section_path: Debates
section_name: Debates
paragraph_text: Debates
  
  Several debates were organized: TVP, TVN, and Polsat declared they will jointly hold a debate of all the candidates. TV Republika announced a debate on 14 April, though Trzaskowski and Magdalena Biejat declined the invitation.
  
  On 11 April 2025, two debates took place in Końskie, widely described as chaotic. One was organized by TV Republika, wPolsce24 and the Catholic Telewizja Trwam, with five candidates participating (Hołownia, Jakubiak, Nawrocki, Senyszyn, Stanowski). Another one, organized by Trzaskowski's committee and moderated by journalists of TVP, TVN and Polsat, was held at the town's sports hall once the candidates from the earlier debate joined Biejat, Maciak and Trzaskowski. The former was initiated in opposition to the latter event, which organization started spontaneously on 9 April, and which in the beginning was meant for just the two leading candidates, however other ones were also invited just shortly before its planned start.
  
  On 12 May 2025 an official presidential debate involving all 13 candidates was hosted by the state broadcaster Telewizja Polska. During the debate, two questions were published by an employee of the broadcaster Jarosław Olechowski on Twitter prior to being asked by the host Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf; one at the time of their publication, the other over an hour later.
  
  On 23 May 2025, the first second-round debate was held between Nawrocki and Trzaskowski. The debate had thematic sections for healthcare, foreign policy, economics, welfare, security and social policy. During the debate, Nawrocki was criticized for using a nicotine pouch (snus) in the middle of the debate. Meanwhile, Trzaskowski caused controversy for calling Stowarzyszenie Demagog to fact-check Nawrocki, which confirmed Nawrocki's statement.
  
  Journalist Krzysztof Stanowski, himself a candidate, held extensive interviews with the other candidates except for Maciej Maciak, the interview with whom was ended abruptly just after a few minutes once Maciak expressed favorable views about the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
  
  The final debate of the election, organized by Telewizja Republika, was set to take place on 28 May 2025 in the market square of Końskie. However, Trzaskowski ultimately declined the invitation and instead travelled to Kalisz to speak with voters in a one-on-one format there. Nawrocki's televised conversation with the town's residents was interrupted by Witold Zembaczyński, who drew attention to himself using a deck of cards and by running in front of the stage.