Corruption levels are “extremely high” worldwide. This is summarized by the most recent perception rate of corruption (CPI), published on Tuesday by the NGO International Transparency. The data is overwhelming. Two out of three countries obtained less than 50 points over 100 possible: the global average is just 43. In Europe, the average has decreased for the second consecutive year, to be 64 points. , but maintains the place it shares with Cyprus, Czech Republic and Granada. The Spanish fall is due, among other factors, to the “lack of advances in the national level” and the “dismantling of certain structures in some autonomous communities.”
Denmark (90) and Finland (88) lead the index. Uruguay (76) and Chile (63), on the other hand, obtain the highest scores in Latin America and, in North America, the USA took 65 points, four less than last year. The report stands out “.” While democracies have an average of 73 points, the “authoritarian” countries barely reach 33. “While it can be perceived that some non -democratic countries manage certain forms of corruption, the broader panorama shows that democracy and solid institutions are crucial” To fight it, underline the document.
These “dangerous trends,” analyzes the president of the NGO, François Valérian, “highlight the need to respond with concrete measures in order to address global corruption.” Not surprisingly, more than a quarter of the countries examined obtained their lowest score so far. Among them, Austria (67) and Germany (75) – who face the growing rise of the ultra -right of the and, respectively – and France (67) ―They in political instability. The three countries with the worst score in the region are. In Budapest, he accumulates.
However, countries with lower corruption indices face their greatest risk in “”. For international transparency, “powerful corporate interests often mold or block climatic policies to favor short -term profits instead of long -term environmental sustainability.” Thus, for example, the document highlights how the “corporate lobbies” played a “”. According to the NGO, corruption and climatic crisis “are closely interrelated”, and systemic weaknesses in the latter sector “reflect the need for more solid measures of integrity to avoid the capture of policies by the fossil fuel industry” .
Almost 6.8 billion people – 85% of the world’s population – live in countries with an IPC score of less than 50. The 21 -page report insists that corruption can deepen “the marginalization of vulnerable populations”, especially those that “disproportionately suffer the negative effects of climate change.” In this regard, the executive director of the NGO, Maíra Martini, highlighted as “vulnerable people around the world desperately need measures” in defense of the environment. In these terms, the NGO recommends “placing corruption in the center of the world debate”, fundamental legs to rebuild “the confidence of societies in climatic initiatives” as the Paris Agreement, a pact that President Donald Trump withdrew in January USA ,.
