Negotiations on the own-initiative report on protection for whistleblowers among the various political groups at the European Parliament are reportedly advancing rapidly. EUROPE understands, however, that the option of whistleblowers reporting malpractice directly to the media was not backed by the EPP Group at the last meeting of rapporteurs on Monday 25 September.
The text’s rapporteur, Virginie Rozière (S&D, France), proposes giving whistleblowers the option of notifying malpractice...