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Nationalism remains the defining matter of European politics as these elections have presented referendums on the populist movements gaining traction in the Old World.
The initial round of Poland’s presidential elections on May 18 highlighted the difficulty of deflecting disinformation and cyberattacks by domestic and foreign actors. A high-stakes run-off on June 1 will determine the future of Poland and of Europe.
Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the Oxford-educated son of a jazz musician and frontrunner in Sunday's Polish presidential election, made friends across the European Parliament when he worked there, including with Portugal's now-foreign minister.
Far-right candidate George Simion was defeated in Romania's election by the pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan.
If this past weekend in European politics is an indicator of anything, it's that the "Trump effect" is real, and its reverberations are unpredictable.