(15 May 2025)
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Warsaw, Poland – 25 March 2025
1. Various aerials of Warsaw’s skyscrapers above the fog and over a highway ++MUTE++
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Warsaw, Poland – 12 May 2025
2. Election poster of presidential candidates Joanna Senyszyn, Rafal Trzaskowski
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Lodz, Poland – 9 May 2025
3. Rafal Trzaskowski, presidential candidate for Civic Coalition party, on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Rafal Trzaskowski, presidential candidate for Civic Coalition party:
"Today, this is exactly what it is about, to be strong as a state, but also to be strong in the European Union. Because today the issue of security is on everyone’s lips and in our hearts. In order to be safe, we must have the best possible relations with the United States, and these must be relations of partnership."
5. Trzaskowski on stage
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Kielce, Poland – 11 May 2025
6. Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for Law and Justice Party, on stage
7. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for Law and Justice Party:
"Times are not changing so much that we should give up what we love the most: our Poland, our heritage, our faith and what makes us Poles. As the president of the Polish state, I will make sure that Poland is Poland. Stay with me!"
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Warsaw, Poland – 10 May 2025
8. Slawomir Mentzen, presidential candidate for Confederation Party on stage
9. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Slawomir Mentzen, presidential candidate for Confederation Party:
"We want so much for something to finally change in Poland, for things to finally be different, for the most important things for Poles and for Poland to finally move forward, and not just stand still like they do now. Because the politicians who have been governing Poland for 20 years only talk, and there’s no one there to do the work."
10. Supporters in white baseball caps with Mentzen logo
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Warsaw, Poland – 12 May 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacek Kucharczyk, Polish Institute of Public Affairs president:
"The stakes of these elections is really tremendous for the current coalition and the people concerned with the future of Polish democracy. This is about democratic reform and restoring the rule of law in Poland with cooperation from the new president. For the Law and Justice (Party), the main competitor of the current ruling coalition, it’s really a question about their future as a key political actor. Poland now is one of the key players within the EU and key in mobilizing other EU members and international partners towards sustaining Ukrainian resistance to Russia and building up Ukrainians’ position vis-à-vis Russia. So if the elections go wrong from the point of view of the ruling coalition then it would also have repercussions for the entire European politics vis-à-vis Russia."
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Warsaw, Poland – 25 March 2025
12. Aerial of Warsaw’s skyscrapers above the fog and over a highway
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Warsaw, Poland – 12 May 2025
13. Various of election posters
STORYLINE:
A war next door in Ukraine. Migration pressure at the borders. Russian sabotage across the region. Doubts about America’s commitment to Europe’s security.
Security looms large in Poland’s upcoming presidential election — but so do other fundamental issues, including the future of the country’s democracy and its place in Europe.
With 13 candidates in the running, a decisive first-round victory by any one candidate is unlikely.
Poland’s geographic location gives added importance to this election at time of war in Ukraine.
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