Rafał Trzaskowski

Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski was born on 17 January 1972 in Warsaw,{{Cite web|last=Krasa|first=Agnieszka|date=30 August 2016|title=Rafał Trzaskowski|url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/rafal-trzaskowski-6030162878858369c|website=WP|language=pl}} the son of Polish jazz musician and composer Andrzej Trzaskowski and Teresa née Arens.{{Cite web|last=Maj|first=Igor|date=29 June 2019|title=Zmarła matka Rafała Trzaskowskiego Teresa Trzaskowska - Wiadomości|url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Polska/Polityka/Zmarla-matka-Rafala-Trzaskowskiego-Teresa-Trzaskowska|website=Radio ZET|language=pl}} His half-brother Piotr Ferster was the director of the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret in Kraków. His great-grandfather, {{ill|Bronisław Trzaskowski|pl}}, was a linguist who established some of the first girls' secondary schools (gimnazja) in Poland.{{Cite web|last=Czernecka|first=Gabriela|date=9 July 2020|title=Rafał Trzaskowski ujął internautów zdjęciem z dziećmi!|url=https://viva.pl/ludzie/newsy/zycie-prywatne-rafala-trzaskowskiego-zona-dzieci-kim-jest-zona-rafala-trzaskowskiego-malgorzata-31474-r3/|website=Viva|language=pl}} As an 8-year-old, he appeared on "Our Backyard" (Polish: Nasze podwórko), a 1980 Polish children's television series.{{cite news|title=Rafał Trzaskowski|url=https://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=1115303|access-date=17 November 2018}}

Trzaskowski attended {{ill|XI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Reja w Warszawie|lt=11th Mikołaj Rej Liceum|pl||WD=}}, Marcellin College in Sydney, and Cranbrook Kingswood School, a private school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA (1990–1991).{{Cite web|title=Rafał Trzaskowski – matura'91 – Koło Wychowanków Gimnazjum i Liceum im. Mikołaja Reja|date=24 November 2013 |url=http://rej.waw.pl/rafal-trzaskowski-matura91|access-date=2 January 2021|language=pl-PL}} He then studied international relations and English philology at the University of Warsaw, graduating in 1996.{{Cite web|title=Rafał Trzaskowski|url=http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm8.nsf/posel.xsp?id=407&type=B|website=Sejm|access-date=27 June 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703090820/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm8.nsf/posel.xsp?id=407&type=B|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=Lubelska|first=Krystyna|date=27 June 2009|title=Trzaskowski Rafał|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/294580,1,trzaskowski-rafal.read|website=Polityka|language=pl}} He subsequently graduated in European studies from the College of Europe in Natolin (1997). He was granted a scholarship at Oxford University in 1996 as well as at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris in 2002. In 2004, he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in political science at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, after completing a dissertation titled "The dynamics of the European Union's institutional reform" under the supervision of Stanisław Parzymies.{{cite news|url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist?id=126777&_k=wenir5 |title=dr Rafał Trzaskowski |access-date=17 November 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Dr Rafał Trzaskowski|url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist?id=126777&_k=k8d5ea|website=Ośrodek Przetwarzania Informacji — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy}}

From 1995, he worked as a simultaneous interpreter and an English teacher. In 1998, he became an academic teacher at the National School of Public Administration, and in 2002 at the Collegium Civitas. His scientific interests primarily concern the European integration and international affairs. Since 2002, he has also worked as an analyst at the European Centre in Natolin.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/rafal-trzaskowski-sociable-patriot/ |title=Rafał Trzaskowski – sociable patriot |access-date=17 November 2018}}

