Irish Examiner view: Right’s win in Poland will impact EU

 Karol Nawrocki won the Polish presidential election by 50.89% to centrist candidate Rafal Trazskowski’s 49.11% Picture: Czarek Sokolowski/AP

The tiny margin of the victory for the hard right in Poland’s presidential election is going to place a heavy strain on the government of Donald Tusk, but for the media to describe Karol Nawrocki as “pro-Trump” is to miss the point.

In all right versus left political battles these days, every single one is judged on the similarity to, or popularity with, the current American president, irrespective of their actual policies.