Report by EU labels Andalucia the most corrupt region in Spain

THE EU’s annual Regional Competitiveness Index has labelled Andalucia the most corrupt region in Spain.

The report assesses three major categories that determine the economic dynamism and institutional quality of each member state’s territorial divisions.

The report gave Andalucia a score of -0.51 in the corruption sub-category, the lowest of the 17 regions.

It was followed by Galicia and the Canary Islands, who received scores of -0.5 and -0.48 respectively.

La Rioja topped the list and was above the EU average with a score of 0.11.

It was followed by Murcia with 0.01 and Pais Vasco with -0.05.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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2 Comments

zabaot says:

11 Mar, 2017 @ 11:11 at 11:11

First off, it´s not the region that is corrupt but the people. This people use democracy as a way of robbery. Franco wasn´t so misled after all.z

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Boulder says:

12 Mar, 2017 @ 09:22 at 09:22

But nothing will be done about it.

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