Poland's main opposition party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS), picked historian Karol Nawrocki on Sunday as its candidate for next year's presidential election, hoping to hold onto the presidency after losing control of parliament.

Poland's main opposition conservative party, PiS, has named Karol Nawrocki as its candidate for next year's presidential election, hoping he will succeed previous PiS-nominee Andrzej Duda.

The nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) has chosen Karol Nawrocki as their presidential candidate. A key historical figure, Nawrocki will contend against Rafal Trzaskowski. The election result could influence Poland's governance,

A historian, social activist, and local government official from Gdańsk in northern Poland, who has led the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in recent years, has been officially named as the presidential candidate for the nationalist-populist PiS party in the upcoming election.

The presidential election will be a make-or-break moment for the government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Poland’s biggest opposition party Law & Justice selected historian Karol Nawrocki to run in next year’s presidential election in a bid to hold on to the role as a counterweight to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government.

By Wojcich Kosc in Warsaw Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski appears poised to meet historian Karol Nawrocki in the run-off vote to elect Poland’s new president next year. Trzaskowski won the primary of his party,