After an breathtaking second circular of presidential elections, the first congratulations to Karol Nawrocki appear. How do major politicians and planet media react?
The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Karol Nawrock on Monday morning, who won the presidential election in Poland. She expressed assurance that "the EU will proceed to cooperate very well with Poland".
"We are all stronger together in our community of peace, democracy and values. Therefore, let us work to guarantee the safety and prosperity of our common home" - she added on the platform X von der Leyen.
Czech president Petr Pavel congratulated Karol Nawrock on his election as president of Poland. He added that he believes that under his leadership Poland will proceed to make its democratic and pro-Western orientation.
"Congratulations to Karol Nawrock on his election as president of Poland" - wrote the Czech president on the X portal. "I believe that under his leadership Poland will proceed to make its democratic and pro-Western orientation, and our countries will proceed to cooperate in a mutually beneficial way" - he said.
A week ago, Pavel, being in the Moravian-Silesian region, which borders Poland and where the Polish number lives, highly appreciated his cooperation with president Andrzej Duda. He stressed that they agreed on the fundamental issues of abroad and safety policy.
The triumph in the presidential election supported by PiS by candidate Karol Nawrocki is simply a "new patriot victory" in Poland - stated on Monday's Facebook entry Hungarian abroad Minister Peter Szijarto.
The head of the MFA congratulated Nawrock, who won the election, reported the agency Reuter.
Hungarian Prime Minister and ruling Fidesz leader Viktor Orban gave his support to Nawrock during the Conservative conference held in Budapest in the last days of May.
Karol Nawrocki's triumph in the second circular of Sunday presidential elections in Poland should be considered a surprise - Portuguese media say on Monday.
Supported by the Law and Justice Karol Nawrocki won the 2nd circular presidential election with a consequence of 50.89 percent; candidate KO Rafał Trzaskowski received 49.11 percent of the vote.
RTP's public tv station notes that Poland maintains a strong division into a pro-European political and national-conservative line. The latter, as the Portuguese station notes, is in many places consistent with US president Donald Trump's slogans.
Both RTP and the Lisbon paper "Publico" claim that the triumph of the internationally unknown Navrocki over erstwhile Euro MP and current president of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski should be considered as a surprise.
The paper expected that "despite advanced nerves" during the election campaign, its finish would prove beneficial to the president of Warsaw. She pointed out that Trzaskowski could follow the pro-European president of Bucharest Nicosor Dan to scope for the highest office of the state.
"Two weeks after losing an utmost right candidate in the Romanian presidential election, everything indicated after the first exit poll that Poles had followed a akin path" - he wrote "Publico", noting that the final results of the vote dispelled these hopes.
"Although Donald Tusk's ally (Trzaskowski – PAP) declared himself president, Nawrocki, however, overtook him by voting" - summed up the Lisbon newspaper.
Diario de Noticias, on the another hand, notes that the presidential elections in Poland proved strong polarization in Polish society. "Poland expected that the night from Sunday to Monday would be a long night of counting votes" - he summarized the diary adding that this happened.
According to the Austrian paper "Die Presse", Karol Nawrocki's triumph in the presidential election is the "failed retaliation" of the Law and Justice after the lost parliamentary elections. As the fresh head of state Nawrocki can direct Poland to an anti-EU course and torpedo the work of Donald Tusk's government - assessed another media.
In a comment to the authoritative consequence of the "Die Presse" election announced on Monday, he pointed out that this was the first success of the Jarosław Kaczyński organization since it was removed from power in the parliamentary elections in 2023.
The portal oe24.at estimated that the triumph of a conservative candidate could mean the continuation of the policy of the current president Andrzej Duda, "effectively slowing down the improvement of Donald Tusk's government", who "counted to break the deadlock if the state headed by Liberal Rafał Trzaskowski".
Nawrocki's election triumph may mean limiting Polish support for Ukraine attacked by Russia - he emphasized the diary "Der Standard". "Unlike Slovakia, Hungary or Romania, there is no serious policy in Poland representing pro-Russian views. On the most crucial issue of abroad policy, which is supporting Ukraine, Duda and Tusk have always acted in accordance. This could be changed by Nawrocki, who opposes Ukraine's possible accession to NATO," we read.
The diary "Kleine Zeitung" noted that there is simply a danger that Nawrocki will direct Poland to an anti-EU course. "The relations between Warsaw and Berlin under Tusk improved, while in the Nawrocki run he preferred to represent the anti-German PiS line and sought close contacts with US president Donald Trump" - recalled the newspaper. As she added, the President-elect besides reiterated the request for war reparations from Germany and repeatedly stressed that he did not want the European Union to dictate anything to him about Poland.
