On the 23 October 2019, the European Parliament and of the
Council of the European Union has adopted the Directive 2019/1937
on the Protection of Persons Who Report Breaches of Union Law - EU
Whistleblower Directive, herewith referred to as "the
Directive", with the aim to lay down common minimum standards
across the EU for protection of people reporting a breach and
ensuring a harmonized framework at national level.
The Council of Europe has recommended that member states should
have in place "a normative, institutional and judicial
framework to protect individuals who, in the context of their
work-based relationship, report or disclose information on threats
or harm to the public interest". Currently, the European
Commission notes that only ten of its member states have a
comprehensive legislative framework, namely, France, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden
and the UK, making the whistle-blower protection accords EU
