Croatia among Europe's most corrupted countries

[Baluarte]

A new survey has described Croatia as one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. The survey revealed by the financial service company Ernst&Young shows that 90 percent of people in Croatia think corruption is an obstacle in their country. EUObserver reports Croatia is at least not the worst country fir corruption - neighbouring Slovenia faired even worse in the survey. Croatia will join the European Union on 1 July this year.

http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2013-05-09/33341/Croatia_among_Europe's_most_corrupted_countries

[ALSh]

lol, does it say smth about Albania?

[Baluarte]

I looked for a while and finally managed to come up with the report itself, here it is:

http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/Global-Fraud-Survey-a-place-for-integrity-12th-Global-Fraud-Survey/$FILE/EY-12th-GLOBAL-FRAUD-SURVEY.pdf

[wvwvw]

This is about how the citizens of a country percieve how corrupted their country is. It may not necessarily reflect reality.

"Ninety percent of people in Croatia, which is to join the EU on 1 July, said "bribery/corrupt practices happen widely in business in this country."

The figure was 96 percent in Slovenia - which joined the EU in 2004 and which adopted the euro in 2007 - higher even than Kenya, on 94 percent.

Greece and Slovakia came next on 84 percent, followed by the Czech republic (73%), Portugal (72%), Hungary (70%), Spain (65%), Romania (61%) and Italy (60%).

The EU's three largest economies scored much better - France was on 27 percent, Germany 30 percent and the UK 37 percent.

Nordic countries Finland and Sweden came out as the least corrupt on 12 percent each."

http://euobserver.com/justice/120064

[wvwvw]

lol, does it say smth about Albania?

Only EU countries took part in the survey.

[Baluarte]

It's true that it is pure opinion based, but the people that were surveyed are all corporate leaders who suffer daily the constraints of an inefficient State.

I'm genuinely astounded to learn that both Slovenia and Croatia have such bad numbers.

[The Lawspeaker]

Nordic countries Finland and Sweden came out as the least corrupt on 12 percent each."

I think it just means that the Scandinavians still have illusions about an "honest" government while the Croats have grown wiser over the years.

[Sisak]

Croatia has too many municipalities and counties, too many admnistrative officers who receive a salary for nothing.