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A fox in the hen house?
How Hungary’s EU presidency may affect corruption control in Hungary and the EU Under the Trumpian slogan Make Europe Great Again! Hungary – ruled by Viktor Orbán and his party FIDESZ since 2010 – took over the rotating EU presidency as of 1 July. Many, including EU officials, politicians, and observers fear this half-year period…
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Did corruption harm electoral results for the European Parliament?
There is evidence that the institutional corruption of the Qatar Gate (as the entire sub-committee of human rights has been exposed to favors and the outcome changed, this is institutional corruption by Harvard ethics standards) seriously subverted trust in the European parliament and might have influenced results of the EP elections. Recent evidence had already…
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The rise of crowdfunded corruption indicators: the T-index 2023 and beyond
In 2021, the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building (ERCAS) conducted the first direct measurement of state transparency by introducing 20 objective indicators – 14 de facto, 6 de jure – each of which can be traced back to its original source with a single click on the website. ERCAS initially assessed the level…