Italy must fill its legislative gap regarding abuse of office after the European Parliament on Thursday approved an anti-corruption directive that establishes the types of corruption cases that must be classified as felonies by EU countries, the head of anti-corruption authority ANAC said on Thursday.
"Unfortunately, in recent years Italian legislation to combat and prevent corruption has taken several steps backward," ANAC President Giuseppe Busia said.
"We hope that the swift transposition of the directive will provide an opportunity to immediately fill some of the gaps in protection that have opened up with the abolition of the offence of abuse of office, thereby strengthening citizens' trust in public institutions and thus improving the quality of our democracy".
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