Punch-ups and tobacco pouches: Polish presidential race gets personal


Election banners of Karol Nawrocki, a candidate for Polish presidential election supported by Poland's main opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), and Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, Civic Coalition presidential candidate, are seen ahead of the second round of Polish presidential election, in Pabianice, May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) -The centrist frontrunner in Poland's knife-edge presidential election on Sunday says Poles know everything about him, contrasting that with the slew of media reports about his nationalist opponent's alleged past conduct.

"The President of the Republic of Poland cannot be someone about whom we learn something every day that not only puzzles us, but often terrifies us," Rafal Trzaskowski, from the ruling Civic Coalition, told a rally in the southern Polish town of Chrzanow on Tuesday.

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