Data after counting votes from 100% of polling stations showed that Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski of the ruling party won 31.36%, while the director of the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland Karol Nawrocki, who is supported by the opposition PiS party, won 29.54%.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his allies have less than two weeks to convince voters to stick with their ruling coalition after a surge in support for nationalists in a presidential election.

The president of the European Commission, who stands to benefit if the Polish prime minister strengthens his position, has shown particular leniency toward Poland on several key issues, such as immigration and the European Green Deal.

Sunday's ballot will be the biggest test of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European vision since he came to power in 2023.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Russian hackers attacked the websites of parties in his ruling coalition just two days before a presidential election

Romania’s presidential election saw the centrist mayor of Bucharest defeat a far-right Donald Trump loyalist, while a nationalist finished a close second in Poland to set up a tight runoff on June 1.

In Portugal, the parliamentary election saw the governing centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD), led by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, take 89 seats in the 230-seat parliament, well short of 116 needed for a majority. The party garnered 32.7 percent of the vote.

Far-right candidates Slawomir Mentzen and Grzegorz Braun together accounted for more than 21% of the vote, a historically high percentage, winning widespread support from young voters. It is not clear, however, who their votes will go to in the second round.