Between 2000 and 2001, he started working for Jacek Saryusz-Wolski at Poland's Office of the European Integration Committee. In the years 2004–2009, he was an advisor of the Civic Platform political party at the European Parliament. In 2009, having received 25,178 votes, he was elected Member of the European Parliament representing the Platforma Obywatelska party.{{cite news|url=https://pe2009.pkw.gov.pl/PUE/PL/WYN/M/index_pos.htm |title=Wyniki wyborów / Lista wybranych posłów |access-date=17 November 2018}} During his election campaign he was supported by well-known Polish personalities and artists such as Tomasz Karolak, Grzegorz Turnau, Michał Żebrowski and Urszula Dudziak. At the European Parliament, he was a member of the European People's Party. In 2010, he was the head of the election campaign of Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz running for the post of the mayor of Warsaw in the 2010 Polish local elections.{{cite news|url=https://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,14987686,Poliglota_z_Europarlamentu_zastapi_Boniego__Kim_jest.html?disableRedirects=true |title=Poliglota z Europarlamentu zastąpi Boniego. Kim jest Rafał Trzaskowski? |access-date=17 November 2018}}

File:EPP Summit, 22 June 2017 (34622398244).jpg and Grzegorz Schetyna in Brussels, June 2017]]

On 27 November 2013, Trzaskowski was sworn in as the Minister of Administration and Digitization by President Bronisław Komorowski. During his ministry, Trzaskowski created a system of notifying the Government Security Center warning citizens, about violent meteorological phenomena. He was responsible for cooperation with local governments, supervision over voivodes and assistance to victims in connection with natural disasters, for example during the floods in 2014, as well as cybersecurity, accessibility of content on the Internet for people with disabilities and protection of personal data on the web. On 24 September 2014, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and dealt with co-ordinating matters relating to the EU across the different ministries of the Donald Tusk cabinet. At that time, Trzaskowski was the main negotiator in relations with the EU on behalf of the prime minister and coordinated the work of ministries in relations with EU institutions.{{cite news|url=https://www.civitas.edu.pl/en/our-university/faculty/trzaskowski-rafal |title=TRZASKOWSKI RAFAŁ, PHD |access-date=17 November 2018}}

In 2015, he participated in the 2015 Polish parliamentary elections and won a seat in the Sejm having received 47,080 votes.{{cite news|url=https://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/349_Wyniki_Sejm |title=Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015 |access-date=17 November 2018}} In 2016, he became a National Council Member of the Civic Platform party. In the same year, he assumed the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the shadow cabinet created by the Civic Platform.{{cite news|url=https://www.platforma.org/aktualnosc/43833/nowa-platforma-najwazniejsze-decyzje-rady-krajowej-po |title=Nowa Platforma - najważniejsze decyzje Rady Krajowej PO |access-date=17 November 2018}} On 29 March 2017, he became the vice-chairman of the European People's Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.epp.eu/press-releases/epp-congress-in-malta-highlights-of-the-first-day/ |title=EPP Congress in Malta – Highlights of the First Day |access-date=17 November 2018}} As a Member of the Sejm, Trzaskowski was a member of the European Union Affairs Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee and the Digitization, Innovation and Modern Technologies Committee. In parliamentary activities, Trzaskowski mainly dealt with issues related to foreign affairs, European policy, defence, as well as health policy, protection of civil and minority rights, and self-government support. During his time, he submitted over 150 interpellations and over 70 parliamentary questions.

In 2017, he received the order of the Legion of Honour for his contributions to strengthening the Polish-French relations.{{cite news|url=https://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/rafal-trzaskowski-i-wlodzimierz-puzyna-odznaczeni-legia-honorowa,739100.html |title=Rafał Trzaskowski odznaczony Legią Honorową "za wkład w rozwój relacji francusko-polskich" |access-date=17 November 2018}}

In February 2020, he was elected as Civic Platform's vice-chairman.{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,25678380,platforma-obywatelska-ma-nowe-wladze-rafal-trzaskowski-i-bartosz.html|title=Platforma Obywatelska ma nowe władze. Rafał Trzaskowski i Bartosz Arłukowicz wiceszefami partii|website=gazetapl|date=8 February 2020 |language=pl|access-date=9 February 2020}}

File:EPP Malta Congress 2017 ; 29 March (33593868161) cropped.jpg Congress in Malta, 2017]]

File:Premier Morawiecki spotkał się z prezydentem USA Joe Bidenem w sprawie zwiększenia pomocy dla Ukrainy (3).jpg during conversation with Trzaskowski and former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.]]

