Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large

A campaign poster of Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poles are voting on Sunday in a presidential election at a time of heightened security concerns, stemming from the ongoing war in neighbouring Ukraine and growing worry that the US commitment to Europe’s security could be weakening under US President Donald Trump.

The two frontrunners are Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a liberal allied with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian with no prior political experience who is supported by the national conservative Law and Justice party.