Karol Nawrocki has become Poland’s president. Will Warsaw continue to provide support to Kyiv?

On June 1, the second round of presidential elections was held in Poland, in which the candidate from the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, Karol Nawrocki, won the elections with 50.89% of voters supporting him.

He opposes Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the EU until the issue of the Volyn tragedy is resolved. He also stated that he would not allow Polish soldiers to be sent to Ukraine but will “send Polish entrepreneurs when Ukraine is rebuilt.” Nawrocki emphasized that he is not a pro-Russian candidate, but has every right to disagree with “Ukrainian grain flooding the Polish market, with unfair competition.”

He supports ending the war in Ukraine through a peace agreement, and he believes that the issue of territorial concessions should be resolved with the involvement of the European community.

“Poland’s strategic interest is to push the threat of neo-imperial post-communist Russia as far away from Poles as possible. Peace in Ukraine must be long and fair, and not just a postponed war,” said Nawrocki.