Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, has wielded his veto power twice in less than a week, halting flagship legislation backed by the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and heightening policy uncertainty in Warsaw. On 21 August, Nawrocki rejected a parliamentary bill that paired a freeze on household electricity prices with looser rules for building onshore wind farms. The president, who favours the price cap but opposes relaxing setbacks for turbines near homes, said bundling the measures amounted to “blackmail”. The proposal would have shortened minimum distance requirements and offered incentives to municipalities hosting wind projects. Energy Minister Milosz Motyka warned the veto undermines efforts to lower power costs and expand renewable generation. Four days later, Nawrocki blocked legislation that would have extended social benefits for roughly 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees until March 2026. His decision suspends child allowances of 800 zlotys ($219) per month and continued access to public healthcare for Ukrainians who do not work in Poland. The veto also removes the legal basis for Warsaw to fund Ukraine’s Starlink satellite-internet service after 1 October, according to the Digital Affairs Ministry. Nawrocki, elected on a nationalist platform, said future support should target only refugees who take up employment and proposed separate bills to maintain the energy-price freeze while tightening rules on welfare and banning the glorification of controversial Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera. The twin vetoes underscore a widening rift between the president and Tusk’s pro-EU cabinet and could delay both Poland’s renewable-energy targets and its logistical support for Kyiv.