{"id":225581,"date":"2022-12-19T12:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=225581"},"modified":"2022-12-19T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:26:43","slug":"corruption-ii-europe-doing-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/12\/corruption-ii-europe-doing-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption (II): Europe Doing\u00a0Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"
7 Dec 2022 – <\/em>\u201cWestern Europe and the European Union remain the highest scoring regions in the world\u2019s corruption index; progress has halted and worrying signs of backsliding have emerged.\u201d<\/div>\n
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While corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide, in Western Europe and the European Union, 84% of countries have declined or made little to no progress in the last 10 years, report finds. Credit: Shutterstock.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is how Transparency International<\/a>\u2019s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)<\/a> report introduces its section: A Decade of Stagnating Corruption Levels In Western Europe Amidst Ongoing Scandals.<\/p>\n

The report shows that while corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide, \u201cin Western Europe and the European Union, 84% of countries have declined or made little to no progress in the last 10 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic has given European countries \u201can excuse for complacency in anti-corruption efforts\u201d as accountability and transparency measures are \u201cneglected or even rolled back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Transparency International further explains that \u201cweakening good governance and checks and balances heightens the risk of human rights violations and further corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Transparency International<\/a>\u2019s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)<\/a> ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).<\/p>\n

According to the 2021 ranking<\/a>, the Western Europe and European Union average holds at 66, and these are the region\u2019s most signalled States:<\/p>\n