[ben_w]

EU isn't perfect, even the best nations within it are not perfect (though still better than the US is or was), but only the worst two EU nations seem to be politically corrupt to the point of "danger" levels.

There's plenty of room to fall if people are complacent.

General corruption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

[bostik]

As a person from a country constantly near the top of that list, I have been saying this for more than two decades: holding the #1 spot in CPI tells nothing how well things are going for a country; it merely highlights how bad things are even for the runner-up.