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The Take: Who could be Poland’s next president?

Poland, the next political battleground in Europe, is choosing between a Trump-backed candidate and a pro-EU challenger.

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the Civic Coalition, attends the 'Patriotic March' organised by the ruling party ahead of the second round of presidential elections, in Warsaw, Poland, May 25, 2025 [Kacper Pempel/Reuters]

Will Poland’s next president be a former football hooligan or a Mr Bonjour? With citizens heading to the polls for the second round of voting this weekend, Poland will decide between Karol Nawrocki, the candidate backed by US President Donald Trump, and Warsaw’s mayor, the pro-European Union Rafal Trzaskowski. The divided country on Russia’s border has a major decision ahead.

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Bartosz Węglarczyk (@bweglarczyk), ONet Editor-in-Chief

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra and Amy Walters with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Marcos Bartolome, Khaled Soltan, Mariana Navarrete, and our guest host, Natasha Del Toro. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera