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 2023 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Autocracy & weak justice systems enabling widespread corruption
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The region is struggling with dysfunctional rule of law, rising authoritarianism and systemic corruption.
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 2022 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Growing security risks and authoritarianism threaten progress against corruption
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High-level corruption is closely linked to political instability, weakened institutions and – in the most extreme cases – violent conflict.
Countering Russia's kleptocrats: What the West’s response to the assault on Ukraine should look like
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Kleptocracy in Russia has thrived thanks to the complicity of advanced economies, who are now waking up to its dangers.
CPI 2021 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Democratic hopes in the shadow of growing authoritarianism
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In the second lowest performing region on the CPI, many political leaders have used COVID-19 as a smokescreen to introduce restrictions on rights and accountability, or have…
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 2020: Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the second-lowest performing region on the CPI and vulnerable to corruption compounded by COVID-19.
CPI 2020: Five cases of trouble at the top
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Five corruption cases of foreign bribery or money laundering in "clean" countries
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…
CPI 2019: Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the second-lowest performing region on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), with an average score of 35. Across the region, countries…
