The surprise victory of Andrzej Duda in Poland’s presidential runoff was greeted with shock in Brussels, and raised pressing questions about the future of Warsaw’s policies toward as well as influence in the EU.
The European capital had long factored in a second term for incumbent Bronisław Komorowski. Dismissed as an unknown and long-shot, Duda triumphed in Sunday’s elections by three percentage points, heralding the resurgence of a more socially conservative and Euroskeptical strand of Polish politics.
The 43-year-old lawyer comes from the Law and Justice (PiS) bloc of Jarosław Kaczyński, a former prime minister who will lead the party — now …read more
Source: European Voice
