Presidential election 2025. Cold shower at the difficult moment of Europe -World Media Commentaries

Rafał Trzaskowski's win in the first round of presidential elections was nothing unexpected. The surprise was that his victory was so small – says “The Economist”. The world media broadly comment on the elections in Poland, writing about the “amazing” result of some of the candidates and the fact that the election “falls on a difficult moment for the Old Continent.”

The National Electoral Commission has already counted The results of the presidential election from 100 percent of the election committees. They show that Rafał Trzaskowski won 31.36 percent. votes, a Karol Nawrocki 29.54 percent About who will become president, The second round of presidential elections will decide.

This is how we report the post -election morning on tvn24.pl

World media about elections: Cold shower

As “Washington Post” notes, the course of the second round can be “very even”. “Nawrocki did better than expected”, even despite “recent accusations of unfair takeover of a flat from an older man” – indicates the daily. “There is a difficult task in front of Trzaskowski” – sums up his analysis “Washington Post”.

Similarly, the situation is presented by the weekly “The Economist”. The British newspaper estimates that although the KO candidate has been seen as the favorite of the race so far, “may not be true anymore.” “Now Rafał Trzaskowski can be 'Underdog' 'says. In the word “underdog”, used, among others In the world of sport and bookmakers, this page is called the competition, whose chances of victory are estimated lower than the rival and which must show a greater initiative.

“The Economist” also draws attention to the high result of the right as a whole. “It is not a surprise that Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal president of Warsaw, overtook Karol Nawrocki, a candidate supported by the main right -wing opposition party, in the first round of presidential elections in Poland. The surprise is that his advantage is so small” – he writes.

The French daily “Le Figaro”, in turn, describes the results of the first round as a “cold shower” for the “Christian-Conservative” in the coalitions in the coalition. “The amazing result of the extreme left candidate Adrian Zandberg is noteworthy,” Grzegorz Braun's “High Anti -Semitic” opening “opening”.

“Difficult moment for Europe”

The Czech portal Zprávy also draws attention to the surprisingly high support for Braun. He reminds that the leader of the confederation of the Polish Crown has repeatedly attracted the attention of “hateful statements”. “In the second round, the most important thing will be whether and who supporters of the radical extreme right will vote for,” adds the website. According to “Le Figaro”, Nawrocki can count on the transmission of the voters of the confederation and Grzegorz Braun's voters. “Trzaskowski will have to ensure the support of (other) candidates, from the left to center-right”- says the French newspaper.

Analyzing the potential flows of support, the Slovak television TA3 draws attention to the “conscious change of rhetoric”, which Trzaskowski undertook in its opinion. According to the station, he recently “softened his liberal position and focused on the undecided voters of the center”, which – in her opinion – is not known how he would affect his support in the second round.

“The elections are difficult for the Old Continent,” notes the Spanish RTVE television, pointing to “tense relations with Washington, on the war in Ukraine and the activity of the extreme right.” “Poles must decide if Warsaw will continue the pro -European path promoted by Tusk,” he adds.

The Finnish MTV speculates, however, that the possible loser of Trzaskowski may translate into the future “return of right -wing populists” to power. She notes that the role of the president in Poland “is largely ceremonial”, but at the same time mentions the law of veto, “from which the outgoing President Andrzej Duda used, blocking many government reforms”.