Morning opening: Changed priorities forward
Jakub Krupa
Good morning from Poland, the place the highest two applicants in closing evening’s presidential elections – centrist Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski and radical-right historian Karol Nawrocki – wasted no time this morning sooner than hitting the marketing campaign path once more forward of the run-off in two weeks’ time.
The ultimate effects, printed this morning, put Trzaskowski marginally forward at 31.36%, with Nawrocki at 29.54%.

With either one of them now having to expand their enchantment to get to 50%+1 on 1 June, we will be able to inevitably some converting priorities of their campaigns.
There is quite a few votes to be received, however what makes it strangely difficult is that they might come from a very numerous – even diametrically hostile – workforce of applicants.
Devising an electoral approach to get votes off Sławomir Mentzen, the libertarian anti-establishment candidate, who got here 3rd at 14.8% and radical correct Grzegorz Braun (6.34%), whilst additionally securing the reinforce of left-of-centre electorate who subsidized Adrian Zandberg (4.86%) and Magdalena Biejat (4.23%) or centrist supporters of Szymon Hołownia (4.99%) may just turn out to be somewhat a problem.
As Dr Ben Stanley informed our Super Sunday weblog closing evening, “candidate electorates are not Lego blocks” as he warned “those who are stacking them to project second round results are overlooking substantial heterogeneity.”
I will be able to additionally carry you some European reactions to the votes in Romania and Portugal, and all different key updates from throughout Europe.
It’s Monday, 19 May 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Live.
Good morning.
Key occasions
All votes counted in Poland
So, listed here are the legit leads to Poland in any case votes had been counted, with the highest two applicants in daring going thru to the run-off on 1 June.
Rafał Trzaskowski 31.36%
Karol Nawrocki 29.54%
Sławomir Mentzen 14.8%
Grzegorz Braun 6.34%
Szymon Hołownia 4.99%
Adrian Zandberg 4.86%
Magdalena Biejat 4.23%
Krzysztof Stanowski 1.24%
Joanna Senyszyn 1.09%
Marek Jakubiak 0.77%
Artur Bartoszewicz 0.49%
Maciej Maciak 0.19%
Marek Woch 0.09%
Morning opening: Changed priorities forward

Jakub Krupa
Good morning from Poland, the place the highest two applicants in closing evening’s presidential elections – centrist Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski and radical-right historian Karol Nawrocki – wasted no time this morning sooner than hitting the marketing campaign path once more forward of the run-off in two weeks’ time.
The ultimate effects, printed this morning, put Trzaskowski marginally forward at 31.36%, with Nawrocki at 29.54%.
With either one of them now having to expand their enchantment to get to 50%+1 on 1 June, we will be able to inevitably some converting priorities of their campaigns.
There is quite a few votes to be received, however what makes it strangely difficult is that they might come from a very numerous – even diametrically hostile – workforce of applicants.
Devising an electoral approach to get votes off Sławomir Mentzen, the libertarian anti-establishment candidate, who got here 3rd at 14.8% and radical correct Grzegorz Braun (6.34%), whilst additionally securing the reinforce of left-of-centre electorate who subsidized Adrian Zandberg (4.86%) and Magdalena Biejat (4.23%) or centrist supporters of Szymon Hołownia (4.99%) may just turn out to be somewhat a problem.
As Dr Ben Stanley informed our Super Sunday weblog closing evening, “candidate electorates are not Lego blocks” as he warned “those who are stacking them to project second round results are overlooking substantial heterogeneity.”
I will be able to additionally carry you some European reactions to the votes in Romania and Portugal, and all different key updates from throughout Europe.
It’s Monday, 19 May 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Live.
Good morning.