# Commission closes the Article 7(1) procedure against Poland

Date: 2024

On 29 May 2024 the Commission closed the Article 7(1) TEU procedure opened in 2017. Closure names restoration progress, not a completed court. It is a completed Union act about [Tusk](/people/donald-tusk)’s government.

## People

- Donald Tusk: https://factrail.ai/people/donald-tusk

## Drivers

- Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-close-rule-law-case-against-poland-2024-05-29/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2823

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/pl-article7-closed-2024