Protection of whistleblowers

Protection of whistleblowers

2024-02-29T09:47:00.000ZMis à jour
Infoclip: European democracy
icon

02:34

Infoclip: European democracy

Description

Recent scandals, from LuxLeaks (2014) to Panama Papers (2016), have demonstrated how important whistle-blowers’ revelations are to detect and prevent breaches of EU law harmful to the public interest and the welfare of society. Lack of effective whistle-blower protection at EU level can also negatively impact the functioning of EU policies in a member state, but can also spill over to other countries and the EU as a whole.

On 11 March 2019 the European Parliament and the Member States reached a provisional agreement that covers a wide reach of areas of EU law, including anti-money laundering and corporate taxation, data protection, protection of the Union's financial interests, food and product safety and environmental protection and nuclear safety. Further, Member States are encouraged o establish comprehensive legal framework to protect whistleblowers (whistle-blowers) in other areas. The new rules, approved by EU ministers on 25 September 2019, have been signed by the EP on 23 October 2019 and published in the Official Journal on 26 November 2019. Member states will then have two years to comply with such rules.

See more on this topic by visiting our package for the 8th parliamentary term.

Recevez des mises à jour sur ce sujet

Inscrivez-vous pour être informé lorsque de nouveaux médias sont ajoutés

Comment souhaitez-vous recevoir des mises à jour?
|