In November 2017, it was announced that he would be the joint candidate for the Mayor of Warsaw of the Civic Platform and the Modern political party in the 2018 Polish local elections. He subsequently went on to win the elections on 21 October 2018 in the first round and was elected Mayor of Warsaw after beating his major rival Patryk Jaki of the Law and Justice party. He received a total of 505,187 votes (56.67%).{{cite news|url=https://wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl/pl/geografia/146501#results_vote_elect_mayor_round_1 |title=WYBORY SAMORZĄDOWE 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018}} During his mayoral term, Trzaskowski introduced, among others, a free nursery program for Warsaw kids, increased funding under the Warsaw in vitro program and carried out record purchases of clean public transport vehicles. In the first years of his term in office, six new stations of the second metro line were commissioned and works on the construction of the third metro line were started.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Along with the mayors of the capitals of the other Visegrád Group countries, Trzaskowski signed the Pact of Free Cities in December 2019 to promote "common values of freedom, human dignity, democracy, equality, rule of law, social justice, tolerance and cultural diversity".{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Shaun |title=Islands in the illiberal storm: central European cities vow to stand together |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/16/islands-in-the-illiberal-storm-central-european-cities-vow-to-stand-together |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=the Guardian |date=16 December 2019 |language=en}} In August 2020, the mayors released a joint statement, which expressed solidarity with the protesters in Belarus and condemned the violence used by the state authorities. It also appealed to the European Union "to review its policy towards Belarus and introduce measures against those responsible for the violent crackdown".{{Cite web |title=Trzaskowski podpisał się pod oświadczeniem ws. Białorusi |url=https://www.rp.pl/swiat/art558341-trzaskowski-podpisal-sie-pod-oswiadczeniem-ws-bialorusi |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}}

In November 2023, Trzaskowski banned a pro-Palestinian protest against the Gaza war held in Warsaw,{{cite news |title=Court rejects Warsaw's ban on pro-Palestinian demonstration |url=https://www.pap.pl/en/news/court-rejects-warsaws-ban-pro-palestinian-demonstration |work=Polish Press Agency |date=16 November 2023}} citing security concerns and antisemitism.{{cite news |title=Court overturns mayor's decision to ban pro-Palestine march outside Israeli embassy in Warsaw |url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/11/16/court-overturns-mayors-decision-to-ban-pro-palestine-march-outside-israeli-embassy-in-warsaw/ |work=Notes from Poland |date=16 November 2023}}

A supporter of laicism, he signed a law that forbade religious symbols from Warsaw city hall in May 2024.{{Cite web |last=Gruszczyński |first=Arkadiusz |date=16 May 2024 |title=Warszawa zakazuje symboli religijnych w urzędzie miasta. Na biurku też nie można mieć krzyżyka |url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,30972947,ratusz-zakazuje-symboli-religijnych-w-urzedzie-miasta-i-namawia.html?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_mwitter.com&utm_m |access-date= |website=Gazeta Wyborcza}}

On 18 February 2019, Trzaskowski signed a 12-point LGBT Declaration aimed at combating discrimination of the LGBT community and providing guidance in the area of personal security, education, culture, sport, administration, and employment.{{cite news |title=Mayor of Warsaw signs the LGBT+ Declaration |url=https://www.um.warszawa.pl/en/Highlights/mayor-warsaw-signs-lgbt-declaration |access-date=7 March 2019}}{{cite news |title=Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski signs LGBT+ declaration |url=https://www.tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english,157,m/the-lgbt-anti-discrimination-declaration-signed-by-warsaw-mayor,911478.html |access-date=7 March 2019}} His action and the declaration itself met with criticism from the national conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party.{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-election-poland/polish-towns-go-lgbt-free-ahead-of-bitter-european-election-campaign-idUKKCN1SR0XV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521112252/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-election-poland/polish-towns-go-lgbt-free-ahead-of-bitter-european-election-campaign-idUKKCN1SR0XV|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2019|title=Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign|work=Reuters|first1=Marcin|last1=Goclowski|first2=Anna|last2=Wlodarczak-Semczuk|date=21 May 2019}}

