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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 Mészáros, Gábor Corruption European Commission Fidesz Hungary Orban Rule of Law 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-not-to-be-an-independent-agency/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20221006-110412-0 221006 10.17176/20221006-110412-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)