In a tightly contested election night marked by twists and turns, Karol Nawrocki emerged victorious as Poland’s next president. But what does the rise of this conservative-nationalist, backed by the Law and Justice party,

Conservative Karol Nawrocki’s victory in Poland’s presidential runoff has set the country on a more nationalist course. It also casts doubt on the viability of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist

We won!” exclaimed Rafał Trzaskowski, Warsaw’s liberal mayor, as initial exit polls showed him edging ahead of his opponent, Karol Nawrocki, 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, in Poland’s presidential election on June 1,