Conservative Victory in Poland

The powers of the Polish president fall somewhere between those of a British monarch and those of an American president. Chief among these powers is a right to veto legislation and a responsibility to act as commander-in-chief of the nation’s armed forces.

It should therefore come as a great relief to national conservatives worldwide that Karol Nawrocki, a Catholic traditionalist with a background in amateur boxing and an affection for Donald J. Trump, defeated the Brussels-approved Rafał Trzaskowski earlier this month to become the President-Elect of Poland.