Poland’s presidential race decreases to the wire

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Rafai Tarsinski and Carol Noruki, competitors in the presidential flow in Poland in Poland, participated in the fans competing in Warsaw on Sunday in a final batch before the June 1 vote.

The race was raised by the narrow TRZASKOWSKI narrow victory in The first round. The mayor of Warsaw, who nominates the Party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the supporter of the European Union, has not achieved only two points over Noruki, a historian nominated by the right -wing opposition party (PIS).

Tusk carried out a campaign alongside Tricaskowski, even with the suggestion of polling until his involvement increases instead of helping his candidate. A survey conducted by SW Research for OneTe Ports of the Government showed that approximately 31 percent of the respondents said that the Prime Minister could hurt the TRZASKOWSKI campaign, while only 21 percent saw his participation useful.

The elections have become an informal referendum on tuskWho returned to power in 2023 eight years after the rule of PIS. Task warned that Noruki’s presidency would weaken Poland’s position in the European Union and his reform agenda is at risk.

Trzaskowski remains closely related to weight and blaming some government pledges, especially its failure to restore Abortion rights are very limited under the PIS administration.

“Trzaskowski is clearly associated with TUSK, and now a large part of the voters is simply angry at the Tusk government,” said Doruta Punitek, a political scientist at Adam Mikivich University in Boznan.

Task admitted disappointed with his government, but he argues that obtaining a “yellow card is not a drama” and insists that voters should realize the danger of maintaining the siege led by PIS in his reform agenda under the outgoing president, Doda, another candidate for PIS.

IPSOS poll showed on Friday by government broadcaster TVP both candidates by 47 percent. The result now depends on nearly 40 percent of the voters who supported other candidates in the first round.

Trzaskowski really faces a tougher balance. He needs to appeal to the extremist right -wing federations, cautiously of PIS statistical policies as well as progressive voters with disappointment by the Tusk government.

Trzaskowski also criticized the abandonment of progressive positions on LGBTQ rights that made Warsaw a liberal stronghold under the PIS base.

Noruki, despite the personal scandals, kept great support among the older voters of PIS who are particularly loyal to the founder of the party, Yaroswaf Kaseseski, a long time competitor. Kaczyński chose Noruki as a PIS candidate for the presidency.

This month, Noruki was subjected to fierce criticism for not disclosing his acquisition of an apartment from the weak retired under doubtful conditions, but he rejected the attacks as a politician Point out of “lies”.

“(Noroki) was better than we thought, especially with this housing scandal,” said Wojciech Szacki, the chief political analyst at Think-Tank Politeka Insight.

The maker of the Kings in the surface flow became Sławomir Mentzen, the far -right candidate who ranked third in the first round by 14.8 percent of the votes.

On Thursday, Noruki signed an agreement with Mentzen, and, as a president, he will not believe in Ukraine to join NATO – deals described as making betrayal.

Trzaskowski also met Mentzen on Saturday, agreeing to some of his demands for taxes, but he drew a red line in NATO membership in Ukraine.

The turnout in the first round was 67.3 percent, driven by high participation of voters under the age of 30. However, Szacki of Polityka Insight warned that many of these younger voters supported extremist candidates on the left and right who are not in the race.

“The two main party candidates have an attractive agenda for young people, so I do not know whether these younger voters will be ready to participate in the second round,” said Szacki.

“I was completely shocked by how close this vote,” said Malwina Nowosielska, a Polish information technology specialist at the TRZASKOWSKI march on Sunday.

“There are many young people who are tired of the Anuruboli, but they will eventually understand that these elections are important, and we hope that the democratic Poland will be strong in the European Union, not the National.”