CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption
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Leaders are losing public trust as they undermine limits on their power and act without integrity.
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CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress
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While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.
CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region
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Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…
CPI 2021: Trouble at the top
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The 2021 CPI shows that top-scoring countries’ complacency has been detrimental not only to global anti-corruption efforts but also to their own affairs.
Global Corruption Barometer EU: People worried about unchecked abuses of power
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New EU survey reveals almost a third of people think corruption is getting worse in their country. A further 44% think it’s not getting any better.
CPI 2020: Trouble in the top 25 countries
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The top 25 countries on the CPI have their share of corruption challenges
CPI 2020: Western Europe & European Union
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Western Europe and the EU is the highest performing region on the CPI, but is under enormous strain due to COVID-19.
CPI 2019: Western Europe & European Union
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Fourteen of the top 20 countries in this year’s CPI are from Western Europe and the European Union (EU), including nine countries from the EU alone. Despite being the best…
Austria’s Strache affair and the undue influence toolkit
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A week ago, German newspapers published evidence of the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria and a colleague apparently negotiating corrupt deals with the purported niece of a…
Why corruption matters in the EU elections
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What voters should know as they head to the polls.
Troika Laundromat signals a different kind of financial crisis
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The Troika Laundromat investigation shines a spotlight on a cast of new and familiar characters in the ongoing saga surrounding flows of dirty money through the world’s financial…
Western Europe and EU: stagnating anti-corruption efforts and weakening democratic institutions
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With an average regional score of 66 out of 100, Western Europe and the EU are doing far better than other parts of the globe. However, for a region that prides itself on some of…
Europe and Central Asia: More civil engagement needed (Part II)
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As follow-up to the regional analysis of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, additional examples from Albania, Kosovo and Georgia highlight the need for more progress in…
Europe and Central Asia: more civil engagement needed (Part I)
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In 2017, authoritarianism rose across Eastern and South East Europe, hindering anti-corruption efforts and threatening civil liberties. Across the region, civil society…
The week in corruption: 8 stories making the news
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Eight stories making the news
