Poland, a leading example of economic growth and increased military spending in Europe, will vote in a presidential runoff Sunday in a race that remains too close to call.

A runoff election on Sunday pits a centrist against a nationalist who represent mainstream parties. The outcome is unclear given that many under 30 prefer candidates on the political fringes.

Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki won Poland's presidential election, official results showed on Monday, in a major blow for the country's pro-EU government.

T HE CHEERS at Rafal Trzaskowski’s election party on May 18th sounded unconvincing. So was his margin of victory. The liberal mayor of Warsaw came away with 31.4% of the vote in the first round of Poland’s presidential election,

Despite grand plans, the European Union’s hoped-for rearmament remains fully dependent on member nations stepping up their own defenses. In March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an 800-million-euro "Rearm Europe" plan to build out a defense architecture that has depended on the U.

Across Europe’s newest economic powerhouse, where living standards have leapfrogged Japan’s and are on course to surpass Spain’s and Israel’s, incomes are surging, shops are buzzing and borders are secure — at least for now.

The other, from the centre, is that, in a dangerous world, Poland needs Europe to magnify its strengths, just as Europe needs Poland as a source of security and economic dynamism. Unfortunately, at the moment the right may have the upper hand.

Poland will vote tomorrow in the second round of a presidential election pitting two candidates with widely different visions for the country's relationship to the European Union. Opinion polls