Poland heads to the polls this Sunday in a fiercely contested presidential race between pro-EU centrist Rafał Trzaskowski and MAGA-aligned populist Karol Nawrocki. With global stakes and domestic divisions at play,

Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, 53, a government ally, was narrowly ahead with 50.3 per cent of votes against nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki, 42, on 49.7 per cent, according to the Ipsos exit poll.