For weeks, Karol Nawrocki, the presidential candidate of the Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland, who has been sharply criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has now taken a hard line against Russia, even calling for the severance of diplomatic relations with Moscow.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview with\u00a0Wirtualna Polska<\/em>, Nawrocki stated that he could sit at the negotiating table with Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy, and even shake Putin’s hand if it were in Poland’s interest.<\/p>\n Nawrocki said, “Trump, Zelenskyy, Putin, and I would sit at the table and discuss whether Ukraine would be a stable buffer between the Russian Federation and Poland.”<\/p>\n On Monday (March 3), in an interview with Radio ZET, he responded affirmatively to the question of whether Poland should sever diplomatic relations with Russia. “My view is that it is not good for Poland to maintain diplomatic relations with a barbaric state,” Nawrocki said.<\/p>\n Then, on Tuesday, when\u00a0Polsat News<\/em>\u00a0asked about the apparent contradiction in his stance towards Russia, he said, “In an ideal world, states like Russia \u2013 post-Soviet, neo-imperial, cruel, and barbaric \u2013 should not have diplomatic relations and should be isolated.”<\/p>\n Nawrocki’s stance on this issue is even more contradictory, given his criticism of Zelenskyy in recent weeks. In the same interview with Radio ZET, he stated that the Ukrainian President “behaved inappropriately towards his allies, including Poland.”<\/p>\n The PiS candidate added, “He claimed that Ukraine was left alone at the beginning of the war, which shows a lack of recognition for the significant efforts of the Polish people and the Polish president.”<\/p>\n Nawrocki trusts Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking at the Local Government Congress in Miko\u0142ajki, Northern Poland, on Tuesday, Karol Nawrocki stated that he believes Donald Trump will ensure the security of Central Europe, including Poland.<\/p>\n Referring to the discussion between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, Nawrocki said that the Ukrainian leader “cannot afford to succumb to the pressure of the anti-American rebellion in the EU, which includes our country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk.”<\/p>\n Following Friday’s events, Tusk wrote on X, “Dear President Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.”<\/p>\n Tusk also suggested that Nawrocki is a candidate who aims to “serve Russian interests in Poland, whether out of stupidity or calculation.”<\/p>\n Tusk’s candidate favors continued support for Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n Rafa\u0142 Trzaskowski of Tusk’s Civic Platform (PO), Nawrocki’s main rival in the elections, consistently demonstrates a pro-Ukrainian stance.<\/p>\n During a briefing in parliament on Tuesday, when asked about the US suspension of aid to Ukraine, he expressed his hope that “this would be a kind of signal.”<\/p>\n “I am saddened that such a decision has been made, but above all, this decision should lead us to draw a conclusion. As Europe, we must do more to help Ukraine,” he said.<\/p>\n PiS denies candidate change<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, a survey conducted by SW Research for\u00a0Wprost weekly<\/em>\u00a0reveals that most Poles believe S\u0142awomir Mentzen, the candidate of the far-right Confederation, has a chance to advance to the second round alongside Trzaskowski instead of Nawrocki.<\/p>\n According to another survey by Opinia24, former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (PiS) is a potential presidential candidate who could receive more support than Nawrocki, especially if there is an economic crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n However, PiS leader Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski has denied claims that the party is considering changing its candidate.<\/p>\n “This is our candidate. We have no other candidate,” Kaczy\u0144ski said at Nawrocki’s election rally on Sunday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For weeks, Karol Nawrocki, the presidential candidate of the Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland, who has been sharply criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has now taken a hard line against Russia, even calling for the severance of diplomatic relations with Moscow. In a recent interview with\u00a0Wirtualna Polska, Nawrocki stated that he could sit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7573,7572,906,319,712,805,7576,5140,7571,7577,351,539,7574,7570,5378,683,628,7575,822,7121],"class_list":["post-8218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-central-europe","tag-civic-platform","tag-diplomatic-relations","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-european-union","tag-jaroslaw-kaczynski","tag-karol-nawrocki","tag-law-and-justice","tag-mateusz-morawiecki","tag-pis","tag-poland","tag-political-stance","tag-presidential-candidate","tag-rafal-trzaskowski","tag-russia","tag-security","tag-support-for-ukraine","tag-ukraine","tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy"],"yoast_head":"\n