These Open Society Institute reports assess the extent of corruption in the candidate states of Central and Eastern Europe and the legal and institutional structures and policies with which governments are seeking to combat it in light of the EU accession process and evolving EU norms and standards.
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process-Complete Report (2.59 Mb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Bulgaria) (588.38 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Czech Republic) (623.63 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Hungary) (747.79 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Latvia) (1.02 Mb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Lithuania) (420.96 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Poland) (2.2 Mb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Romania) (609.12 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Slovakia) (476.25 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Slovenia) (468.16 Kb pdf file)
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