In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) praises Germany for adopting legislation that should pave the way for its ratification of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and its Additional Protocol.
According to GRECO, Germany has satisfactorily addressed recommendations related to the criminalisation of private sector bribery and bribery of foreign public officials, international officials and foreign jurors.
On the other hand, GRECO regrets that the recommendations made to Germany to increase transparency in political party financing are still not being implemented.
Such recommendations as timely publication of election campaign accounts, enhanced transparency of direct donations to parliamentarians and election candidates who are members of political parties, and increased resources for the president of the Bundestag to supervise party funding have remained unfulfilled since GRECO first suggested nearly seven years ago.
Since 12 out of 20 recommendations have not been fully implemented, GRECO requests that Germany submit a reply to this report by the end of the year.
GRECO was established in 1999 by the Council of Europe to monitor member state compliance with the organisation’s anti-corruption standards. More information about how GRECO monitors all its members (How Greco works ).