Polish Presidential Election a 'Yellow Card' for Tusk Government

Polish presidential election a 'yellow card' for Tusk government

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Justyna Pawlak

Poland’s Presidential Vote Sends ‘Yellow Card’ Warning To Tusk Government

As anti-establishment sentiment surges across Europe, Poland’s first round of presidential elections dealt a symbolic setback to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal government. With strong showings by opposition candidates outside urban strongholds, the results reflect growing discontent and a challenge to the ruling coalition’s core support. Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a close ally of Tusk, scraped a narrow win over Karol Nawrocki, a conse…

In Poland, astonishment dominates the press after the results of the first round of the Polish presidential elections on Sunday, 18 May. Liberal Rafal Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, takes a little (with 31.36 % of the vote) against conservative national candidate Karol Nawrocki (29.54 %). The far right, she, totals more than 21 %.

WARSAW - The results of the first round of Poland's presidential election, which ended with only a narrow victory for the candidate of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European Civic Coalition, mean a major inconvenience for his entire government, comments agree. The onet.pl server writes that the second round of voting in two weeks will not only be about the presidential seat, but about the government plans of Prime Minister Tusk, who has been …