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Poland's populist President Andrzej Duda wins second term in office

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Andrzej Duda addresses his supporters after the results of the exit polls on the second round of presidential elections in Warsaw, Poland, May 24, 2015.(Reuters: Kacper Pempel)

Poland's populist President Andrzej Duda has won a second term in office in what's been described as the country's slimmest presidential election victory since the end of communism in 1989.

President Duda, who's an ally of Poland's ruling nationalists, has won 51 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election.

It was a tightly fought runoff against the centrist Mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, who had pledged to to repair Poland's relations with Europe.

But Andrzej Duda's win means controversial reforms to the judiciary and continued opposition to abortion and gay rights.

Guest:

Piotr Buras, head of the Warsaw office of the European Council on Foreign Relations

Producer: Linda LoPresti

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Poland, Elections
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