Rafał Trzaskowski beats foreign minister Radosław Sikorski in primary contest
Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s party has selected Warsaw’s liberal mayor as its candidate for Poland’s presidential elections, which will take place in May. Rafał Trzaskowski was nominated on Saturday after comfortably beating foreign minister Radosław Sikorski in primaries held by Tusk’s ruling Civic Coalition party. The outcome of next May’s contest could unlock Tusk’s reform agenda, which has been stalled by outgoing rightwing President Andrzej Duda.
But the outcome is likely to hinge on who can attract most of the votes won by other candidates in the first round. Among other nominees so far, the Poland 2050 party — one of Tusk’s coalition partners — is fielding its leader Szymon Hołownia, while the far-right Confederation party selected its co-chair Sławomir Mentzen. PiS will not hold primaries to select its candidate.
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