Rafal Trzaskowski: the pro-EU Polish polyglot with his eye on the presidency


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  • Friday, 16 May 2025

Civic Coalition presidential candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski gives a high five to his supporter during an election meeting in Brzeg, Poland, May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

SZCZECIN, Poland (Reuters) - Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the Oxford-educated son of a jazz musician and frontrunner in Sunday's Polish presidential election, made friends across the European Parliament when he worked there, including with Portugal's now-foreign minister.

"He was very well known, not only because he was very talented," Paulo Rangel said during a break from campaigning for his own country's election, referring to their time together as EU lawmakers from 2009.

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