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Poland starts process of exiting EU’s "Article 7" rule-of-law procedure

https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/02/20/poland-starts-process-of-exiting-eus-article-7-rule-of-law-procedure/

Poland's justice minister presented in Brussels an action plan to restore the rule of law in Poland.

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This is good. Poland was "suspected" to be "breaching the EU's founding values (respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities)". Article 7 then strips some rights (mostly: less funding) from the nation in question.

The new government now starts to fix the violations, so Article 7 does not apply anymore.