Billions of euro in funding had been withheld over concerns about the judiciary
Donald Tusk, who was elected Polish prime minister in 2023, has been rebuilding frayed relations with the EU. Photograph: Wojtek Radwanski / AFP via Getty Imagessaid following an assessment undertaken in recent months it had decided there was no longer a “clear risk” of the country breaking the rule of law.The conservative and populist Law and Justice party had been in power in Poland from 2015 until late 2023.
Mr Tusk, a former European Council president, has pushed to reset the relationship between Warsaw and EU leaders in Brussels, as his government attempts to unwind many of the illiberal reforms introduced by Law and Justice. The decision to now move to drop the Article 7 disciplinary proceedings marked “a new chapter for Poland”, commission president Ursula von der Leyen said. “The ongoing restoration of the rule of law in Poland is great for the Polish people and for our union,” she said.
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