"Der Spiegel": Triumph of National Pathos
"Bokser wins in second round" – this is how his commentary on the presidential elections in Poland is titled "Der Spiegel". According to commentator Jan Puhl, the win by Karol Nawrocki is simply a "catastrophe" from the position of Donald Tusk's government. "Tusk needs a head of state who is favorable to him to effectively rule, and above all to remove the legacy of 8 years of Law and Justice. Jarosław Kaczyński's organization systematically owned the state, and besides tried to take control of independent judiciary," we read.
Karol Nawrocki's triumph is called "the triumph of national patos". Puhl predicts that through veto law the fresh president will inhibit the "reformist Tusk course", as Andrzej Duda has already done. According to writer Nawrocka, he can besides conduct his own abroad policy – critical of the European Union and Germany. "Europe peculiarly needs unity now. Russia's war is on with Ukraine, and the White home is ruled by the unpredictable Donald Trump," writes "Der Spiegel".
"To harm Tusk's political reputation"
The publicist estimates that Nawrocki, who slow went up, was better suited to the highly polarized political scenery of Poland than from the large city of Rafał Trzaskowski. "The hatred of 'the ones on the mountain' goes so far that voters even skip the scandals and scandals involving Nawrocki – to give nothing to liberals," we read. At the same time, as the author writes, many Poles have had adequate of the political duo that has ruled for decades.
Commentator "Spiegla" writes that nearly 2 years ago Donald Tusk showed that right-wing populists could be defeated, but failed to win PiS voters for liberal democracy. "Nawrock's triumph is likely to further harm Tusk's political reputation. Although he has already ruled out fresh elections, it will be hard for him with the conservative president in the palace in Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw. And in 2 years, the parliamentary elections will be re-elected. Until then, PiS can join forces with Sławomir Mentzen and make an invincible right-wing block," comments "Der Spiegel".
"Sueddeutsche Zeitung": Nawrocki rejuvenated the electorate
"Sueddeutsche Zeitung" ("SZ") besides writes about the hard times waiting for Donald Tusk's government. According to writer Viktoria Grossmann with Rafał Trzaskowski, Donald Tusk's conservative-liberal-left government would have the chance to reverse the improvement of the judiciary of the erstwhile PiS government and to depoliticize the courts and prosecutors. Nawrock's "SZ" writes that he led an "anti-EU electoral run and rejects joint EU associate States projects as interference. aid for Ukraine depends on her gratitude".
Grossmann points out that Nawrockie successfully managed to rejuvenate the electorate – he was voiced by many young people who frequently supported another right-wing people in the first round. "All scandals that came out within 2 weeks before the second circular of elections did not deter these voters - on the contrary, they most likely even attracted them," we read.
The writer “SZ” recalls that although researchers expected that higher attendance than in the first circular could benefit first of all Rafał Trzaskowski, the candidate of the KO did not benefit. Grossmann besides points out that unlike in 2023 "this time the voices of women, residents of cities, Poles surviving abroad and the full Polish West were not adequate to remove the Law and Justice Office from power. Donald Tusk's government is now waiting for hard times and will inactive be blocked by president Nawrocki" - concluded the author.
"FAZ": "President with dubious reputation"
“Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” in a comment entitled “President of Doubtful Reputation” writes that the elections in Poland were preceded by “political thriller”. The diary lists the reasons why Karol Nawrocki won. Among another things, he calculates election turnout (71.6%), which – although evidence in the presidential election – was lower than in the last parliamentary election (75%), erstwhile the Law and Justice Department lost power. "Trzaskowski failed to mobilise adequate voters in his favour. 1 reason may be that he wanted to get voters from the right-wing conservative spectrum, supporting decisions specified as the suspension of the right to asylum or the simplification of social benefits for Ukrainian refugees, but he disappointed his own base in this process," we read.
In addition, according to commentator Stefan Locke, many voters are disappointed by Donald Tusk's rule, "who, in the opinion of many supporters, is besides undecided to implement the promised improvement policy, return to the regulation of law and punish corrupt PiS politicians." However, the publicist emphasizes that president Andrzej Duda's recourse to blocking reforms was sometimes an excuse due to the fact that promises specified as the liberalisation of abortion law failed due to the deficiency of majority in the governing coalition.
The correspondent “FAZ” besides points out that the “failure of scandals” which appeared in conjunction with Karol Nawrocki may have led to a solidarity with him. “PiS seems to have even managed to win voters, pointing to the alleged run of slander and state conspiracy against its candidate,” Locke writes.
With the PiS, you inactive gotta count
According to the author PiS, he proved that he is inactive a force to be reckoned with, and that organization has a chance of returning to power. For Poland, Stefan Locke predicts the blockade of Tusk's government by Karol Nawrocki, “who will most likely usage even more unscrupulously than his predecessor Andrzej Duda”. At the same time, the division that prevails in Poland will not be overcome, but it will become even deeper, which can contribute to strengthening the political periphery – both on the right and left sides of the political scene.
According to the writer “FAZ”, the election of Nawrocki as president of Poland is not good news for the European Union. "As a large and economically strong country, Poland is an crucial player in the EU. Tusk tries to usage this force for the benefit of his country, while PiS, as during its regulation until 2023, defames Brussels as ‘eurokołchoz’, which serves Germany in peculiar to rob Poland of its independency and sovereignty’, we read. As the commentator adds, specified communicative peculiarly goes to those Poles who criticise "the fact that their country has been treated arrogantly by Western Europe after 1989".
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