Polish President Andrzej Duda pushes out pro-EU rival to win re-election, but the narrow victory puts the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government on the backfoot
Polish President Andrzej Duda has won five more years in power on a deeply conservative platformthat is likely to deepen the country's isolation in the European Union.
Backed by PiS, Duda ran an acrimonious campaign, laced with homophobic language, attacks on private media and accusations that Trzaskowski serves foreign interests instead of Poland's. Trzaskowski dismissed the accusations. But to many religious conservatives in Poland, a predominantly Catholic nation, he came to represent the threats facing traditional values when he pledged to introduce education about LGBT rights in the city's schools.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro suggested late on Sunday the party could push on quickly with its conservative agenda following the vote, and with its ambition to spur change in private media ownership towards outlets more favourable to its ambitions."There is also the matter of an imbalance among the media."
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