W United Kingdom The media pointed out that it is now hard to foretell which candidate, supported by KO Rafał Trzaskowski or supported by PiS Karol Nawrocki, will win the second circular of elections on 1 June.
Presidential election 2025. abroad media on election results
BBC provides that Karol Nawrocki will want to fight about young voters with utmost right-wing views who can vote for him due to Catholic and pro-family views. At the same time, it was stressed that these voters did not like the left-wing economical policy of Law and Justice, consisting of generous social benefits.
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‘Guardian’ pointed out that good results Sławomir Mentzen (Confederation) and Adrian Zandberg is simply a consequence of the large disappointment of Polish voters 2 main lots In the country. "It cannot be expected that Mentzen's supporters will full support Nawrocki, nor that Trzaskowski will simply inherit the voices of the left," said Prof. Stanley.
“Financial Times” he wrote that Trzaskowski "was faced with the challenge of mobilising progressive voters to participate in the second round, especially women". It was recalled that it was they who played a key function in the triumph of the Civic Platform in the 2023 parliamentary elections, erstwhile attendance reached a evidence value of 74%.
Presidential election 2025. Media: Historical score of the far right
French diary ‘Le Monde’, Commenting on the first circular of presidential elections in Poland, he believes that in the race for the president's seat is "two favorites" and a tiny difference in the results of Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki causes uncertainty about the result of the second round.
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"The utmost right has recorded a historical result, in peculiar thanks to the voices of young voters", the diary stressed in Monday's correspondence. As he estimates, this is the "second surprise" of the election – the first is the tiny difference between the results of the 2 main candidates. ‘Le Monde’ strikes data according to which Sławomir Mentzen and Grzegorz Braun A full of 41% of voters aged 18-29 voted.
Portal Czech “Denik N” newspaper, a study on Polish elections, entitled “Polish drama on the horizon”. "Some say that these presidential elections have been the most crucial in 30 years. The president of Poland has strong powers and can veto laws, and the government needs 60 percent of the vote in the Sejm, the lower home of Parliament, which is not the current government of Donald Tusk" – it is written.
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The portal reminded of president Andrzej Duda blocking any of Tusk's government's moves. The triumph of Rafał Trzaskowski could change this situation.
Portal Seznam Zprava He wrote that the Tusk government has a lot to lose in this election. Without his "man" in the presidential palace, he will inactive have the minimum chance of gathering the electoral promises with which the coalition parties won the parliamentary elections in 2023.
Presidential election 2025. Media: Liberal-conservative duel
The Spanish “El Pais” noted: “Poland will one more time play a conventional duel between Liberals and Conservatives in the second circular of the presidential election.”
As the Madrid “ABC” added, the elections in Poland “reminiscent of a referendum on Europeanism”. “El Mundo” besides stressed that in Poland he would arrive in the second circular “to a classical liberal-conservative duel".
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The second paper noted that Nawrocki's triumph would mean an extension of the current co-habitation between the government and the president
"(Donald) Tusk needs a triumph (Rafal) by Trzaskovsky to reverse the dismantling of democracy and the regulation of law by the PiS, as promised by his constituents and Brussels," he said "El Mundo".
Election results 2025. Scandinavian media on elections
Norwegian ‘VG’ noted that the consequence of the competition between Rafał Trzaskowski, a Karol Nawrocki in the second circular for years position of Polish women, peculiarly as regards reproductive rights. In the opinion of Milly Totland, reporting the election process from Warsaw, Poland becomes 1 of the most crucial countries in Europe, but the choice between the conservative Nawrock and the centre of Trzaskowski may be crucial for Poles surviving under 1 of the strictest anti-abortion laws in Europe.
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Ingrid Brekke, a correspondent for the "Aftenposten" newspaper, pointed out that Trzaskovsky's success or defeat would decide on la coalition government wasp. She recalled that although supported by PiS Nawrocki met with U.S. president Donald Trump and Eurosceptic candidate for president of Romania George Simion, a scandal involving an flat obtained under unclear circumstances from an older man, would be a hard nut to crack for his staff.
The rate of presidential elections in Poland reflects the division seen in the world: it is simply a choice between the regulation of law and national populism – he stated on Monday Danish Journal ‘Politiken’. According to east European expert Vibe Termansen, quoted by the newspaper, the most crucial issue in the election of the president of the Republic of Poland is not interior politics, and the state of democracy and the regulation of law.
"Poland is an crucial EU country and for this reason the Polish elections are crucial for the remainder of Europe", Termansen stressed.
Presidential election 2025. German Press on Results
As expected, Trzaskowski won the first round, but his rival Nawrocki, supported by PiS, stepped on his heels – writes German "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung".
‘FAZ’ points out a comparatively good consequence Grzegorz Braun – ‘right-wing extremist and anti-semites’ – which he considers to be ‘shock’.
The results of the first circular are, according to the newspaper, warning signal to the Tusk Government, which should implement the promised reforms as shortly as possible – liberalisation of abortion law and restoration of the regulation of law. The outgoing president Andrzej Duda blocked with a veto of government reform. In case of victory, Trzaskowski will make it easier for Tusk to rule.
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‘Die Welt’ notes that ‘the Tuska candidate, Trzaskowski, won with a much smaller difference of vote than expected’. According to the newspaper, after announcing the first forecasts, Trzaskowski tried to appear determined, but his advantage over the main rival proved to be much little than expected. Poland witnessed a “surprising electoral evening”, and supporters of Trzaskowski survived the shock – she estimates “Die Welt”. There are many indications that Nawrocki managed to better mobilize his electorate despite the housing scandal. On the streets of Warsaw there is “dead silence” – writes “Die Welt”
“Die Welt” warns that with Nawrocki as president of Poland again, as in 2015-2023, would cease to be a partner of Germany and France. "This would be peculiarly sad for the fresh German government Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who places a strong emphasis on Poland as a partner, in future besides on safety and defence issues," the paper concludes.
Election results 2025. "A cold shower for Donald Tusk"
‘Tagespiegel’ He states that the presidential elections in Poland confirmed the country's divided into 2 political camps, but besides revealed a generational conflict. Young voters have an aversion to divided into PiS and PO. In the age group 18-29 Trzaskowski and Nawrocki won little than a 4th of the vote.
"The results of the first circular are a cold shower for Trzaskowski and Tusk," said German political scientist Kai-Olav Lang. In his opinion, the PO candidate could not get free of the burden of the bad image of the Tusk government.
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