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Andrzej Duda (L) faces a strong obstacle from Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.
Poles vote on Sunday in a governmental ballot that could position considerable curbs on the power of their nationalist government.
President Andrzej Duda is an ally of the judgment Law and Justice (PiS) party and if he loses, the opposition might require a big change in Polish politics.
His closest rival is the liberal, centre-right mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski.
Sunday’s vote is anticipated to go to a run-off in two weeks’ time.
The election is being watched carefully across Europe, as Mr Duda’s Law and Justice allies have actually regularly clashed with the EU over their controversial reforms to the judiciary and media.
When President Duda this month condemned the promotion of LGBT rights as an “ideology” more destructive than communism, European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova said it was “truly sad” when European politicians in high office “decide to target minorities for prospective political gains”.
The president’s main competitor has promised to fix ties with Brussels.
Poland’s president has the power of veto. If the next president utilized it versus the governing celebration, it would not have the necessary majority in parliament to reverse it.
Why Trump likes Duda
The governing celebration has had more success across the Atlantic, and last Wednesday Mr Duda ended up being the first foreign leader to visit US President Donald Trump considering that the coronavirus pandemic.
“ He’s doing a great job The people of Poland think the world of him,” stated President Trump, in what was widely viewed as a domestic boost for Mr Duda. Mr Trump said it was the 3rd time he had hosted the Polish leader and he thought Mr Duda would “achieve success” in the presidential vot