Portugal’s general elections are expected to result in a nearly identical outcome to the vote just over a year ago, with the center-right Democratic Alliance, or AD, projected to win the most seats but fall short of a majority, while the Socialist party is likely to finish second and the far-right Chega party third. The AD has historically refused to enter a coalition with Chega, ruling instead as a minority government for the past year.
In Romania’s presidential runoff election, far-right candidate George Simion will face off against the centrist mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan. Simion finished far ahead of Dan in the rerun first round last month, riding a wave of discontent over the cancellation of the results from November’s first-round presidential vote. Still, polls have tightened ahead of the second round.
Poland will vote in the first round of a presidential election to replace incumbent Andrzej Duda, who is term-limited. Aligned with the hard-right Law and Justice, or PiS, party, Duda has blocked much of the centrist Civic Coalition’s reform agenda since it took power in 2023. The vote will almost certainly head to a runoff pitting the preferred candidates of PiS and the Civic Coalition against each other.