nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221006-110412-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221006s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221006-110412-0 doi eng 342 23 Mészáros, Gábor Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-3424-1350 How NOT to Be an Independent Agency - The Hungarian Integrity Authority Mészáros, Gábor Verfassungsblog 2022-10-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Hungarian government is trying to convince EU institutions that it is taking adequate steps to ensure proper spending of EU funds going forward. At the center of this effort is a new ‘Integrity Authority’. The law establishing this authority, Bill T/1260, just passed the Hungarian Parliament on 3 October 2022. We have carefully read the laws enacted so far that establish a new anti-corruption framework and can confidently say that neither the Commission nor the Council should accept what the Hungarian government is offering because the proposed changes do not begin to alter business as usual in Hungary. In this blogpost, we will analyze the ‘Integrity Authority’ which forms the centerpiece of the government’s program, showing that it is not independent from the government nor are its powers real. CC BY-SA 4.0 Corruption European Commission Fidesz Hungary Orban Rule of Law Scheppele, Kim Lane Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-not-to-be-an-independent-agency/ raw object