IT WAS NO shock that Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw, completed forward of Karol Nawrocki, the candidate backed by the primary hard-right opposition social gathering, within the first spherical of the nation’s presidential elections on Could 18th. The shock was that the margin was so tight. With practically all districts counted, Mr Trzaskowski (pictured) has taken 31.4% of the vote, in contrast with 29.5% for Mr Nawrocki. Polls beforehand had put Mr Trzaskowski a lot farther forward. For the federal government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which is relying on the Warsaw mayor’s victory to push by way of its stalled agenda, the result’s a worrying signal.
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