Visegrad Insight Debate: Ukraine’s Energoatom Corruption Case Tests Anti-Corruption Institutions (visegradinsight.eu)

• Energoatom corruption investigation reached Andriy Yermak, who left office after NABU raid.
• Novak: post-Maidan institutions can now target senior figures; Commission evaluates enforcement, not scandal count.
• Jakubowska cites state capture and backsliding in Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic.

"A Visegrad Insight online debate examined whether corruption in Ukraine and EU member states threatens democratic security. Valeriia Novak said the Energoatom case reached presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak, who left after an anti-corruption raid, showing both top-level graft and functioning institutions. Magda Jakubowska countered that Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic have slid down corruption rankings and face their own state-capture problems. Participants concluded that Ukraine is judged by standards some Central European governments no longer meet."