Not without much debate, the MEPs expressed their support for whistleblowers to be able to go directly outside the organisation, for instance to the media, to report illegal or objectionable practices, in a report adopted (17 votes to 15 abstentions) at an extraordinary session of the 'legal affairs' (JURI) committee in Strasbourg on Monday 2 October.
The matter split the 'legal affairs' committee right to the last minute, with strong objections on the part of the Christian Democrats and...