This comprehensive report provides critical insights into foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) during the 2025 Polish presidential elections. The assessment is a collaborative effort by FIMI-ISAC members, the DFRLab, Alliance4Europe, and Debunk.org, developed through the FIMI-ISAC’s FIMI Defenders for Election Integrity (FDEI) project. It harnesses the collective expertise of twenty-eight organizations and ninety practitioners, and draws on the findings of twenty incident alerts.

The report findings highlight a persistent, multifaceted information threat to Poland’s democratic process. While significant operations like Doppelganger and the Pravda Network sought to sow division by promoting anti-EU and anti-Ukrainian narratives, the overall impact was constrained by public resilience and civil society responses. Additionally, cyber threats were effectively contained through proactive measures. However, the elections revealed ongoing challenges in policy enforcement and platform accountability for FIMI, underscoring persistent vulnerabilities in areas like ad transparency.

The report concludes with vital recommendations for strengthening democratic resilience. Safeguarding our information environment requires a sustained, whole-of-society effort beyond electoral cycles.