Poles elect their president on Sunday in the biggest test yet of whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-European agenda is going to prevail against the surge of the country’s nationalist forces.

Pro-EU presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski, a close ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, is a political scientist and one of the most prominent intellectuals in Poland's liberal-conservative camp.

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Warsaw's liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski won a narrow victory in Poland's presidential election, but a second-round run-off with conservative historian Karol Nawrocki will be required to decide the country's next president.

WARSAW (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people took the streets of Warsaw on Sunday to show support for rival candidates in next week's tightly-contested Polish presidential election that the government views as crucial to its efforts for democratic reform.

Although the presidency in Poland is largely ceremonial, the office holds the power to veto legislation — a crucial check in a parliament where Tusk’s governing coalition lacks the numbers to override a veto.

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