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S&Ds: Governments must protect whistleblowers in Europe

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - December 13, 2018

S&D MEPs have urged national ministers to swiftly adopt proposals to protect whistleblowers in the EU. The European Parliament last month backed a series...

EPP proposes protection of whistleblowers

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - November 20, 2018

"We have managed to obtain a balanced text that will both protect whistleblowers while ensuring that companies or administrations are not subject to excessive...

GUE/NGL: Internet giants cannot be trusted to monitor online content

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - May 3, 2018

‘Fake news’ should not be used to discredit or to criminalise critical voices, MEP Barbara Spinelli (Independent, Italy) warned ahead of the vote today in...

New EU-wide rules to protect whistleblowers

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - April 24, 2018

The European Commission on April 23 proposed new legislation aimed at strengthening whistleblower protection across the EU. Recent scandals such as Dieselgate, Luxleaks, the Panama...

Greens commend common set of rules for whistleblower protection

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - April 23, 2018

European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced today the Commission's proposal for a Directive to protect whistleblowers. The proposal sets out to align the existing Union...

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