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An Anti-Corruption Task Force attached to the Integrity Authority has been set up. This was one of the conditions for Hungary to receive its withheld EU funds.
All positions on Hungary’s new Anti-corruption Task Force (Korrupcióellenes Munkacsoport), a 21-strong consultative body attached to the Integrity Authority (Integritás Hatóság), have now been filled, and the group will hold its first session on December 13, Hungarian news agency MTI reports.
Ten members of the authoritative body have been delegated by state agencies, while another ten, reserved for NGOs and private individuals, have been chosen through a public selection process, the authority revealed in a statement.
The represented NGOs include Átlátszó, Transparency International, as well as K-Monitor. All of them receive or have received (source, source & source) funding from the Open Society Foundations of Hungarian-born US billionaire George Soros, well-known opponent of the Hungarian government.
The recently established Integrity Authority is tasked with probing any cases of fraud, conflict of interest, or graft in connection with Hungary’s European Union funding.
The establishment of the authority was one of the 17 requirements of the European Commission to release Hungary’s EU funds. Even though the parliament passed the 17 relevant laws in time, the country only received a conditional nod from the Commission to a part of its EU funds and another 27 “super milestones” to complete.
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