The first round of the presidential election in Poland will take place on May 18, while surveys are favoring the candidate of the ruling civic coalition Rafal Trzaskowski.
17 candidates entered the presidential election in Poland, the election commission announced. Friday was the last day until the candidates could introduce their candidacy. Their final number may eventually change – depending on the controls by the Commission. The first round of the head of the Head of State will take place on May 18, the possible second round is scheduled for 1 June. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
According to recent polls of public opinion, the largest support (33 to 35 percent of votes) has a candidate for the government civic coalition and Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski. Right behind him is the civil candidate Karol Nawrocki (19 to 23 percent), supported by the opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), and third place is the candidate of opposition confederation Slawomir Mentzen (17 to 19 percent).
According to surveys, the fourth position would be occupied by the chairman of Sejma and the candidate of the government coalition of the parties third journey Szymon Holownia with four percent. The fifth would end Adrian Zandberg by Razem with three percent support. The current President Andrzej Duda does not apply for the post of President – he will be second and the last five -year term of office in August.
According to AFP, the liberal government of Prime Minister Donald Tusko hopes that her possible success of Trzaskowski will be able to end forced coexistence with the conservative president. Duda has been repeatedly placed obstacles in the performance of the election promises in the laws of the parliament. He also vetoed key reforms, for example in the field of justice.
Both Nawrock and Mentzena was identified by the French agency as Eurosceptics who admire US President Donald Trump, and although they do not question Polish support for Ukraine, they both criticize the presence of nearly a million Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
In Poland, where 38 million inhabitants live, the President’s powers are limited. However, the head of state coordinates defense and foreign policy and, as in Slovakia, formally at the forefront of the armed forces. At the same time, the President has the right to propose and veto the law.