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On 15 May 2020, he was chosen by the Civic Platform party leader Borys Budka to be their candidate for Presidency of Poland to stand in the presidential election, after Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska's resignation from her candidacy. On 28 June 2020, he earned second place in the first round of the 2020 Polish presidential election, winning 30.46% of the votes, and advanced to the second round, which took place on 12 July 2020.{{Cite news|last=Sławiński |first=Aleksander |date=28 June 2020 |title=Wybory prezydenckie. Zagraniczne media komentują wyniki pierwszej tury |trans-title=Presidential election Foreign media comment on the results of the first round |publisher=Wirtualna Polska |language=pl |url=https://www.o2.pl/informacje/wybory-prezydenckie-zagraniczne-media-komentuja-wyniki-pierwszej-tury-6526476805073025a |archive-url=https://archive.today/pUSaW?https://www.o2.pl/informacje/wybory-prezydenckie-zagraniczne-media-komentuja-wyniki-pierwszej-tury-6526476805073025a |archive-date=29 June 2020 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last=Kulej |first=Magdalena |date=28 June 2020 |title=Duda kontra Trzaskowski. Jest pierwszy sondaż na II turę wyborów |trans-title=Duda versus Trzaskowski. This is the first poll for the second round of elections |publisher=Wiadomości (Eurozet) |language=pl |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Polityka/Wybory-prezydenckie-2020/Wybory-2020.-Pierwszy-sondaz-II-tury-wyborow-prezydenckich-dla-TVN24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629062632/https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Polityka/Wybory-prezydenckie-2020/Wybory-2020.-Pierwszy-sondaz-II-tury-wyborow-prezydenckich-dla-TVN24 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |url-status=live }} In the second round of voting, Trzaskowski won 48.97% of the votes, losing the election to the incumbent Andrzej Duda, who won 51.03% of the votes.{{Cite web|title=Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza|url=https://pkw.gov.pl/aktualnosci/informacje/obwieszczenie-pkw-z-dnia-13-lipca-2020-r-o-wynikach-ponownego-glosowania-i-wyniku-wyborow-prezydenta|access-date=15 July 2020|website=pkw.gov.pl}}

On 17 October 2020, Trzaskowski inaugurated what he termed as "a social and civic movement" named "Wspólna Polska".{{cite news|title = (Tweet)|quote= Tworzymy Ruch@Wspolna_Polska! Dlaczego? Bo wierzę, że są wartości i sprawy, które są wspólne dla nas wszystkich. Dołącz do ludzi, którzy nie są obojętni na stronie|url =https://twitter.com/trzaskowski_/status/1317436432458403840 |date = 17 October 2020|website= Twitter}} A part of it, called "New Solidarity", was to be a trade union for the self-employed and those working on term contracts. Around 11,000{{cite news |title =JEST JUŻ NAS 11 809 |url =https://ruchwspolnapolska.pl/ |date =17 October 2020 |website =ruchwspolnapolska.pl |archive-url =https://archive.today/20201017155656/https://ruchwspolnapolska.pl/ |url-status =live |archive-date =17 October 2020 |access-date =17 October 2020 }} members registered within days of the announcement.{{cite news|title = Ruch Trzaskowskiego wystartował. Prezydent Warszawy zapowiedział też nowy związek zawodowy|url =https://tvn24.pl/polska/ruch-rafala-trzaskowskiego-wspolna-polska-inauguracja-4723684 |date =17 October 2020 |website= tvn24.pl }} As of May 2023, the movement's website has not been updated since May 2021,{{Cite web|title=Wspólnie zmienimy Polskę|url=https://ruchwspolnapolska.pl/|access-date=22 March 2022|website=Ruch Wspólna Polska|language=pl-PL}} and as of July 2023, it has been taken down altogether. The movement's Twitter account has not been active since December 2021.

