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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

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Lee, M. (2026, September 29). US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/us-withdraws-from-european-anti-corruption-panel-in-latest-shift-away-from-global-groups/article_b57ed309-f8cb-52be-a475-730af9b3cef7.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-29 · by Matthew Lee

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The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), a European anti-corruption watchdog within the Council of Europe. This decision follows previous actions to disengage from international organizations deemed ineffective or not aligned with U.S. policies. Only two other countries, Russia and Belarus, have previously left GRECO.
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On Tuesday, the United States officially withdrew from GRECO, a European anti-corruption body, under the Trump administration's initiative to reduce engagement with international organizations it deems inefficient or not aligned with U.S. policies. This decision follows previous moves by the U.S. to distance itself from global groups and is only the third time a country has left GRECO; previously, Russia and Belarus had withdrawn.

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Who wrote this

Matthew Lee
17 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies will wrap up two days of talks in Atlanta on Saturday without reaching consensus on several critical global security issues after divisions, notably over Russia’s war with Ukraine, overshadowed the start of the meeting.
🔮 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will chair the gathering Friday and Saturday that will set the stage for a G20 leaders summit hosted by President Donald Trump at his Miami golf club in December.
🔮 The embassies will remain open.
🔮 “He can wake up tomorrow morning, decide he’s done enough on this, and he might start to lean back in the other direction.”
🔮 Rubio has been unapologetic about his role as both President Donald Trump’s chief diplomat and national security adviser and has brushed aside suggestions that he is eschewing the most difficult issues in favor of taking on lower-hanging diplomatic fruit with less risk of failure and political damage. “It’s an important relationship,” Rubio told reporters Saturday before departing Washington, noting that he selected a time when the Central Asian leaders would be able to meet.
🔮 Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story that said Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.
2026-10-08 · mixed framing · Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations
🔮 The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO.
🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is set to issue a last-minute reprieve Tuesday over the planned closure of a camp in Qatar that houses more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort or are the relatives of U.S. service members.
🔮 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi — who stayed in New York after last week’s gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly — will meet with Qatari mediators Monday about the latest discussions, Iranian state media reported Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei as saying.
🔮 The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because a decision on the details of what the restrictions will entail has not yet been finalized.
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GRECO ORG · 2× U.S. GPE · 2× Belarus GPE · 1× European NORP · 1× Russia GPE · 1× The Council of Europe ORG · 1× WASHINGTON GPE · 1× the Group of States against Corruption ORG · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog as it forges ahead with plans to disengage from international and multilateral organizations that it accuses of exceeding their mandates, being inefficient or not adapting to U.S. policies.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-29
🔮 The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO.

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The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog as it forges ahead with plans to disengage from international and multilateral organizations that it accuses of exceeding their mandates, being inefficient or not adapting to U.S. policies. asserted
it → withdraw → policies
The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO. asserted
it → say → Corruption
Only two other countries have left GRECO before — Russia and Belarus. asserted
countries → leave → GRECO
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