4 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2016/2224(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that, given the central role of whistle-blowers in tackling corruptionacting in the public interest in tackling corruption and other forms of crime, it is important that people who disclose information (whether confidential or otherwise) concerning alleged irregularitieunlawful conducts are afforded proper protection, both of their physical and moral integrity and their livelihoods, namely by being granted the highest possible level of confidentiality;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that current EU law should be applied whenever appropriate by both the EU institutions and the Member States, and that it should be interpreted in such a way as to offer whistle-blowers acting in the public interest the best possible protection;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on all the EU institutions and bodies to carry out comprehensive and effective follow-up work on the Ombudsman’s own-initiative report of 24 July 2014, in keeping with Article 22 of the Staff Regulations, which provides for internal measures to protect whistle- blowers when acting in the public interest;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to establish transparent and clear channels for information disclosure, to set up independent national authorities to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest, and to consider providing those authorities with specific support funds; calls for a centralised European authority based on the model of national privacy watchdogs to be set up.