Source: liberation.fr
Whistleblowing NGO Maison des Lanceurs d’Alerte – the ‘House of the Whistleblower’ – have called for a timely and progressive transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing.
An op-ed published in the French national newspaper Libération discusses the need for reform of the current legal framework (the Sapin II law) and sets out key policy recommendations where new legislation should go beyond the minimum standards required by the Directive and effectively protect whistleblowers in practice.
Recommendations include an expansion of the scope of the Directive, which protects persons reporting breaches of EU Law, to include anyone disclosing information on wrongdoing in the public interest, a strengthening of the Defender of Rights ombuds institution, and the creation of a financial support fund for whistleblowers.