The EU comparison
The EU's audits of member state control systems, country by country and year by year. Every chart has a table view and supporting rows down to the paragraph.
Recommendations per year
All recommendations in the EU countries' audit reports, by audit year.
Table view
| Year | Recommendations |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 103 |
| 1999 | 292 |
| 2000 | 628 |
| 2001 | 511 |
| 2002 | 541 |
| 2003 | 529 |
| 2004 | 657 |
| 2005 | 680 |
| 2006 | 820 |
| 2007 | 842 |
| 2008 | 155 |
| 2009 | 569 |
| 2010 | 846 |
| 2011 | 603 |
| 2012 | 707 |
| 2013 | 550 |
| 2014 | 440 |
| 2015 | 303 |
| 2016 | 252 |
| 2017 | 174 |
| 2018 | 276 |
| 2019 | 236 |
| 2020 | 161 |
| 2021 | 283 |
| 2022 | 248 |
| 2023 | 242 |
| 2024 | 207 |
| 2025 | 140 |
| 2026 | 4 |
State their basis, per country
Table view
| Country | Recommendations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 65 of 182 | 36% |
| Malta | 66 of 222 | 30% |
| Slovakia | 79 of 295 | 27% |
| Romania | 130 of 511 | 25% |
| Bulgaria | 129 of 526 | 25% |
| Lithuania | 59 of 290 | 20% |
| France | 121 of 624 | 19% |
| Estonia | 45 of 234 | 19% |
| Sweden | 70 of 369 | 19% |
| Denmark | 67 of 361 | 19% |
| Poland | 115 of 647 | 18% |
| Finland | 57 of 321 | 18% |
| Ireland | 74 of 432 | 17% |
| Slovenia | 44 of 260 | 17% |
| Czech Republic | 59 of 351 | 17% |
| Latvia | 37 of 230 | 16% |
| Spain | 121 of 780 | 16% |
| Belgium | 67 of 451 | 15% |
| Italy | 130 of 932 | 14% |
| Netherlands | 69 of 503 | 14% |
| Luxembourg | 31 of 226 | 14% |
| Cyprus | 35 of 259 | 14% |
| Hungary | 58 of 450 | 13% |
| Greece | 108 of 843 | 13% |
| Germany | 77 of 645 | 12% |
| Austria | 36 of 319 | 11% |
| Portugal | 61 of 736 | 8% |
Answered by the member state, per country
Table view
| Country | Recommendations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 102 of 234 | 44% |
| Croatia | 78 of 182 | 43% |
| Bulgaria | 224 of 526 | 43% |
| Malta | 85 of 222 | 38% |
| Hungary | 166 of 450 | 37% |
| Slovakia | 98 of 295 | 33% |
| Sweden | 122 of 369 | 33% |
| Romania | 168 of 511 | 33% |
| Lithuania | 87 of 290 | 30% |
| Denmark | 108 of 361 | 30% |
| Poland | 193 of 647 | 30% |
| Netherlands | 138 of 503 | 27% |
| Belgium | 123 of 451 | 27% |
| Ireland | 116 of 432 | 27% |
| Germany | 166 of 645 | 26% |
| Spain | 199 of 780 | 26% |
| Portugal | 182 of 736 | 25% |
| Finland | 77 of 321 | 24% |
| Czech Republic | 84 of 351 | 24% |
| Latvia | 54 of 230 | 23% |
| France | 140 of 624 | 22% |
| Italy | 199 of 932 | 21% |
| Slovenia | 53 of 260 | 20% |
| Cyprus | 51 of 259 | 20% |
| Luxembourg | 44 of 226 | 19% |
| Austria | 56 of 319 | 18% |
| Greece | 145 of 843 | 17% |
The chain closes, per country
The chain closes when the recommendation states its basis, the basis resolves to a verbatim paragraph, and an action plan answers it. Anything less counts as a partial chain, never rounded up.
Table view
| Country | Recommendations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malta | 56 of 222 | 25% |
| Croatia | 36 of 182 | 20% |
| Bulgaria | 102 of 526 | 19% |
| Slovakia | 54 of 295 | 18% |
| Sweden | 63 of 369 | 17% |
| Romania | 86 of 511 | 17% |
| Denmark | 59 of 361 | 16% |
| Ireland | 64 of 432 | 15% |
| Estonia | 34 of 234 | 15% |
| Finland | 43 of 321 | 13% |
| Belgium | 56 of 451 | 12% |
| Lithuania | 35 of 290 | 12% |
| France | 70 of 624 | 11% |
| Czech Republic | 37 of 351 | 11% |
| Latvia | 24 of 230 | 10% |
| Poland | 63 of 647 | 10% |
| Luxembourg | 22 of 226 | 10% |
| Slovenia | 25 of 260 | 10% |
| Italy | 82 of 932 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 44 of 503 | 9% |
| Cyprus | 21 of 259 | 8% |
| Greece | 68 of 843 | 8% |
| Portugal | 58 of 736 | 8% |
| Germany | 50 of 645 | 8% |
| Spain | 55 of 780 | 7% |
| Austria | 22 of 319 | 7% |
| Hungary | 28 of 450 | 6% |
| Country | Audits | Recommendations | State their basis | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 70 | 319 | 11%(36) | 18%(56) |
| Belgium | 91 | 451 | 15%(67) | 27%(123) |
| Bulgaria | 86 | 526 | 25%(129) | 43%(224) |
| Croatia | 47 | 182 | 36%(65) | 43%(78) |
| Cyprus | 52 | 259 | 14%(35) | 20%(51) |
| Czech Republic | 72 | 351 | 17%(59) | 24%(84) |
| Denmark | 80 | 361 | 19%(67) | 30%(108) |
| Estonia | 51 | 234 | 19%(45) | 44%(102) |
| Finland | 67 | 321 | 18%(57) | 24%(77) |
| France | 127 | 624 | 19%(121) | 22%(140) |
| Germany | 130 | 645 | 12%(77) | 26%(166) |
| Greece | 133 | 843 | 13%(108) | 17%(145) |
| Hungary | 82 | 450 | 13%(58) | 37%(166) |
| Ireland | 81 | 432 | 17%(74) | 27%(116) |
| Italy | 172 | 932 | 14%(130) | 21%(199) |
| Latvia | 52 | 230 | 16%(37) | 23%(54) |
| Lithuania | 63 | 290 | 20%(59) | 30%(87) |
| Luxembourg | 43 | 226 | 14%(31) | 19%(44) |
| Malta | 37 | 222 | 30%(66) | 38%(85) |
| Netherlands | 110 | 503 | 14%(69) | 27%(138) |
| Poland | 120 | 647 | 18%(115) | 30%(193) |
| Portugal | 134 | 736 | 8%(61) | 25%(182) |
| Romania | 93 | 511 | 25%(130) | 33%(168) |
| Slovakia | 60 | 295 | 27%(79) | 33%(98) |
| Slovenia | 51 | 260 | 17%(44) | 20%(53) |
| Spain | 155 | 780 | 16%(121) | 26%(199) |
| Sweden | 70 | 369 | 19%(70) | 33%(122) |