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The historian posted videos of himself at shooting ranges and boxing rings in the run-up to the election<\/p>\n
Just six months ago, Nawrocki was a fairly unknown name – but in the run up to the election, the historian posted videos of himself at shooting ranges and boxing rings – cultivating a tough-guy image for voters.<\/p>\n
The past two weeks have seen Nawrocki vehemently denying claims he has contacts in the criminal underworld – and that he got prostitutes to pretend to be guests at a luxury hotel. <\/p>\n
But his campaign team were forced to admit that the new Polish leader did in fact engage in a bare-knuckle mass brawl between rival football hooligans in 2009.<\/p>\n
Nawrocki is said to have had such huge loyalty to Chelsea football club he once had its logo tattooed on his chest, but was also a fanatical supporter of local team Lechia Gdansk.<\/p>\n
Its thuggish fans call themselves the “hooligans of the Free City”.<\/p>\n
Despite Nawrocki clarifying that he didn’t regret his actions, and even calling it an act of “noble combat,” fears loomed among supporters that the confession would cost him the election – but he was able to secure the win.<\/p>\n
While his liberal opponent Rafal Trzaskowski played up his European credentials, Nawrocki met Donald Trump at the White House and received the US President’s backing.<\/p>\n
Unlike other eurosceptics in central Europe like Hungary’s Viktor Orban, Nawrocki supports giving military aid to help Ukraine in the bloody war with Russia.<\/p>\n
But he also revealed prior to his win that he will oppose membership in Western alliances for Ukraine.<\/p>\n
This view aligns with the falling support among Poles for Ukrainians, with the country having hosted more than a million refugees from across the border.<\/p>\n
Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV – the first from North American<\/p>\n
His backers in the Law and Justice (PiS) party had supported fast-tracking membership in the EU and NATO for Kyiv while in power until late 2023.<\/p>\n
Nawrocki’s critics said he was fuelling unease over Ukrainian refugees at a time when the far-right is highlighting migration, the cost of living and security. <\/p>\n
He cited his campaign slogan, Poland First.<\/p>\n
“Let’s help others, but let’s take care of our own citizens first,” he said on social media in April.<\/p>\n
Nawrocki’s past has been a topic of intense public debate following a series of negative media coverage. <\/p>\n
There were questions over his acquisition of a flat from a pensioner -and even an admission that he took part in orchestrated brawls.<\/p>\n
Nawrocki, an amateur boxer, told a debate when confronted over reports he had been involved in mass organised fights between football hooligans: “All my sports activities were based on the strength of my heart, the strength of my muscles, my fists.<\/p>\n
“It was a fair competition, regardless of the form.”<\/p>\n
His Law and Justice party backers have accused the government of orchestrating the controversies with the help of Poland’s special services and liberal media. <\/p>\n
Nawrocki portrayed the election as a referendum on the government, which he described as a metropolitan elite out of touch with their concerns.<\/p>\n
“I am simply one of you,” he told voters in the eastern town of Biala Podlaska while on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n
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