T HE PRESIDENTIAL election in Poland on June 1st was a distillation of the political choice facing all of Europe these days. Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw, was backed by the centrist,

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country's presidential election with 50.89% of the votes, the electoral commission said on Monday, in a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government.

Karol Nawrocki, the conservative historian who won Poland's presidential election, cultivated a tough-guy image during his campaign, posting videos of himself at shooting ranges and boxing rings. While his liberal opponent Rafal Trzaskowski played up his European credentials,