On Monday 2 June, the leaders of the European institutions congratulated the winner of the Polish presidential elections, Karol Nawrocki, from the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), who succeeded Andrzej Duda, also from PiS.
The day before, the new president had narrowly won the election, with 50.89% of the vote, against 49.11% for the candidate backed by Donald Tusk, the current mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski. Mr Trzaskowski, a former MEP, also lost in 2020 to Mr Duda.
The...