Commissioner Johansson held speech at the Plenary session on new developments concerning allegations of corruption and foreign interference.

“When we talk about fighting corruption we must be clear. Transparency, accountability will not be enough. Corruption is a serious crime. And we must fight it with the full force of the law. 60 per cent of criminal organisations engage in corruption. Criminals are buying people, buying politicians, buying power. Soon I will propose a new law to criminalise all forms of corruption. With unified definitions of corruption. And harmonised penalties across the European Union. We are shaping the proposal as we speak I promise you. We will be as ambitious as we can. As tough as we possibly can”, said Comissioner Johansson.