving unchecked power and push back against liberal values represented by Mr Trzaskowski, who as Warsaw mayor was a patron of LGBT marches and took down Christian crosses from public buildings. Unlike some other eurosceptics in central Europe, Mr Nawrocki supports military aid to help Ukraine fend off Russia. However, he has tapped into anti-Ukrainian sentiment among some Poles weary of an influx of refugees from their neighbour. He has said Polish citizens should get priority in public services and criticised Ukraine's attitude to exhumations of the remains of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Survey shows almost 60% of Poles believe Ukraine needs quick peace with Russia
Almost six out of ten Poles surveyed on how they think Ukraine should behave in the war with Russia believe it should "seek peace as soon as possible". Source: European Pravda with reference to Radio ZET, a Polish commercial radio station; Opinia24 survey Details: Sociologists asked Poles: "How should Ukraine behave in times of war?". The answers were distributed as follows: "Do not stop fighting" – 30% of respondents; "Seek peace as soon as possible" – 57% of respondents; "I don't know / hard to say"- 13% of respondents. At the same time, more men (35%) than women (26%) said that Ukraine should not "give up the fight". 55% of men and 59% of women said that Ukraine should "seek peace as soon as possible", while one in ten men (10%) and about one in six women (15%) said they had no opinion on this matter. The largest share of supporters of a quick end to the three-year-long hostilities is observed among the Confederation political alliance voters – 74% of this group thinks so. The lowest percentage of those who think so are among the Civil Coalition supporters. However, 44% of the party's voters are in favour of such a decision. At the same time, it should be noted that the question of how Ukraine should behave divides supporters of the Civic Coalition, as 47% believe that Ukraine should not give up in the fight against Russia. If we take into account the voters of certain political groups, this is the highest percentage of those who support the continuation of the fight against the aggressor. Background: A total of 46% of Germans want the next federal government to support Ukraine neither with weapons nor money. The number of Poles who oppose military aid to Ukraine has increased, with 49% in favour of continuing aid. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
