According to the 2005 EU Progress Report, "Despite some progress in setting up the necessary legislative and institutional framework, efforts aimed at tackling corruption, which remains a serious problem in Croatia, need to be further stepped up."
Prema navodima iz Izveštaja EU o napretku iz 2005, “uprkos izvesnom napretku u uspostavljanju zakonskog i institucionalnog okvira, napori protiv korupcije, koja ostaje ozbiljan problem u Hrvatskoj, moraju se pojačati".