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French anti-corruption efforts coming up short

16 March 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, Lobbying, Politics and government

Ten French presidential candidates have already publicly engaged with our chapter Transparence International France’s 7 propositions for the fight against corruption – but President Nicolas Sarkozy has not. Transparence International France is calling on him to do so, along with all remaining presidential candidates. Just after his election victory in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy said that […]

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A Hazy Awakening – Corruption risks capturing Hungary

15 March 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Private sector

In the picture of Hungary painted by Transparency International Hungary’s report on the country’s institutions last week, the colours would be quite blunt, with opaque areas in grey representing shady figures and institutions bound together very closely. In less artistic terms, it seems that nowadays private interests prevail over public interests, and Hungarians have just […]

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Corruption and the justice system in France

6 October 2011 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Europe and Central Asia

Jacques Terray, member of TI’s board since November 2010, talks about the challenges of bringing corruption to justice in France. What are the anti-corruption challenges in France? France is a good pupil of the anti-corruption movement. The government leads international efforts, it was one of the first countries to ratify the OECD and UN conventions […]

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Justice, not excuses, still sought a year after the killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga

12 January 2010 in Asia Pacific

The following post has been written by Samuel Bakowski, working in the Communications Department at Transparency International. A year has passed, yet the investigation into the murder of Lasantha Wickramatunga has achieved nothing. Revealing only ineptitude, a growing sense of impunity, and a loss of public faith in the rule of law and media freedom […]

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