On 7 April 2025, a high-level delegation of GRECO urged Danish officials to take measures in order to implement recommendations from GRECO's fourth and fifth round evaluation reports. GRECO particularly called on Denmark to fully implement GRECO’s recommendations to prevent corruption and strengthen integrity within the Parliament, the central government (persons with top executive functions) and the police force.

GRECO noted that almost 6 years after the adoption of its 2019 fifth round evaluation report on Denmark (→eucrim 3/2019, 184), only 2 out of 14 recommendations have been implemented in full. Moreover, 11 years after the adoption of the 2014 fourth round evaluation report (→eucrim 2/2018, 58), only 2 out of 6 recommendations have been fully implemented. This raises concerns about Denmark’s frameworks to effectively prevent corruption in the public sector. Outstanding recommendations include for instance:

• Developing a strategy for the integrity of persons with top executive functions on the basis of risk analysis;
• Adopting a code of conduct for persons with top executive functions, including practical guidance, and introducing a mechanism of supervision and enforcement;
• Improving public access to information;
• Developing a streamlined system for authorisation and follow-up of secondary activities within the police.

At the end of March 2025, GRECO published two reports detailing the deficiencies of Denmark to implement the recommendations of the 2014 and 2019 GRECO reports.