Nawrocki’s inauguration and first speech as head of state reached 240 million people online and became the most discussed topic among internet users in Poland, data and analysis provider Res Futura European Analytical Collective said in a report.
The data show that 47.3 percent of posts expressed support for the new president, while 43.5 percent were critical.
The report noted that more than a third of Nawrocki supporters linked their backing to clear political expectations.
Among the priorities they listed were blocking legislation from Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government, restoring what they called a "moral-national order," ending funding for Ukraine, limiting support for refugees, introducing constitutional reforms, and holding figures from Poland’s post-1989 political elite to account.
Szymon Ossowski, a political scientist and media analyst at Adam Mickiewicz University in the western city of Poznań, told Poland's PAP news agency that Nawrocki’s advisers had run an effective online campaign that presented him as a strong and energetic leader.
Ossowski credited young far-right voters with securing Nawrocki's second-round victory.
In the online reaction, right-wing voters often expressed euphoria triumph, and patriotic or religious celebration, while critics voiced frustration, expressing a sense of helplessness about Nawrocki taking office despite controversy, according to Ossowski.
Nawrocki’s forceful style provokes strong emotions, Ossowski said, which is likely to deepen political polarisation.
Nawrocki’s inauguration and address to parliament drew comments on his body language toward Tusk and on historical and patriotic references in the speech.
The address was generally seen as confrontational. Many users also focused on the likelihood of conflict between the president and the government.
Ossowski predicted there would be little cooperation between Nawrocki and Tusk’s government, except possibly in foreign and security policy, where public expectations for unity are higher.
On Thursday, Nawrocki and Tusk held their first official meeting at the presidential palace in Warsaw to discuss national security and Russia's war in Ukraine ahead of talks in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
On Wednesday, Tusk joined online talks with other European leaders ahead of Friday's US-Russia summit, while Nawrocki took part in a separate teleconference between EU leaders and Trump, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Tusk said Washington had made a last-minute request for Nawrocki—a pro-Trump conservative—to join the Ukraine teleconference instead of him.
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Source: PAP