Poland has elected a new conservative nationalist as president in a major blow to Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Karol Nawrocki won the election by a razor thin margin. The result threatens to derail Tusk’s promise to ease Poland’s near-total abortion ban and reform the country’s judiciary. The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry joins Host Carolyn Beeler.
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