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The Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament recently held a hearing on the effectiveness of whistleblowers within EU institutions (Photo: EUobserver)

Corridors of silence

Yesterday (26 May) in a lonely corner of the European Parliament, with a small but attentive audience, I heard something remarkable.

The setting was a public hearing organised by the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament, the hearing was on the effectiveness of whistleblowers within EU institutions and the comment was by the authors of a study undertaken by Price Waterhouse Coopers as follows: "In each of the interviews we had for this study the interviewees indicated t...

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

The Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament recently held a hearing on the effectiveness of whistleblowers within EU institutions (Photo: EUobserver)

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

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