GRECO: Czechia still lacks anti-corruption rules for legislators

Czechia is still not fully implementing most of the recommendations on how to prevent corruption among lawmakers, judges and prosecutors, issued by the Council of Europe's anti-corruption group GRECO, suggests its assessment report published on Friday.

According to the report, Czechia still lacks a law on lobbying, a code of ethics for MPs or enforceable rules on accepting gifts and other benefits. The Czech authorities should also adopt an amendment to the law on prosecution, it says.

The group analysed the progress made by Czechia since the last evaluation in 2021, noting that the country has fully implemented two of the 14 recommendations, partially implemented nine and not implemented three at all.