Analysis Summary:

The article's claim about centrists holding off nationalist challenges in Romania and Poland is partially supported by the provided sources, which generally indicate a rise of nationalist sentiment in Europe, but also the resilience of centrist forces. However, the specific claim about presidential elections in Romania and Poland in 2025 is not verifiable with the provided sources, making the overall accuracy mixed. There's a moderate bias towards portraying nationalist movements as a threat to the established order.

Detailed Analysis:

• Claim:** "Presidential elections on Sunday in Romania and Poland halted, or at least slowed, a hard-right breakthrough that many liberals had feared."
  • Verification Source #3: Mentions centrists holding the majority in the EU elections of 2024.
  • Verification Source #4: States that the far-right made strong gains in the EU elections of 2024.
  • Verification Source #1: Provides general background on right-wing nationalism in Europe, but doesn't cover specific elections in Romania and Poland.
  • Verification Source #2: Does not cover specific elections.
  • Verification Source #5: Discusses the center-right's dilemma in Europe.
• Analysis: The claim about presidential elections in Romania and Poland in 2025 is not directly verifiable with the provided sources. The sources do indicate a general trend of rising nationalism in Europe (Verification Source #4), but also the continued presence of centrist forces (Verification Source #3). The article's framing suggests a specific event (elections) that cannot be confirmed with the provided information.
• Claim:** "But discontent with mainstream parties lingers."
  • Verification Source #4: Implies discontent with mainstream parties through the gains made by anti-immigrant, nationalist parties.
• Analysis: This claim is indirectly supported by the sources, as the rise of nationalist parties suggests dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:

• Verification Source #4: "Voters in the European Union delivered strong gains to anti-immigrant, nationalist parties..." This supports the idea of a rise in nationalist sentiment, but doesn't confirm the specific claim about Romania and Poland.
• Verification Source #3: "centrists in Renew Europe and the Greens – still hold the majority..." This supports the idea that centrists are still a significant force in Europe.
• The lack of specific information about Romanian and Polish elections in 2025 makes it impossible to fully verify the article's central claim. Internal knowledge suggests that predicting election outcomes so far in advance is speculative.