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Europe
Greece Seen as EU's Most Corrupt Country
2012-12-06
[An Nahar] Greece is seen as the most corrupt country in the EU, Transparency International said Wednesday, adding that crisis-hit nations are being held back by an inability to deal with graft.

Publishing its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, the Berlin-based watchdog ranked Greece 94th out of 176 countries.

Perceived corruption in the country appeared to have worsened despite efforts to tackle graft. In last year's index, the debt-ravaged country was ranked 80th on a scale of least corrupt to most corrupt.

Fellow eurozone struggler Italia also fared poorly, coming in 72nd -- a decline from last year's study when the country was ranked 69th.

The director of Transparency International (TI) in Germany, Edda Mueller, told a news conference that the fight against corruption was intimately linked to the economic health of a country.

"The countries that are hardest-hit by the financial crisis have performed below expectations despite the reform efforts of recent months," Mueller said.

Corruption levels in a country are "closely linked to the economic stability of a country," she added.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Είμαστε νούμερο ένα!
Posted by: mojo   2012-12-06 14:37  

#6  Is the 'Master of the Obvious' picture on vacation?
Posted by: Raj   2012-12-06 13:59  

#5  Greek Unemployment Hits Escape Velocity
Posted by: tipper   2012-12-06 12:39  

#4  You're making Italy look good, Greece. Stop that!
Posted by: Charles   2012-12-06 08:58  

#3  Corruption levels in a country are "closely linked to the economic stability of a country,"

Welcome to Obamaville.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-12-06 08:31  

#2  Corruption levels in a country are "closely linked to the economic stability of a country," she added.
Yeah and economic instability leads to corruption.
Cantillon had it all figured out 300 years ago, but no one wants to listen, because this time "it's going to be different"
Yeah sure.
Posted by: tipper   2012-12-06 01:28  

#1  We're number 1.
We're number 1.
Posted by: lord garth   2012-12-06 00:15  

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