Poland’s presidential election has come down to a stark ideological choice: a liberal pro-European mayor versus a staunch nationalist conservative.

Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election today between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future. The winner would succeed Polish President Andrzej Duda, a conservative who is finishing his second and final term.

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Revved-up Polish markets will be put to the test this weekend as voters head to the polls in the biggest challenge facing Premier Donald Tusk.

Betting sites have narrowed their odds on who will win the Polish presidential election but give liberal candidate Rafal Trzaskowski the edge over conservative Karol Nawrocki heading into Sunday’s vote. The 2025 Polish presidential election has gone to a second-round run-off after none of the 13 original candidates won over 50% of the vote.

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It will be a bitter contest, with insults hurled in both directions, dire warnings about the end of civilisation if the other guy wins, and a close result that the loser won’t accept as legitimate.

Poland will hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday, with polls indicating a neck-and-neck race between a liberal pro-European Union mayor and