The European Parliament supported by a clear majority (591 votes in favour, 29 against, 33 abstentions), on Tuesday 16 April in Strasbourg, the agreement reached with the Council of the EU on the proposal for a directive to protect whistleblowers denouncing breaches of European Union law, concluding a turbulent legislative process.
The agreement reached in early March resolves the issue of prioritising the reporting of wrongdoing by delimiting a two-step process: - a first internal or...