Ahead of the own initiative report on the whistleblowers directive, the European Parliament’s legal department would, according to a number of sources consulted on Tuesday 20 September, seem to be tending more and more towards an approach based on the judicial theory establishing recognition of implied powers. This proposal was first presented to MEPs in July of this year (see EUROPE 11601).
Cited as the possible basis for this approach is Article 82, Paragraph 2 of the treaty on the...