In March 2011, the European Commission issued a report from the Commission to the Council on the modalities of the European Union’s participation in the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) which defined the main objectives of reinforced co-operation between the European Union and GRECO and analysed possible ways and benefits for the European Union’s participation in the work of GRECO.
In turn, in its general activity report for 2014, GRECO expressed its concern about the lack of progress made by the European Union in speeding up its efforts to become a full member of GRECO.
Mr Cilevičs,
To ask the Committee of Ministers,
How does the Committee of Ministers assess the progress in this regard and what are currently the prospects for the European Union’s accession to GRECO?
What is the Committee of Ministers doing to reinforce negotiations with the European Commission and to speed up the accession?