A supporter of depriving Ukrainians of social benefits has won the Polish election

Independent candidate Karol Nawrocki, who favours tougher policies on Ukrainian refugees, has won the second round of Poland’s presidential election with 50.89 per cent of the vote after all ballots were counted.

 

“He [Karol Nawrocki – ed.] was elected in the second round of voting,” Poland’s National Election Commission said.

According to the Polish election commission, Nawrocki’s running mate, Civic Coalition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, won 49.11 per cent of the vote.

The Polish National Election Commission noted that the Civic Coalition candidate secured the support of 10,237,177 votes favoured from the western and central parts of the country. In turn, Karol Nawrocki received 10,606,628 votes preferentially from the eastern regions of the Republic.

Nawrocki has established himself as a supporter of toughening the policy towards Ukrainian refugees in Poland, as well as depriving them of various social benefits. In addition, during one of his speeches, the politician said that he was “disappointed in Volodymyr Zelenskyy” because “he behaves in a way that he should never behave towards the Polish state”, in another that “Poland received nothing for the help”.

We shall remind you that earlier Karol Nawrocki entered the second round of the presidential race and said that he would not allow Ukraine to join NATO.