The double standard is best illustrated by Transparency International's corruption report for the year 2022, when it ignores all the positives that speak in favor of Hungary and all the negatives that suggest the unfolding of the biggest corruption scandal in the European Union. Knowing these facts, one thing is certain: the NGO's analysis of last year is completely devoid of reality, Századvég writes in its announcement. The professional competence of such analyzes is also strongly questioned by the fact that at the same time as Transparency's report, the Economist also presented a research, only in theirs, Hungary's democracy was getting stronger in 2022.
At the beginning of this year, the international organization Transparency International repeatedly published the results of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which "traditionally" ranks 180 countries in the world - starting with the least corrupt state - Századvég reminded.
According to Transparency International's corruption report for the year 2022, the social and political situation of corruption in Hungary continued to deteriorate, and with this our country allegedly became the most corrupt country in the European Union, after its corruption perception index was 43 points in 2021, and by 2022 it has deteriorated by one point. Based on the report based on the CPI methodology, by 2022 Hungary has become the most affected country in the EU, where the fact of bribery characterizes the operation of economic, political and official life, while Romania and Bulgaria were able to improve their 2021 scores.
Serious methodological errors
The report, which is based on a non-representative methodology, suffers from serious methodological errors, Századvég highlighted in its statement.
They explained: due to the non-representative nature of the CPI measurements, there is a risk of drawing bad correlations and conclusions, and the results can be misleading, since the measurements suggest the image in the research as if only one party (the public briber) could be subject to corruption , while a private actor – where applicable, a foreign party – is not a potential stakeholder of such phenomena. It is no coincidence that, in view of the riskiness of similar CPI measurements, in a 2013 article by the prestigious American news publication, Foreign Policy, economist Alex Cobham recommended Transparency International not to use the CPI (Alex Cobham: Corrupting Perceptions, foreignpolicy.com, 2013. July 22).
At the same time as the CPI results were presented, Transparency International Hungary published its annual report on the corruption situation in Hungary at the same time as the CPI data. findings related to the impact of domestic corruption on the economy - they recalled.
According to the End of the Century
the research that attacks Hungary on new points, describes the deterioration of the corruption situation as a whole and indicates the inefficient use of EU funds is particularly controversial, in light of the fact that the European Commission accepted on December 22, 2022 the agreement concluded with Hungary - for the recovery plan and the a partnership agreement related to the rule of law conditions and applicable to the cohesion policy for the years 2021-2027.
The Brussels scandal does not interest the Soros
When reading Transparency International's reports, we can feel a double standard, since the EU institutional system and its actors are not the subject of these reports, they announced.
They pointed out: the corruption scandal known as Qatar-gate may also affect several actors and organizations of the international political elite, such as Fight Impunity and No Peace Without Justice, which are affiliated with György Soros' Open Society Foundations (OSF), and the foundation network are strongly connected to other NGOs financed by
Luca Visentini, the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, was also arrested in the case. Between 2016 and 2021, the association received more than six million dollars in support from the OSF, and the International Trade Union Confederation, together with Amnesty International, Human Right Watch, and Transparency International, which has prepared a new corruption report attacking our country, funded through the Open Society Foundations, It is the main supporter of the Sport & Rights Alliance advocacy organization. The founder of the relevant Fight Impunity NGO, Pier Antonio Panzeri, for example, is on the previous list of György Soros' allies in the European Parliament, Századvég pointed out.
As written, Qatar-gate clearly indicates that NGOs themselves are no more immune to corruption than companies in other sectors or even some states and governments, and this can be particularly harmful for organizations, as it can have a negative impact on reputation. for credibility, and later also for financing and donations. The organization called Transparency International could only be more credible from a professional point of view if it really adhered to this principle - Magyar Nemzet .
This was not written by Soros
The countries with the strongest democracies were Norway, New Zealand and Iceland, while at the bottom of the list were North Korea, Myanmar and Afghanistan. World leader Norway scored 9.81 points.
The report also mentions the biggest winners and losers of the past year according to how many points the state of democracy improved or deteriorated compared to the previous year. The first category was won by Tunisia, gaining 0.62 points more than a year earlier, but Russia's result was drastically worsened by the attack on Ukraine, as it lost 0.96 points, thus sliding down 22 places on the list: it is in 146th place out of 167 currently - can be read in the mandiner.hu article.
Cover photo: TI Hungary employees, communication manager Dénes Jávor Marcell, managing director Péter József and legal director Miklós Ligeti at the presentation of the results of the Corruption Perception Index and TI Hungary's annual corruption report photo: János Pelikán / transparency.hu
The Transparency International research entitled Hungary is the most corrupt member state of the European Union HERE .
