7 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/2224(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the courage of those who, notwithstanding their personal and professional risks, report or disclose information in the public interest is such that the public authorities owe them adequate legal safeguards and protection, and also financial support, in cases where whistle-blowers have lost their jobs and - because of their whistle-blowing act and through no fault of their own - are unable to secure new and suitable employment; this may involve (but is not limited to) full support for retraining, including further education;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary steps to implement the resolution on the role of whistle-blowers in the protection of EU’s financial interests and, in particular, to submit legislative proposals aimed at establishing a minimum level of protection across the Union for European whistle- blowers and an effective and comprehensive European whistle- blower protection programme;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses the view that the adoption of sector-specific legislation, such as in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the EU, cshould be fast- tracked and should not have to wait for the adoption of more general legislation on the protection of whistle-blowers.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that proper legislation in this area will also help to rebuild trust in scientific expertise; Whistle blower legislation encourages those with scientific and technical knowledge to assert the facts which might otherwise remain hidden;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that too few Member States have put protection for whistleblowers in place and insists that protection is required at EU level to ensure that whistleblowers are afforded equal legal protection in all Member States; Environmental issues are by their nature transnational and as such legislation must reflect this; whistleblower protection should be afforded across the Union irrespective of where the whistle blower resides and irrespective of where crimes have been committed;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to put forward a proposal without delay for a whistleblower protection directive or any other EU instrument to the same effect; urges the Commission to take stock of the results of its public consultation and to move forward to draft legislation in the coming months;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the EU whistle blower protection legislation should be horizontal and that the definition of a whistleblower should not be narrow or restricted to certain fields, and that whistleblowers in the public and private sectors should be afforded equal protection;