69% of citizens consider corruption in their country to be widespread and harmful, according to the barometer.

Omissions

• The 69% value corresponds to the 2025 Special Eurobarometer; the most recent survey available at the session date of 2026-10-08 (Special Eurobarometer 573, published June 2026) reports 71%, i.e. a 2-point increase. The MEP cited the older 2025 figure.
• The Eurobarometer indicator is the perception that corruption is 'widespread' in the respondent's country; the 'harmful' qualifier is not part of the same survey item (the survey separately measures whether corruption is unacceptable or a problem), so the 'widespread and harmful' phrasing conflates two distinct questions.

Sources

• PrimarySpecial Eurobarometer – Citizens' attitudes towards corruption in the EU (2025)69% of Europeans believe that corruption is widespread in their country. 51% believe that corruption is widespread among political parties.
• PrimarySpecial Eurobarometer 573 – Citizens' attitudes towards corruption in the EU (2026)71% of Europeans (up 2 percentage points since 2025) consider that corruption is widespread in their country - this is the second highest level since 2013.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Corruption in the public opinionSpecial Eurobarometer 573 – Citizens' attitudes towards corruption in the EU (2026): Just over seven in ten Europeans (71%) consider that corruption is ...
• SecondaryAnticorruption World – Eurobarometer 2026: EU Citizens and Citizens of Candidate CountriesAccording to the published data, 71% of EU citizens consider corruption to be widespread in their country. This figure has increased by 2 ...