2007 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.

Romania is notable as having one of the strongest legal anti-corruption frameworks assessed in 2007. However, practical implementation of these laws is weak (in contrast, neighboring Bulgaria has fewer laws on the books, but much better implementation). This contrast between written law and practical reality is troubling. However, Romania has a consistent moderate-to-good governance performance, with few obvious trouble spots. Regulation of political financing — an area many European nations struggle with — is a problem, with campaigns circumventing new, very low expenditure limits via "independent" nonprofit groups.