“How corrupt is Europe?”

Transparency International report on corruption in 25 European countries.

The European Commission launched its anti-corruption policy one year ago (6 June 2011).

Since then, corruption scandals have erupted across Europe, with leaders on trials in France and Italy and governments falling in Latvia, Slovakia, Romania, with protests in many more.
 

On 6 June 2012, Transparency International will issue a ground breaking report on the causes of corruption in Europe, containing a wealth of new information and data including:

• The countries most vulnerable to corruption.
• The institutions most and least effective in preventing corruption.
• Key areas of corruption risk and what needs to be done about them.

The first study to offer such a comprehensive assessment of corruption in Europe, it builds on national research from 25 European countries, covering more than 300 national institutions, including political parties, parliaments, judiciaries and private sectors.
 

Transparency International would like to invite you to join journalists, high-level EU officials and civil society for the report launch, followed by a roundtable discussion in Brussels on the morning of 6 June 2012.

Please find attached the Programme here.

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Please RSVP by 1 June to Lucy Strang, lstrang@transparency.org. Participants in need of an access badge to the European Parliament are kindly asked to include their date of birth and citizenship.