On 22 November 2024, he was chosen in a primary by the Civic Platform party to be their candidate for Presidency of Poland to stand in the 2025 Polish presidential election, defeating foreign minister Radosław Sikorski after winning 75% of the vote.{{Cite news|last=Gera |first=Vanessa |date=23 November 2024 |title=Polish prime minister's party picks Warsaw mayor as its candidate for president |publisher=Associated Press |language=en |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-president-election-trzaskowski-9a4c180e86589a11a3cfeda2341172b3 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-warsaw-mayor-rafal-trzaskowski-wins-donald-tusk-party-presidential-primary/ |title=Warsaw Mayor Trzaskowski wins Tusk party's presidential primary |website=politico.eu |author=Wojciech Kość |date=23 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024}} He finished first in the first round held on 18 May 2025 with 31.1% of the vote, and faced PiS candidate Karol Nawrocki in a runoff on 1 June 2025, where he lost, with Nawrocki winning 50.89% of the vote.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgegn1ggxn8o |title=Warsaw's liberal mayor leads Polish presidential vote – exit poll |publisher=BBC |date=19 May 2025 |access-date=19 May 2025}}

File:Marsz Miliona Serc – Tusk, Trzaskowski, Kołodziejczak.jpg and Michał Kołodziejczak at anti-government protests in Warsaw, 1 October 2023]]

He self-identifies as a centrist.{{Cite web |title=Rafał Trzaskowski: TVP robi ze mnie lewaka. Jestem człowiekiem centrum |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art359461-rafal-trzaskowski-tvp-robi-ze-mnie-lewaka-jestem-czlowiekiem-centrum |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}} He supports European integration, Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War, ecological restoration,{{Cite web |date=9 September 2023 |title=Trzaskowski uderza w kpiących z klimatu. "Wszyscy naukowcy się zgadzają" |url=https://zielona.interia.pl/wiadomosci/polska/news-trzaskowski-uderza-w-kpiacych-z-klimatu-wszyscy-naukowcy-sie,nId,7015626 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=zielona.interia.pl |language=PL}} moderately culturally liberal values,{{Cite web |date=19 May 2025 |title=Right-wing populists hopeful after first round of Polish presidential election |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-presidential-election-trzaskowski-nawrocki-203b163a40aaa1c28c153fa338bd92ff |access-date=19 May 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Fenker |first1=Iven Yorick |last2=dpa |date=18 May 2025 |title=Polen: Rafał Trzaskowski bei Präsidentenwahl in Polen knapp in Führung |url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-05/proeuropaeischer-kandidat-bei-praesidentenwahl-in-polen-knapp-vorn |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Die Zeit |language=de-DE |issn=0044-2070}} the introduction of same-sex civil unions,{{Cite web |title=Trzaskowski chciałby udzielić ślubu parze jednopłciowej - ...jako prezydent Warszawy |url=https://queer.pl/news/201369/rafal-trzaskowski-chcialby-udzielic-slubu-parze-jednoplciowej-warszawa |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=queer.pl |language=pl}} and a greater role for local governments in voivodeships.{{Cite web |date=25 October 2018 |title=Trzaskowski: Jeśli PiS zechce dokręcić śrubę władzom lokalnym, to srogo się na tym zawiedzie [WYWIAD] |url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/1319195,trzaskowski-po-wyborach-samorzadowych-pis-nie-dokreci-sruby-samorzadom.html |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=www.gazetaprawna.pl |language=pl}}

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council[http://www.ecfr.eu/council/members Members of the Council] European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
• New Pact for Europe, Member of the Advisory Group[http://www.newpactforeurope.eu/who-we-are/advisory/ Advisory Group] New Pact for Europe.

