EK: The Czech Republic has made progress in judicial reforms, but investigating corruption remains a problem

Czech Republic Still Struggles To Investigate High-level Corruption, Says Commission Report

According to the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report 2025, the Czech Republic has made progress in the remuneration of judges and taken some measures to reduce the length of court proceedings, but defects remain in the investigation of high-level corruption and the transparency of media ownership.  As in previous years, the annual report assessed four areas: the justice system, the anti-corruption framework, media freedom and pluralism, and…

EK: The Czech Republic has made progress in judicial reforms, but investigating corruption remains a problem

Strasbourg/Brussels – The Czech Republic made some progress in the past year regarding the remuneration of judges and prosecutors. Partial successes were also recorded in efforts to shorten the length of proceedings. The European Commission stated this in its annual report on the rule of law in the member states of the European Union today. Despite progress in some areas, however, the EC points out that there are shortcomings in the Czech Republ…