The Presidential Elections in Poland. The Competing Agendas of Karol Nawrocki and Rafał Trzaskowski

In the first round of the presidential elections in Poland, the two candidates who received the
most support from voters were Rafał Trzaskowski, representing the ruling Civic Coalition,
and Karol Nawrocki, independent but supported by Law and Justice. What programs are
they entering the second round with?

.Both Karol NAWROCKI and Rafał TRZASKOWSKI received comparable support in the presidential elections in Poland. PiS (Law and Justice) candidate Karol NAWROCKI get 29,54 percent of votes, while Rafał Trzaskowski received 31,36 percent of votes, according to data given by Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (National Electoral Commission).

Trzaskowski’s election program

.The candidate of the ruling party, Vice-Chairman of the Civic Platform, and Mayor of Warsaw,
Rafał Trzaskowski, during the 2025 election campaign, expressed support for, among others:

• Liberalization of abortion laws—by submitting a presidential bill;
• Adoption of a “morning-after” pill law;
• Abolition of the Church Fund;
• Strengthening relations with Germany and France;
• Deepening European integration;
• Maintaining the current migration policy model implemented by Donald Tusk’s government;
• Continuing the energy transition in accordance with the EU Green Deal;
• Introducing the euro in Poland in the possible future;
• Providing as much support as possible to Ukraine;
• Passing a law on the Silesian language;
• The idea of a Central Industrial District (without details);
• Supporting LGBT communities with public funds.

Nawrocki’s election program

The civic candidate supported by the largest opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), the president
of the Institute of National Remembrance Karol NAWROCKI, spoke during the 2025 election
campaign in favor of, among other things:

• tightening alliance relations with the United States;
• increasing spending on the Polish army and strengthening national security,
• increasing the number of soldiers, to at least 300,000;
• continuing development investments at risk of suspension: CPK (Central Polish Airport), Polish
  nuclear power, expansion of ports on the Baltic Sea, etc.;
• strengthening the Polish economy; reducing VAT from 23 to 22 percent, reducing energy bills by
  1/3, vetoing the EU Green Deal;
• maintaining the złoty as the national currency;
• strong and determined defense of Polish borders against the flood of illegal immigrants;
• protection of unborn children (opposition to abortion);
• increasing areas of individual freedom and community strength;
• PIT 0% for families with two or more children, minimum PLN 150 indexation of pensions and
  annuities, access to public services and healthcare;
• support for Polish agriculture and local development, also outside the largest cities, protection of
  Polish agriculture from imports from South America and Ukraine;
• obtaining consent from Ukraine for exhumations in Volhynia;
• continuation of actions to obtain reparations from Germany;
• no consent to „destructive ideologies” that „demoralize children in schools”,
• restoring the memory of Polish national heroes, patriotic programs in schools.

Who will take over the votes of the remaining candidates?

.The results of the first round of presidential elections in Poland show growing public support for the radical right candidates, whose programs include limiting support for Ukraine and radically tightening abortion law in Poland. Representing them, Sławomir Mentzen (14.8) and Grzegorz Braun (6.34) received a total of 21.14 percent of votes. Now, both candidates taking part in the second round will try to take over their support, although Karol Nawrocki has a better chance of doing so.

Rafał Trzaskowski’s voters should be joined by those who supported the center and left-
wing candidates – a total of 15.17 percent of all votes.

The second round of the presidential elections in Poland will take place 1st of June. The current president Andrzej Duda will remain in office until 6 August 2025.

‘When I win the presidential election, I will do everything to make Poland a leader in building relations between the European Union and the United States’ – said Karol Nawrocki on 3 April 2025, during a meeting with the representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce. Karol Nawrocki believes that a strong alliance with the United States and the European Union are not mutually exclusive. 

‘As President of Poland, I will strive to negotiate customs issues directly with the United States as part of our bilateral relations. Such an approach benefits Poland, improves Poles’ quality of life and strengthens Polish-American ties . Of course, I will do all this bearing in mind that we’re part of the EU. I have a duty to serve the Polish state and Polish citizens – that’s why I’m ready to build strong bilateral relations with the United States while respecting the European Union. At the same time, Poland needs to wake up the EU, which is currently in deep chaos,’ said Karol NAWROCKI.

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