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Democratic Security
The MAGA Safe House for Polish Fugitives
13 May 2026
An Andrzej Duda victory would bring a hardening of the government’s course. In contrast, if his challenger Rafał Trzaskowski prevails, it would mean a turbulent time in politics but also the possibility of a new start for Poland in the world.
On 12 July, in the upcoming second-round vote of the presidential election, there will be 18 million or more votes cast by just over 30 million registered citizens.
It is a neck and neck race with some chances and hope for the opposition that Rafał Trzaskowski would win, by means of uniting at least 9 million voters who repeat his electoral chant: enough is enough.
The result of this race will be a turning point for Poland and its role in Europe.
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Wojciech Przybylski is leading strategic foresight on EU affairs to improve democratic security of Poland in Europe. He organises EuropeFuture.Forum as the Editor of Visegrad Insight and the President of Res Publica Foundation. An advisory board member at LSE IDEAS Ratiu Forum, European Forum of New Ideas. A guest lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Government, Warsaw University and CEU Democracy Institute. He co-authored among others a book 'Understanding Central Europe’, (Routledge 2017), and 'On the Edge. Poland' (Culturescapes 2019), 'Let's Agree on Poland' (Oxford University Press, 2025) and was widely published in the international press.
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