speech on topic fight against corruption?
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Ladies and Gentlemen, colleagues and friends. Good morning
I am very pleased to be here today, and I want to thank you all for coming to this workshop on corruption. It is especially nice to be here in Göteborg, my hometown, and to see former colleagues from the University here. Professor Bo Rothstein taught me about good governance and the importance of trust already many years ago in the department of political science.
This will be a long and full day. My colleagues and I will explain to you how the Commission is preparing the first EU Anti-Corruption Report and we will listen and collect information from you about anti-corruption policies in the Member States.
Your input will be very useful for the Commission. We need your expertise to carry out a fair and intelligent assessment of the 'hottest' issues in this area.
So, why is anti-corruption policy a top priority for the Commission today?
Well, corruption is a phenomenon which is difficult to tackle, and at the same time a problem we cannot afford to ignore.
What is missing to address corruption effectively in the EU? What is the Commission proposing to do?
Our analysis is that Member States have, broadly speaking, set up the necessary legal instruments and institutions responsible for prevention and fight against corruption.
However, the results they deliver are not satisfactory across the EU: anti-corruption rules are not vigorously enforced and one does not find many strong examples of how systemic problems related to corruption are effectively tackled.
The Commission therefore wants to focus on concrete actions, and stimulate political will to implement them from the global to the local level. We want to engage in a dialogue with Member States, offering suggestions and support.
We do not see new EU legislation on corruption as the way forward at this stage.
That is the thinking behind the political initiative the Commission took in June 2011 when, for the first time since 2003, it adopted a general Communication on corruption in the EU.
The Communication did essentially two things:
It set up the EU Anti-Corruption Report. A report that the Commission will publish every two years, looking at trends in corruption in the EU and at how Member States' address it.
It made the Commission focus more on corruption in all related, internal and external, EU policy fields. At the same time, it pleaded for closer cooperation with existing European and international anti-corruption monitoring mechanisms.
Conclusion
To sum up, the Commission is committed to drive EU anti-corruption policy forward, in close collaboration with Member States and other stakeholders.
The main instrument for that drive is the EU Anti-Corruption Report which will be published for the first time this year.
A lot of work is ahead of us to produce that report, at the required level of quality, covering the situation in all Member States. I hope to be able to count on you, both government and non-governmental actors, to join us in that effort and support the creation of a stronger EU anti-corruption policy.
Thank you for your attention. I wish you a fruitful day in the various workshops, and look forward to seeing the results of your discussions.
Academic research has shown how severely corruption can affect the economy and society at large. It erodes trust in public institutions and political processes, and undermines the healthy functioning of markets and competition. It negatively affects already tight public budgets, and helps organised crime groups do their dirty work. And the scale of the problem is serious. The Commission's best estimate is that 120 billion euros are lost each year to corruption in the 27 Member States of the EU. That is the equivalent of the whole EU-budget. In public procurement, studies suggest that up to 20- 25% of the public contracts' value may be lost to corruption.
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