The Politics of the EU Anti-Corruption Movements

The working paper evaluates the EU’s anti-corruption framework and is divided into three parts. The first explains the EU's attempt to develop a separate anti-corruption policy. The second highlights the heights of the EU anti-corruption policy when it adopted the EU Anti-Corruption Report 2014 and the goal of developing a European-wide anti-corruption framework through reporting mechanisms. The third part discusses the demise of the EU’s efforts and makes proposals on how it could improve its anti-corruption framework in the future.

Keywords: Corruption, Crime, Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, EU Anti-Corruption Report, Rule of Law