Corruption in the EU costs the economy 120 billion euro per year – equivalent to the EU’s annual budget, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said when presenting a new report, adding that “there are no corruption-free zones in Europe.”
The first of its kind report examines all 28 member states and looks into existing measures, problems and successful policies to provide further recommendations.
The extent of EU corruption is “breathtaking,” Malmstroem told Sweden’s Göteborgs-Posten newspaper following the report’s release on Monday.
Just over three quarters of those surveyed for the EU Anti-Corruption Report at the EU level said that they believe corruption is widespread in their own country, with more than half adding that the levels of corruption increased.
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