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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11757

30 March 2017
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
First 'open' and 'frank' debate at Council about horizontal protection for whistle-blowers
Brussels, 29/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

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...

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