Austria on a corruption center: A wake-up call for politics!

Austria on a corruption center: A wake-up call for politics!

Wien, Österreich - The newly published corruption perception index 2024 reveals an alarming picture for Austria: With only 67 points and a disappointing rank, this is the worst result since the start of the surveys. In comparison to other European countries, Austria falls back; A year ago, they were still in 20th place, and three years ago even in 13th place. Mag. Bettina Knötzl, CEO of Ti-Austria, described the negative trend as shameful and demands a rethink to rehabilitate the battered reputation. It emphasizes that transparency is the key to preventing power abuse and promoting the confidence in the integrity of the decision-makers, such as "https://www.ots.at/presseaus-ung/ots_20250211_ots0001/corrupranking-2024-dramaticer-oesterreich-mit-mistischem-deep point"> ots reported .

A state of alarming deficits

The poor placement results from recurring political scandals, such as friendship and the failure to create independent public prosecutors. Experts classify Austria as the bottom of the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The index, which is based on the data of twelve -based institutions, including the World Economic Forum, captures various forms of corruption such as bribes and nepotism in 180 countries. Denmark, Finland and Singapore lead the ranking with remarkably high transparency and integrity. The decline in Austria in the ranking illustrates the urgency of extensive reforms to reduce systemic weaknesses, as well as Vienna.at noticed .

The results speak for themselves: a value of 0 stands for comprehensive corruption, 100 means full integrity. Austria's contribution to the global fighting efforts remains insufficient, which not only hinders the economy, but also social progress, such as in climate protection. Ti-Austria emphasizes that clear measures are necessary to improve. It is required that the new federal government has to establish an independent issue for public prosecutors in its first year and strengthen media independence.