The legal basis of the draft directive on protection for whistleblowers in the European Union is the subject of many amendments at the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee (JURI) with the aim of extending the directive’s scope of application and ensuring its horizontality. This approach is commendable, said rapporteur Virginie Rozière (S&D, France), but could noticeably hold back the negotiations.
At the examination of the amendments by the committee on Monday 24 September,...