Rafal Trzaskowski

Europe News

Polish politicians respond to reports of voting irregularities

Irregularities in the second round of Poland's presidential election have been reported, with candidates' results allegedly swapped in some commissions, sparking controversy.

7 June 2025

Europe News

Karol Nawrocki’s win pitches Poland into EU ideas battleground

Conservative Karol Nawrocki's knife-edge victory by 50.89% of the votes in Poland’s nail-biting weekend presidential runoff election, against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, set the stage for a revivified right wing and for an uncomfortable cohabitation with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

2 June 2025

Europe News

Rafał Trzaskowski thanks voters after narrow defeat in Polish election

The Civic Platform candidate who lost out in Sunday's presidential runoff has spoken for the first time since the results were announced.

2 June 2025

Europe News

Poland's ties with US a key issue in Sunday's presidential runoff

Both of the candidates in Sunday's runoff have said they will seek the best possible relationship with the Trump administration while in office, particularly in the face of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

30 May 2025

Europe News

Thousands attend rival marches as Poland's presidential runoff nears

A week before the second round of the Polish presidential election, two marches in support of rival candidates took place in Warsaw.

25 May 2025

Europe News

Polish presidential elections 2025 - who's ahead in the polls?

The second round of the Polish presidential election is set to be a tight contest between Civic Platform candidate Rafal Trzaskowski and Law and Justice-backed Karol Nawrocki.

25 May 2025

Europe News

Polish presidential vote: Trzaskowski and Nawrocki advance to runoff

Two main candidates have progressed to the second round of the Polish presidential election, with Trzaskowski at 31.2% and Nawrocki at 29.7% of the vote.

19 May 2025

Europe News

Exit polls: Trzaskowski to win Polish presidential vote first round

According to preliminary exit polls, the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski won the first round of the presidential election in Poland on Sunday, followed by Karol Nawrocki. The two politicians will face each other in the second round on 1 June.

18 May 2025

Europe News

Thousands of Poles march to mark coronation of the first Polish king

Polish conservatives danced the Polonaise, a patriotic celebration, to rally behind their presidential candidate, Karol Nawrocki, in the capital as elections near.

13 April 2025

Europe News

Campaigning for Polish presidential elections begins

Poland's presidential election will take place on 18 May. The election campaign has just started officially.

15 January 2025

Climate

Can Warsaw become climate neutral by 2050?

The mayor of Poland’s capital, Rafał Trzaskowski, has ambitious goals for climate neutrality in Warsaw

10 February 2024

Poland

Poland's presidential election is valid, rules country's top court

The decision follows a challenge to Andrzej Duda's re-election from the opposition Civic Platform party, alleging numerous irregularities.

3 August 2020