In Poland, the people are going to the polls tomorrow for the election of the president – Cyprus Newspaper

In Poland, the European Union (EU) and NATO member, the people are going to the polls on May 18 to determine the new president who will represent the country for 5 years.

Prime Minister Donald TUSK government and the opposition between the opposition, especially EU relations, judicial reforms, abortion laws and Russia-Ukraine War, such as the elections to be held in the period, the country’s relations with the EU, domestic policies, judicial reforms and social policies are considered to be decisive.

Approximately 29 million registered voters in the country, which has a population of more than 38 million, will vote for two rounds.

Tomorrow will start at 07.00 local time, voting process, will end at 21.00.

Approximately 500 voting centers will be opened in the world of embassies and consulates for voters who will vote at the polls or by mail from outside Poland.

The first unofficial results of the election are expected to be announced on the night of May 18th.

In the first round, none of the candidates can not exceed the 50 percent dam, the two names with the two names, will compete in the second round to be held on June 1.

This presidential election will be a kind of “confidence vote için for pro -EU Prime Minister TUSK’s government.

Candidates

Among the prominent candidates of the election of 13 candidates, one of the ruling partners, the Parliament Speaker of the Polish 2050 party Szymon Franciszek Holownia, Rafal Trzaskowski, the candidate of the ruling civilian coalition group, Rafal Trzaskowski, the candidate of the Historian of the Law and Justice Party, Karol Nawrocki, and the candidate of the Polish Confederation Party.

In the country where the election of the presidency is held every 5 years and a person can work for a maximum of two terms, the current President Andrzej Duda, who will end up on August 6 on August 6, cannot be a candidate again.

According to the surveys conducted in the country, the election is expected to pass between the ruling candidate Trzaskowski and the opposition candidate Nawrocki.

Election promises

The main headings of the election campaigns were Ukrainian refugees and EU-Polish relations.

The most powerful rival of the election, and with a vote of approximately 32 percent of the vote, the first in the surveys of Trzaskowski’s main promises of defense expenditures of the gross domestic product (GDP) to 5 percent, the liberalization of abortion laws, the country’s weapon and technology industry is to ensure a strong position in the EU.

The 53 -year -old Trzaskowski, who was defeated against Duda with a difference of 2.5 percent in the 2020 presidential election, has the support of the TUSK government this time.

The 42 -year -old conservative historian Nawrocki, who came out of the polls with a 26 percent vote rate, defends the reducing taxes from the EU’s migration and asylum pact with the withdrawal of the European Green Consensus, and the giving more rights to LGBT individuals.

Like Nawrocki de Trzaskowski, he wants to raise GDP for defense expenditures.

While Trzaskowski defends the EU integration on foreign relations, Nawrocki stands in a closer line to the US.

The 38 -year -old far -right candidate Mentzen’s promises include tax cuts and withdrawal from the European Green Consensus.

Mentzen argues that Poland should not take much responsibility in the Ukraine-Russian war.

Mentzen, which ranks 3rd in the surveys with a vote of approximately 13 percent, wants the country’s constitution to be ahead of the EU laws.

Nwrocki and Mentzen are opposed to NATO membership of Ukraine.

Russian intervention claim to the elections

On the other hand, allegations of intervention attempts to be held on May 18th have caused concern in the country.

Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said Russia « attempted an unprecedented intervention in the presidential election ».

Gawkowski, who argued that Russia did this by attacking the critical infrastructure of Poland both by “disinformation” and Poland, claimed that Russian -backed cyber attacks have doubled compared to 2024.

2020 Presidential Elections

The rate of participation in the 2020 presidential elections held in Kovid-19 conditions was high. In the first round of the election, 64 percent of the voters went to the polls, while the participation rate in the second round was recorded as 68 percent.

Civil coalition candidate Trzaskowski received 48.79 percent of the votes, while the candidate of the Legal and Justice Party was elected president with 51.21 percent of the vote.

The elections planned to be held on May 10, 2020 were postponed to 28 June 2020 due to the epidemic, and the government’s way of managing the Kovid-19 crisis process affected the campaign process. The method of voting via mail also caused controversy within the country.