Over lunch at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on Tuesday 28 March, EU justice ministers held what was described as a fruitful initial debate about the possibility of introducing ‘horizontal’ legislation to protect whistle-blowers. They were said to have discussed how to define "good faith" for whistle-blowers.
The talks were described by Maltese justice minister Owen Bonnici as "frank and open". He seemed to favour European legislation, highlighting the huge disparity in...