He is a Catholic{{Cite web |date=30 March 2019 |title=Rafał Trzaskowski: jestem katolikiem, a nie żadnym antyklerykałem [WYWIAD] |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/rafal-trzaskowski-jestem-katolikiem-a-nie-zadnym-antyklerykalem-wywiad/bdjfknk |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=Onet Wiadomości |language=pl}} and he says that he greatly admired Pope John Paul II.{{Cite web |title=Trzaskowski chwali Jana Pawła II. Niedawno zakazywał krzyży |url=https://www.se.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/trzaskowski-chwali-jana-pawla-ii-niedawno-zakazywal-krzyzy-aa-S4rr-PBuE-HzEJ.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=www.se.pl |language=pl}}

He is married to Małgorzata, a graduate of Kraków University of Economics.{{Cite web|last=Pachelska|first=Katarzyna|date=19 May 2020|title=Żona Rafała Trzaskowskiego może być pierwszą damą RP. Kim jest Małgorzata Trzaskowska? Jest wątek krakowski 19.05.20|url=https://gazetakrakowska.pl/zona-rafala-trzaskowskiego-moze-byc-pierwsza-dama-rp-kim-jest-malgorzata-trzaskowska-jest-watek-krakowski-190520/ar/c1-14976832|access-date=13 July 2020|website=Gazeta Krakowska|language=pl-PL}}{{Cite web|title=Małgorzata Trzaskowska - wiek, dzieci, mąż, zawód, wykształcenie|url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,143907,25959506,wybory-2020-malgorzata-trzaskowska-kim-jest-zona-rafala-trzaskowskiego.html|website=Gazeta Wiadomosci|date=24 May 2020 |language=pl}} They have two children: Aleksandra (born 2004) and Stanisław (born 2009).{{Cite web|title=Małgorzata Trzaskowska - kim jest żona Rafała Trzaskowskiego?|url=https://www.gala.pl/artykul/malgorzata-trzaskowska-kim-jest-zona-rafala-trzaskowskiego-181022112332|access-date=13 July 2020|website=Gala|language=pl-PL|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611071047/https://www.gala.pl/artykul/malgorzata-trzaskowska-kim-jest-zona-rafala-trzaskowskiego-181022112332|url-status=dead}}

• {{flag|France}} Knight of the Legion of Honour (2017){{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Luke |date=10 July 2020 |title=Poland's incumbent president Andrzej Duda topped the first round in the presidential election on Sunday, but now faces a run-off against the Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski on July 12 |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2020/07/10/who-is-rafa-trzaskowski-the-mayor-of-warsaw-challenging-for-poland-s-presidency |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=euronews}}

• {{flag|Ukraine}} Order of Unity and Will (2023){{Cite news |last=Walewski |first=Jacek |date=22 June 2023 |title=Fundacja Otwarty Dialog i Rafał Trzaskowski docenieni na Ukrainie. Za jedyne takie wsparcie |url=https://crowdmedia.pl/fundacja-otwarty-dialog-i-rafal-trzaskowski-docenieni-na-ukrainie-za-jedyne-takie-wsparcie/#google_vignette |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=crowdmedia.pl |language=pl}}

• Dynamika reformy systemu podejmowania decyzji w Unii Europejskiej, Wydawnictwo Prawo i Praktyka Gospodarcza, Warsaw 2004
• Polityczne podstawy rozszerzenia UE, Wydawnictwo Natolin, Warsaw 1997
• Przyszły Traktat konstytucyjny. Granice kompromisu w dziedzinie podejmowania decyzji większością kwalifikowaną (co-written with Jan Barcz), Wydawnictwo Prawo i Praktyka Gospodarcza, Warsaw 2004

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