The European Commission has rejected a request by MEPs to introduce EU whistleblower protection laws before the end of year.
Deputies in Strasbourg voted through a crime report on Wednesday (23 October) to ensure, among other proposals, greater protection for people who go public with damning evidence.
The report says an EU-wide law is necessary to protect people dealing with national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests.
Conservative Italian MEP Sa...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.