Poland asks Brussels to renounce sanctions for eroding the rule of law. The European Commission and Member States welcome the Donald Tusk Government's plan to restore judicial independence in the country.
The liberal coalition won the legislative elections last October and removed from power the ultra-conservatives who had governed since 2015. If the reforms that the Tusk Executive plans to implement go ahead, Warsaw could not only see the sanctioning procedure of article seven lifted without punishment, but it could also begin to receive resources from the European recovery fund.