Polish Ruling-Party Candidate Pushes Back Against Far Right

Rafal Trzaskowski arrives at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, on May 18Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg

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May 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM EDT

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who narrowly won the first round of Poland’s presidential election, is pushing back against the far right ahead of his runoff with opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki on June 1.

Trzaskowski, a party ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, faced off over Ukraine in a YouTube debate on Saturday with far-right leader Slawomir Mentzen, whose supporters are in play for the two runoff candidates.