Transparency International Report: Bulgaria leads the EU in a "Perception of Corruption"

Greece was the European Union member state that saw the biggest decrease in annual rankings measuring perceptions of corruption across the world.

It dropped three points in a year and is one of five countries in the bloc considered to be more corrupt than it is clean.

 Transparency International's (TI) rankings listed Bulgaria as the EU country where corruption is felt the most.

Greece is the second worst in the bloc followed by Hungary, Romania and Croatia.

While the perception of corruption among EU countries is highest in Bulgaria, it is the lowest in Denmark. The document will be presented today in Brussels.
 
Out of 180 countries surveyed, our country ranks 77th with a score of 42 points. Denmark, which has the best performances in the EU and the world, receives 88 points and Somalia is at the bottom of the ranking with 10 points and takes 180th place. The EU average score is 66 points.
 
For Bulgaria, it is reported that for the last year it has yielded a single point, with a similar result Greece with 45 points (annual decline by 3 points) and Hungary with 46 points (a decrease of 8 points for the last five years). Hungary and Malta have marked the largest retreat in recent years, the report added.

Bulgaria and Romania (61st and 47th points) reported some progress in recent years, the document says, but it is noted that there was a "serious corruption scandal" in our country last year.
 
It is added that despite the EC's monitoring of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, Bulgaria and Romania show "little progress" in the reform of the judiciary and the fight against corruption.

 
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