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The EU says it will drop action started against Poland six years ago over rule-of-law concerns that could have led Warsaw to lose its vote in the bloc's affairs. The European Commission said it intends to withdraw the procedure launched under Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union after Warsaw's new centrist government took steps to remedy the issues. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission says it is launching legal action against Poland over its creation of a controversial body probing "Russian influence" that is seen as targeting the opposition. Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said the commission had "agreed to start an infringement procedure by sending a letter of formal notice" to Warsaw. The announcement of the infringement procedure came despite Polish President Andrzej Duda saying last week he would propose amending the law on the panel after criticism from the EU's executive and the United States. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission is concerned by a ruling by Poland's highest court that EU treaties are incompatible with its constitution and will use all the "tools at its disposal" to ensure the primacy of EU law in Poland, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders says. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hold a minute of silence at a joint press conference in Warsaw for the victims of Monday's deadly barrage of Russian strikes. They also sign a bilateral security deal, ahead of Zelensky's trip to the NATO summit in Washington. IMAGES
Poland's right-wing Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński reacts in Warsaw as polls close for the European elections. Voting for the EU's next parliament entered its final stretch Sunday for millions of people with early exit polls pointing to far-right gains at a pivotal time for the bloc. 1ST IMAGES
Protesters take to the streets in Tbilisi before, during and after the Georgian parliament's vote on the controversial "foreign influence" bill, which saw lawmakers override a presidential veto despite weeks-long mass protests and warnings from the West that the move could jeopardise the country's path to the European Union. IMAGES