BERLIN: Greece has scored the worst ranking of all 27 European Union nations in a global league table of perceived official corruption, falling below ex-communist Bulgaria as public anger about graft soars during the country’s crisis.
The index on state sector corruption, published by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) yesterday, also showed other struggling euro zone countries scoring poorly such as Italy which ranked below Romania.
Releasing its annual corruption perceptions index, Berlin-based TI urged governments to try much harder to turn promises of fighting graft into action in areas such as public tenders, political party financing and tax evasion. “The results of the survey should be a warning signal for the EU to require more information and accountability from its member states,” said TI’s EU analyst Jana Mittermaier. Reuters
