The Council of Europe restores Spain to its violation of the anti -corruption rules for high positions
New notice for Spain: It does not meet the anti -corruption measures for high sites. It is one of the main conclusions of the annual report that the group of countries against corruption from the Council of Europe (GRCO) explains that it was published on Thursday. Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden complete the list of countries that, according to the organization, is not at the level of this meaning. The German issue is the last to join “insufficient progress” when applying the recommendations of the Council of Europe.
This notification is presented to Spain at a time when attitudes such as the ábanos case, and last April, Greco warned that the government had violated some 19 recommendations, while others have achieved it only in part.
In fact, in its recommendations for Spain, the Council of Europe asks that The amendment of the above procedure that the members of the government benefits from Corruption is suspected that this does not interfere with judicial work, which can be applied, for example, on the above -mentioned case, but also for others who have been recently presented.
In general, GRCO also requires legislative reforms to finish lakes in The transparency of political financing through the creation of strict application mechanisms And the adoption of deterrent penalties for violations of political financing standards. The report indicates that the events of recent years revealed the need to improve mechanisms to ensure the transparency of political financing and update the current anti -corruption rules on the parties to financing and electoral campaigns.
The President of Greco, David Mayer, announced that.The battle of the world against corruption in a critical moment. Although significant progress has been made in strengthening anti -corruption tires, the challenges continue to develop continuous, especially with regard to the application of law, transparency and threats to judicial independence. Treating these challenges requires a renewed urgency and will remain political in the country. “
In 2024, geopolitical changes, economic instability, and rapid technological progress restored the risk of corruption and governance dynamics. The elections in many member states raised the problems of integrity, including unjustified effectsAfter publishing the report, he added: “irregular financing and foreign intervention, which confirms the need to protect democratic processes through effective frameworks to combat corruption.”
It was also collected in the document, regions To satisfy more problems in the security forces are goods, income, obligations and interestsPolicy of rotation and mobility, contracting requirements and appointment procedures, as well as the controls of integrity.
In its annual report, Greco found that the general level of compliance with the recommendations remains incomparable. At the end of 2024, reports of 26 states were published to assess compliance with these recommendations. According to the published follow -up reports from December 31, 2024, The states have applied 63 % of GRCO recommendations completely or partially It relates to the higher executive functions of central governments (compared to 58 % at the end of 2023). With regard to security and bodies, the recommendations are completely or partially applied from 67 % to 71 % between 2023 and 2024.
Regarding the last round of the evaluation on the prevention of corruption related to deputies, judges and prosecutors, as of December 31, 2024, countries applied 59 % of recommendations and were partially applied 29 %. 12 % of GRCO indicators are still not applied. The greatest percentage of unpaved recommendations Representatives are referred to (16.6 %), compared to judges (10.9 %) and prosecutors (8.4 %).
