CORRUPTION IN ALL EU COUNTRIES, SAYS TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
June 1st, 2021
Corruption increased in 2020 across the 27 European Union (EU) countries according to 32% of participants in Transparency International’s latest survey of over 40,000 people, the ‘Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – European Union 2021’ (1). As regards other respondents, 44% saw no change and only 16% a fall, year-on-year. The surveys were conducted last October and November (2020). Breaking the statistics down nationally, Cyprus performed was worst with 65% saying corruption increased in 2020, then Slovenia (51%) and Bulgaria (48%). Best was Slovakia, ...
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