Governments must increase transparency on lobbying, says anti-corruption group

 

EU governments must increase their transparency and accountability on lobbying, said the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe in an annual report published on Thursday (2 June).

“Members of the public [have to] know which actors seek to influence political decisions so that the risk of corrupt practices can be reduced,” said the group.

The GRECO defines itself as a “Council of Europe body that aims to improve the capacity of its members to fight corruption by monitoring their compliance with anti-corruption standards. It helps states to identify deficiencies in national anti-corruption policies, prompting the necessary legislative, institutional and practical reforms” (...).