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Fighting corruption: European Union backs rules to protect whistleblowers

The new rules - proposed by the executive European Commission a year ago - must still be formally approved by EU countries

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The new rules — proposed by the executive European Commission a year ago — must still be formally approved by EU countries that have already shown support for them. Once approved, member states will have two years to comply with the rules

AFP | PTI
The European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted for rules aimed at protecting whistleblowers from reprisals following corporate scandals such as Dieselgate and Cambridge Analytica.

With 591 votes in favour, 29 against and 33 abstentions, the parliament backed rules to boost the fight against fraud, corruption, corporate tax avoidance and damage to people's health and the environment.

Recent corporate scandals "have helped to shine a light on the great precariousness that whistle-blowers suffer today," said Virginie Roziere, the French socialist who steered the legislation through the assembly. The vote in parliament sends "a strong signal that it has heard the concerns of its

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