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Reply to Written question | Doc. 14611 | 06 September 2018
Publication of the GRECO Compliance Report on Hungary
1. The Committee of Ministers first recalls
that the fight against corruption ranks as one of the Council of Europe's
highest priorities. In this regard, it welcomes the achievements
of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) in this area and
the impact of its recommendations in its 49 member States.
2. GRECO's reports on evaluation and compliance are, in principle,
confidential unless the State concerned authorises the publication
of its report. The Committee of Ministers welcomes the fact that
all member States of the Council of Europe, as well as the United
States, have until recently accepted that the reports concerning
them are made public. Only Belarus systematically refuses the publication
of reports. The Committee of Ministers fully agrees with the observations
made by GRECO in its General Activity Report 2017 that the publication
of a report contributes to raising the awareness of society, media
and key institutions, which may facilitate reforms based on the
recommendations of the report.
3. In previous years, Hungary has respected GRECO’s practice
of full transparency with regard to the publication of all of its
reports. The Committee of Ministers therefore encourages Hungary
to continue this practice and to authorise the publication of these
two compliance reports adopted in 2017.