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The European Commission has given a positive assessment of the anti-corruption reforms in Greece, according to the 2020 Rule of Law Report. The report makes particular reference to the establishment of the National Transparency Authority (NTA), recognising its contribution to addressing the institutional fragmentation and lack of coordination that characterised the successor bodies, and stressing the importance of creating a single independent authority to prevent, detect and tackle corruption and fraud in the public sector.
The 2020 Rule of Law Report assesses developments in the EU Member States in four areas: the justice system, the anti-corruption framework, media pluralism, institutional checks and balances. Through the assessment and country-by-country stocktaking, the European Commission aims to develop a new cycle of the rule of law mechanism as one element of a more general effort to strengthen the values of democracy, equality and respect for human rights.
The European Commission positively assesses the efforts to streamline the institutional framework for the fight against corruption, underlining the need to strengthen the framework for the protection of whistleblowers and to establish a framework for the regulation of lobbying by interest groups.
It is worth noting that the National Transparency Authority has already drafted a proposal for a draft law on the regulation of activities of influencing members of state institutions, in line with international standards and international best practices, in order to provide a basis for discussion with stakeholders, leading to the development of a relevant framework and compliance with international recommendations. It also participates in the Legislative Committee for the transposition into Greek law of Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons reporting violations of European Union law.