MEPs reinforce protection for whistleblowers in proposed EU directive

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the significant improvements to the European Commission’s proposed directive on whistleblowers that were approved today by the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs. The committee’s amendments would increase protection for whistleblowers throughout the European Union and would reinforce their right to go straight to the media with information. It is now up to the European Council to approve the proposed EU directive. “The MEPs have significantly expanded the range of circumstances in which whistleblowers can turn directly to the media without…

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