Who Is Slawomir Mentzen? Poland’s Far-Right Candidate Shaking up the Presidential Race

U današnjem prvom krugu izbora za predsednika Poljske neočekivani senzacionalni uspeh doživela je extreme desnica kada je sa 15.4 odsto odsto prema forecastama ishoda osvojio Slavomir Mencen iz radikalne nacionalističke Konfederacije i treći je a na četvrtom mestu našao se antisemita Gžegož Braun sa neočekivanih 6.2 odsto glasova.

Who is Slawomir Mentzen? Poland’s far-right candidate shaking up the presidential race

WARSAW, May 18 — Polish far-right presidential candidate Slawomir Mentzen, a multi-millionaire entrepreneur popular on social media, is a Eurosceptic libertarian staunchly against abortion and migrants. The 38-year-old co-leader of the Confederation party wants to put an end to decades of political dominance by Poland’s two main parties, the centrists of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s governing coalition and the conservatives allied with outgoing …

The extreme nationalist and libertarian right of Konfederacja attracts more and more in Poland, among the young but not only. His candidate, Slawomir Mentzen, is likely to reach third in the first round of the Polish presidential election on 18 May. ...

He fights against the EU and wants to have German border police arrested: The right-wing Sławomir Mentzen stirs up the presidential campaign in Poland. What is his plan?

Dubicze Cerkiewne in Podlasie is a unique commune in Poland. It was there that Sławomir Mentzen won the first round of presidential elections. The Confederation candidate won 32.86 percent of the votes, defeating Rafał Trzaskowski (20.67 percent) and Karol Nawrocki (15.73 percent). The commune mayor, in an interview with Polsat News, indicated a possible cause — guests voting in the commune. A significant number of soldiers are stationed there.

Despite not achieving the main goal of entering the second round of elections, Sławomir Mentzen, who came third in the presidential race, is pleased with his result. - I came third, which is the greatest success in the history of our community - said the Confederation candidate.