A nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump won Poland’s presidential election, defeating the centrist mayor of Warsaw and complicating efforts to shift the nation back into the European Union mainstream.

Mr Nawrocki presented himself as the candidate to hold the government of the prime minister, Donald Tusk, in check.

Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel gesture as they react to the exit polls of the second round of presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel