CESEE: Still High Degree of Corruption

Politics ♦ Published: July 31, 2012; 17:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

According to Transparency International, „political influence over independent institutions is a systemic corruption risk in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia“.

CESEE: Still High Degree of Corruption / Picture: © Vindobona.org

A new study released by Transparency International reports that the EU succession did not provide sufficient protection against the risk of curruption. In the report, democratic institutions and the legal framework in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia were analyzed. „In many cases, these institutions have been weakened or entirely abandoned by dominant political actors…