The problem of corruption in the European Union and candidate countries

Antonović Ratomir (Institut za srpsku kulturu, Priština - Leposavić), antonovicr@gmail.com

Nowadays, corruption represents one of the key criminal law problems. Although the European Union (EU) has strict rules and regulations that promote the fight against corruption, corruption is still present, according to official statistics. This social phenomenon attracts particular attention in countries that have not yet integrated into the EU. Therefore, combating corruption in candidate countries for EU accession is very important. That especially applies to the incorporation of international and European anti-corruption standards into national legislation in order to avoid situations of unequal treatment of corruption at the national and international levels. In the present paper, the author, through a comparative legal analysis, examines the content of legislative solutions in the fight against corruption in the EU and candidate countries for EU accession.

Keywords: Corruption, rule of law, human rights, European Union