In the context of the recent Qatargate bribery scandal in the European Parliament, it is necessary to put things in perspective and take a look at the European countries with the most cases of corruption. However, as it makes no sense to compare countries with less than 1 million inhabitants with countries with tens of millions, see below the list of corruption cases per million inhabitants according to Eurojust's first report on corruption (link below):
Poland……....….1 corruption case per million population
Denmark…...…..1
Germany…..…...1
France…….…....1
Spain…….….….2
Finland……..…..2
Sweden……..….2
Belgium…....…..3
Portugal…….….3
Ireland………....3
Czech Rep........3
Netherlands…...3
Hungary…..…...4
Austria……...….5
Slovakia…….....5
Romania……....5
Bulgaria…….....6
Lithuania…...….7
Slovenia…….....7
Estonia…….......9
Croatia…...…...10
Greece…...…...11
Latvia…….......29
Luxembourg...31
Malta.……..…..34
PS - Back in 2020 i made an unorthodox proposal to tackle corruption on the grounds of toxicity here https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2020/07/phd-thesisuniv-of-london-establishing.html
