Austria: Compliance with anti-corruption recommendations for MPs, judges and prosecutors is âglobally unsatisfactoryâ
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Austria, with respect to corruption prevention for members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, the Council of Europeâs
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) concludes that Austria has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner only two of 19 recommendations made in 2017. (see also the French and German versions of the interim compliance report)
The very low level of compliance with recommendations regarding members of parliament has not evolved. Following the 2019 elections to the National Assembly, GRECO encourages the Austrian Parliament to âseriously dealâ with implementing GRECO recommendations, concerning, among other issues, transparency of the le
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