The Council of Europe : the Spanish government has not complied with any of the 19 recommendations made to it for to improve the transparency or to prevent corruption

The Council of Europe suspends the Spanish state in the fight against corruption. This is stated in the report prepared by the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) and published today, in which it can be seen that the Spanish government has not complied with any of the nineteen recommendations made to it for to improve the transparency and functioning of the administration and to prevent its corruption.
GRECO points especially to the police and considers its progress in building an "ethical infrastructure" to be "disappointing". The text notes that the Civil Guard has made "some progress", but does not see any "concrete improvement" in the case of the National Police. On the political front, GRECO regrets that the state has not taken any steps to strengthen transparency in the case of advisers or to establish a strategy to mitigate the risks of corruption in the case of senior officials. In the same vein, he sees no progress in the recommendation to ensure that the Transparency and Good Governance Council has "adequate independence, authority and resources to function effectively."

The report notes that the state has also made no progress in establishing rules on the relationship between senior officials and lobbies, or in recommending the expansion of public information on the assets of senior officials, or in overseeing possible conflicts. of interest.

With regard to gauging, GRECO regrets that the recommendation to amend this "special process" has not been implemented so as not to "obstruct" the proceedings in cases of high-ranking officials accused of corruption.