# Poland launches rule-of-law restoration plan and EU closes Article 7 (2024)

Date: 2024

After the [Tusk](/people/donald-tusk) coalition replaced PiS in late 2023, Justice Minister [Adam Bodnar](/people/adam-bodnar) unveiled an Action Plan to restore the rule of law in February 2024, beginning reversal of contested judicial reforms; on 29 May 2024 the European Commission closed the Article 7(1) TEU procedure against Poland, concluding there was no longer a clear risk of a serious breach. Reforms remained constrained by cohabitation with a PiS-aligned president and [Constitutional Tribunal](/organizations/constitutional-tribunal).

## Drivers

- Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion
- Supranational rule-of-law accountability pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-supranational-accountability-pressure

## Sources

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## Methodology

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