{"id":8497,"date":"2020-01-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2020-01-31T19:23:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T18:23:38","slug":"czech-corruption-ti-cpi-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/czech-corruption-ti-cpi-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Czechia Falls In Corruption Perception Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Corruption in the Czech Republic is worsening, and Prime Minister Andrej Babis is to blame, Transparency International (TI) says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TI&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/cpi2019?\/news\/feature\/cpi-2019\">2019 Corruption Perceptions Index<\/a> (CPI) ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. TI compiles expert assessments and surveys of business executives. Then assigns a score between zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Czechia scored 56, falling six places in 2019 to 44th. The country ranks 19th in the European Union, where the average score is 66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TI calls out Andrej Babis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>TI&#8217;s global report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/news\/feature\/cpi_western_europe_and_eu\">attributes<\/a> Czechia&#8217;s fall in ranking to PM Andrej Babis and the growing influence of oligarchs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;In the Czech Republic, recent scandals involving the prime minister and his efforts to obtain public money through EU subsidies for his company highlight a startling lack of political integrity.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>David Ondracka, the Director of Transparency International&#8217;s Czech branch, said, The Czech Republic has a corruption problem due to the growing influence of <a href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/epp-group-calls-for-eu-anti-oligarch-law\/\">oligarchs<\/a>\u2026The reason for the fall of the Czech Republic in the CPI is the privatization of the state by oligarchs, shoddy work by regulators, and a lack of transparency in allocating subsidies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Babis responds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Babis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceskenoviny.cz\/zpravy\/babis-povazuje-zebricek-ti-za-svaty-boj-proti-nemu\/1845943\">called<\/a> the ranking absurd and meaningless. He argued no corruption has occurred during his time in office. Babis told reporters that Mr. Ondracka is waging a personal vendetta against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister has long been at odds with the Czech branch of TI, which first reported his alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/transparency-international-alerts-brussels-of-babiss-conflict-of-interest\/\">conflict of interest<\/a>. He calls it a corrupt organization with dubious funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Positive signals<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the current problems, TI sees positive signals in the Czech Republic. &#8220;There is an active civil society that is holding back some excesses that could occur,&#8221; Ondracka said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corruption in the Czech Republic is worsening, and Prime Minister Andrej Babis is to blame, Transparency International (TI) says. 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