Poland - Factors to Watch May 19
19/05/2025 06:43
WARSAW, May 19 - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Polish liberals performed worse than expected in Sunday's presidential election, exit polls showed, as Rafal Trzaskowski from the ruling centrists Civic Coalition (KO) narrowly secured victory, setting up a close contest over Warsaw's pro-European direction. EMBARGO ON POLISH MEAT Probably under pressure from several European Union countries and the European Commission, Hungary withdrew its ban on meat imports from Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Romania over the weekend, Rzeczpospolita daily reported. ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.**** For other related news, double click on: Polish equities PL-E E.Europe equities .CEE Polish money PL-M Polish debt PL-D Eastern Europe EEU All emerging markets EMRG Hot stocks HOT Stock markets STX Market debt news DBT Forex news FRX For real-time index quotes, double click on: Warsaw WIG20 .WIG20 Budapest BUX .BUX Prague PX .PX ($1 = 3.7859 zlotys) (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau) ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com; tel. +48 22 6539700))