Right-wing populists hopeful after first round of Polish presidential election

There's a long way to go yet in Poland´s presidential election but Sunday's first round was a good day for candidates on the political right and far right, and it flashed a big red warning signal for the moderate government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Tusk's candidate, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, and a conservative opponent backed by the Law and Justice party, Karol Nawrocki, emerged ahead in a pack of 13 candidates.

They were extremely close. Trzaskowski got 31.36% of the votes and Nawrocki - who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump - won a better-than-expected 29.54%, according to final results released Monday morning.

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