Poles went to bed on Sunday thinking a centre-right candidate had won their presidential election. They woke to find a nationalist populist had squeaked home instead. Karol Nawrocki’s 51-49 per cent victory was wafer-thin, but a bitter reversal. It comes only 18 months after the return of the centrist Donald Tusk as prime minister seemed to open a path to restore democracy and rule of law in Poland after eight years of state capture by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party — which nominated Nawrocki. After right-wing losses in Canada, Australia and Romania, the result also marks a win in the heart of Europe for a candidate endorsed by Donald Trump’s Maga movement.
波蘭人在週日晚上入睡時還以爲中右翼候選人贏得了總統選舉，醒來卻發現，最終險勝的是一位民族主義民粹派。卡羅爾•納夫羅茨基(Karol Nawrocki)以51%對49%的微弱優勢獲勝，這一結果極爲接近，卻帶來了痛苦的逆轉。就在18個月前，中間派的唐納•圖斯克(Donald Tusk)重返總理職位，似乎爲波蘭在保守的法律與公正黨(PiS)八年掌控國家後恢復民主和法治開闢了道路——而納夫羅茨基正是該黨提名的候選人。在加拿大、澳洲和羅馬尼亞右翼接連失利後，這一結果也意味著一位獲得唐納•川普(Donald Trump)MAGAmovement支持的候選人在歐洲腹地取得了勝利。