U.S. Announces Withdrawal from European Anti-Corruption Body GRECO

The Trump administration officially informed the Council of Europe that the United States will withdraw from GRECO, the continent’s leading anti-corruption monitoring group. The decision, communicated on Monday by an unnamed senior official, is part of a wider strategy to disengage from international organisations the administration views as overreaching or ineffective, echoing recent U.S. departures from the World Health Organisation and the UN Human Rights Council.

Since joining GRECO in 2000, the United States has been one of only three countries - alongside Russia and Belarus - to leave the body. The Council of Europe praised the U.S.’s two-decade contribution and said GRECO remains willing to resume collaboration in the future. Earlier this year, Washington also exited the Venice Commission, another Council of Europe advisory panel.