Overview

• Karol Nawrocki held his first foreign meeting as president with Donald Trump at the White House, with a Ukraine ceasefire listed as the main topic.
• Nawrocki vetoed a law extending child benefits and other support for Ukrainian refugees beyond October 1, and overturning it would require a three‑fifths majority in parliament.
• The Polish government says the veto also halted roughly €43 million a year in national funding for Starlink services used in Ukraine.
• With special exemptions set to expire, many of the nearly 989,000 Ukrainian refugees in Poland risk losing work permits and benefits, despite a 69% employment rate among working‑age refugees.
• EU and NATO partners have voiced concern that Nawrocki did not consult them or include Poland’s Foreign Ministry in the trip, reflecting an escalating power struggle with Prime Minister Donald Tusk over foreign policy.