Jan Cienski

Brussels

Senior Policy Editor at POLITICO Europe

Senior Policy Editor, POLITICOEurope, roaming between Brussels and Warsaw. Author of Start-Up Poland. Love bikes. Also on @jancienski.bsky.social

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Articles

Poland’s Tusk gets Trumped

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

WARSAW — U.S. President Donald Trump acquired another powerful European ally after Karol Nawrocki’s victory in Sunday’s Polish presidential election. It’s terrible news for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose domestic reform agenda is now in tatters after the failure of liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski to win the presidency, defeated 50.89 percent to 49.11 percent by Nawrocki.
How to watch the Polish presidential election like a pro

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

WARSAW — Donald Trump and his followers have a clear favorite in Sunday’s Polish presidential vote — populist right-winger Karol Nawrocki. However, Poles haven’t yet made up their minds. All the polling in the last couple of weeks shows a statistical dead heat between Nawrocki and his liberal rival, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski.
En Pologne, l’élection présidentielle est plus ouverte que jamais

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

La course à la présidence de la République polonaise est lancée. Les deux candidats qualifiés pour le second tour sont au coude à coude avant le vote du 1er juin, dont l’impact dépassera largement les frontières du pays. Donné largement favori avant le premier tour dimanche, le maire centriste de Varsovie, Rafał Trzaskowski, a recueilli 31,4% des voix.
Race for Poland’s presidency blows wide open

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

The race is on for Poland’s new president, with the two candidates neck-and-neck ahead of an election on June 1 that will have an impact well beyond the country’s borders. Sunday’s first round of the election saw centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski squeeze out an unexpectedly narrow victory with 31.4 percent of the vote against Karol Nawrocki, supported by the populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, who secured 29.5 percent.
Były sekretarz generalny NATO: USA straciły rolę globalnego lidera. "Trump bardzo źle rozegrał swoje karty"

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Jan Cienski

Prezydent USA Donald Trump "znacznie osłabił" sojusz zachodni i podkopał zdolność Ukrainy do powstrzymania Rosji – powiedział POLITICO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, były premier Danii i były sekretarz generalny NATO. — Bardzo źle rozegrał swoje karty – stwierdził przed rozpoczęciem Szczytu Demokracji w Kopenhadze, który odbył się w tym tygodniu.
Trump ‘weakened’ the West as Russian threat rises, warns former NATO boss

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

COPENHAGEN — U.S. President Donald Trump has "significantly weakened" the Western alliance and undermined Ukraine's ability to hold off Russia, former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told POLITICO. "He has played his cards very badly," Rasmussen said, speaking ahead of this week's Copenhagen Democracy Summit. He criticized Trump for agreeing to hand over Ukrainian territories to Russia and to lift sanctions without Moscow being pressed to make any meaningful sacrifices.
Był premierem Danii, stał na czele NATO. O planach Donalda Trumpa mówi wprost: bezwstydne

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Jan Cienski

— Uważam za bezwstydne, że amerykański prezydent może grozić sojusznikowi. Dania jest jednym z najbliższych i najbardziej wiarygodnych sojuszników Stanów Zjednoczonych — mówi Anders Fogh Rasmussen. — Jestem zaniepokojony. Trump podniósł możliwość przejęcia Grenlandii podczas swojej pierwszej kadencji prezydenckiej, ale powracał do tego pomysłu znacznie częściej w swojej drugiej kadencji.
Hands off Greenland, ex-NATO chief defies Trump

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

COPENHAGEN — Donald Trump's increasingly overt threats to seize Greenland for the United States are unsettling Denmark, former Danish Prime Minister and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told POLITICO. "I find it shameless that an American president can threaten an ally. Denmark is one of the closest and most reliable allies of the United States," he said, speaking from the Danish capital.
Poland seeks access to nuclear arms and looks to build half-million-man army

Mar 7, 2025 | flipboard.com | Jan Cienski

6 hours agoPoland announces military training plan for all menWork is under way to make all men in Poland undergo military training, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In a speech to the Polish parliament, Tusk said the government aimed to give full details in the coming months.
Tusk announces plan to train all Polish men for military service

Mar 7, 2025 | politico.eu | Jan Cienski

WARSAW — Every man in Poland will undergo military training as part of an effort to build a 500,000-strong military to face off the threat from Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the parliament on Friday. "By the end of the year, we want to have a model ready so that every adult male in Poland is trained for war, and so that this reserve is adequate for possible threats," Tusk said.