Overview

• Nawrocki secured 50.89% of the vote against Rafał Trzaskowski’s 49.11% in the June 1 runoff, and will succeed Andrzej Duda when his term ends in August.
• He ran on a platform of protecting traditional Polish values, prioritizing national sovereignty and expressing scepticism toward the EU and NATO membership for Ukraine.
• Supported openly by Donald Trump, Nawrocki visited the White House last month and received campaign boosts from CPAC’s first Poland meeting and US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
• As president, he holds veto authority over legislation and is poised to block key liberal reforms by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, setting the stage for prolonged policy gridlock.
• Celebrated by European nationalist and eurosceptic leaders, his victory nonetheless casts doubt on Warsaw’s future cooperation with Brussels and Kyiv.