Poland's liberal frontrunner faces tricky balancing act in race to the presidency


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  • Wednesday, 23 Apr 2025

FILE PHOTO: Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski takes part in Warsaw & Kyiv Pride Marching for Peace 2022 in Warsaw, Poland, June 25, 2022. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - When a rival candidate in Poland's presidential election campaign placed the LGBT community's rainbow flag on Rafal Trzaskowski's lectern during a debate, the liberal frontrunner and patron of recent Warsaw Pride marches quickly took it down.

"Recently he has been running away from these symbols," said Trzaskowski's opponent, Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.

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