In the tightly contested Polish presidential run-off on the following weekend, thousands of people will take to the streets of Warsaw to show their support for the candidates running for president. The government believes this is crucial to its efforts to promote pro-European democratic reform.
Andrzej Duda, a nationalist who has vetoed many of Tusk’s efforts to reform the judiciary, will win support from Poland Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the prime minister’s nominee, to win more votes.
“We are looking at Poland in total. Europe is staring at us from every angle. The world is watching us, Trzaskowski told supporters who sported the flags of Poland and the European Union on Sunday.
On the oath of office that the EU claimed had undermined democracy and women’s and minority rights, Tusk resurrected in 2023 with a significant coalition of leftist and centrist parties.
In the first round of the election on May 18, Trzaskowski defeated nationalist Karol Nawrocki by 2 percentage points, but according to opinion polls, he is struggling to maintain his lead.
Before the June 1 run-off, the two candidates will face off in a tight race, with the most recent polls predicting a tie of 47 percent of the vote for each.
In a different part of Nawrocki’s capital to show their support for President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring Poland closer to Trump and the populists in the area, some wearing hats with the slogan “Poland is the most important,” a nod to the country’s America First policies.
“I am Donald Tusk’s voice, the one who cannot hear your cries right now. Nawrocki addressed the crowd as the voice of all those who oppose the destruction of Polish agriculture, our freedom, and Polish schools.
Some of his supporters carried banners with Trump-related slogans like “Stop Migration Pact” and “This is Poland” or displayed images of him.
Jan Sulanowski, 42, said, “He is the best candidate, the most patriotic, and one who can guarantee Poland’s independence and sovereignty.”
According to the Polish Press Agency, an estimated 50 000 people showed up at the support for Nawrocki, and 140 000 others took part in the Trzaskowski march, citing unofficial preliminary estimates from city officials.
Jakub Kaszycki, age 21, said the pro-Trzaskowski march might influence Poland’s future. He said, “I very much favor the West’s route to Europe rather than Russia.”
Nicusor Dan, newly elected president of Romania, pledged to work closely with Tusk and Trzaskowski “to ensure Poland and the European Union remain strong.”
Many in Brussels and other parts of Europe were relieved by Dan’s unanticipated victory in a vote on May 18 over a hard-right supporter of Donald Trump because many were worried that George Simion’s conflict with Russia in Ukraine would have been hampered by his unexpected victory.
Source: Aljazeera
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