{"id":14438,"date":"2024-06-23T15:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transparency.mk\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2024-06-23T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T13:05:21","slug":"blowing-the-whistle-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transparency.mk\/en\/2024\/06\/23\/blowing-the-whistle-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowing the whistle to protect whistleblowers in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" \">\n<div class=\"copy text-lg wysiwyg mb-8 ltr:text-left rtl:text-right\">\n<p>In October 2019, after years of campaigning by civil society, the European Union (EU) passed a directive requiring member states to put in place strong legal protections for whistleblowers. No longer would people reporting tax fraud, environmental damage, or other breaches of European law have to hope that national legislation protected them if they faced retaliation from their employers.<\/p>\n<p>After a slow start, all but one EU country has finally implemented the Whistleblowing Directive (EU Directive 1937\/2019) into national laws. Poland, which was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:62023CJ0147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently fined \u20ac7 million<\/a>\u00a0by the European Court of Justice for not doing so, should join the rest shortly: the country faces an additional penalty of \u20ac40,000 per day until it implements the Directive. Yet there is still considerable room for other European countries to continue strengthening whistleblower protection. Legislation in the 20 countries we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/en\/news\/eu-member-states-need-to-enhance-their-whistleblower-protection-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assessed last year<\/a>\u00a0falls short in crucial areas.<\/p>\n<p>In some countries, the national laws are problematic enough that Transparency International has turned \u201cwhistleblower\u201d itself, alerting the European Commission to issues with how member states have implemented the Directive.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these occurred in Hungary last year. In a move that seems destined to sow confusion, the Hungarian government has created two parallel systems: an old system that covers whistleblowers reporting breaches of Hungarian national law, and a new one that implements the Directive and only covers whistleblowers who report breaches of EU law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" \">\n<figure class=\"my-16\">\n<div class=\"lazy-image \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-dynamic-img w-full h-auto \" src=\"https:\/\/images.transparencycdn.org\/images\/06_Scope-of-what-whistleblowers_2024-06-20-153708_kgby.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=crop&amp;&amp;w=16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.transparencycdn.org\/images\/06_Scope-of-what-whistleblowers_2024-06-20-153708_kgby.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=crop&amp;&amp;w=811 1x, https:\/\/images.transparencycdn.org\/images\/06_Scope-of-what-whistleblowers_2024-06-20-153708_kgby.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=crop&amp;&amp;w=1622 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"672\" data-base-url=\"https:\/\/images.transparencycdn.org\/images\/06_Scope-of-what-whistleblowers_2024-06-20-153708_kgby.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=crop&amp;\" data-ratio-multiplier=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-start p-4 text-dark-grey bg-white\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start p-4 text-dark-grey bg-white\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"text-xs\">Scope of what whistleblowers can report<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" \">\n<div class=\"copy text-lg wysiwyg mb-8 ltr:text-left rtl:text-right\">\n<p>Miklos Ligeti, the Legal Director of Transparency International Hungary, said: \u201cIt\u2019s a mess. It takes a lawyer to define which case belongs in which system. It can be a Hungarian case with weaker protection, or an EU case covering narrower issues but with better protections. It is intimidating, dissuasive and deterrent to Hungarians. Whistleblowing should be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newly adopted piece of legislation law also leaves whistleblowers who speak to the media unprotected. In an environment where public sector corruption is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transparency.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CPI_2023_report_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on the rise<\/a>, government employees in particular might feel that they need to alert the press in order to raise the alarm. \u201cWhen the constellation of corruption in Hungary is so sobering,\u201d says Ligeti, \u201cyou need to be able to speak freely. That is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transparency.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/K-Monitor_Transparency-Int-HU_letter_to_COM_on_transposition_of_whistleblower_directive_21122023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter to the European Commission<\/a>, Transparency International\u2019s chapter in Hungary and another local anti-corruption nonprofit K-Monitor have expressed their concerns that excluding whistleblowers who report to the media \u201cclearly violates the Whistleblowing Directive,\u201d and therefore \u201cseriously endangers the European Union as an area of freedom, security and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the problem, says Ligeti, is that the Whistleblowing Directive has been low on the government\u2019s agenda. Whereas the Directive envisages national campaigns explaining and promoting the new rules, in Hungary this has not happened. As in many contexts, \u201cbeing a whistleblower can be a very painful experience in Hungary, because there is no broad consensus that reporting on any form of wrongdoing serves the public good. Blowing the whistle is regarded as an individual and solitary action. The sentiment is: if you\u2019re in trouble, you\u2019re on your own,\u201d Ligeti continues.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian government has recently clashed with the European Commission over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_23_6465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corruption and rule of law<\/a>\u00a0in the country, and, in this case too, Ligeti believes, further engagement from Brussels is likely to be helpful. In 2025, many municipalities and medium sized enterprises will have to implement their internal reporting systems as part of the Directive transposition. This creates the perfect opportunity to smooth out the issues and create a single clear and comprehensive framework to protect Hungarians. Pressure from the Commission might help create the necessary impetus, Ligeti explains.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, meanwhile, Transparency International has raised the alarm that the new whistleblower protection legislation is actually a step backwards in some important respects.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Italy\u2019s parliament passed a law that protects whistleblowers who first raise their concerns outside their organisations. But, transposing the Directive, the government has put limits on when whistleblowers can report externally and still be protected. While the Directive encourages employees to first raise the alarm within their organisations, it expressly allows them to go directly to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than legally requiring whistleblowers to report internally first, the government should use softer incentives, says Giorgio Fraschini, Whistleblowing Program Manager at Transparency International Italy. \u201cWhen an external authority investigates, it is like an elephant in a crystal shop,\u201d he says. \u201cThey don\u2019t know the relationships and the practices of the workplace. Internal reporting is a more controlled system. A better system would promote internal reporting for these reasons, while leaving the choice of where to report to the whistleblower.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" \">\n<div class=\"copy text-lg wysiwyg mb-8 ltr:text-left rtl:text-right\">\n<p>The new Italian law also changed the scope of what can be reported, creating a confusing division between the public and private sectors, and excludes reports of irregularity and maladministration in the public sector. It ignores a key principle of the Directive \u2013 that its transposition should not create weaker protection for whistleblowers compared to previous national legislation. As in Hungary, whistleblowers will have a hard time understanding which cases can be reported. The weak consequences for retaliation against whistleblowers are another area of concern.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the issues with the implementation of the Directive in Italy could have been avoided if the government had consulted with civil society, Fraschini says. Although the 2017 law was not perfect, it was drafted with considerable input from civil society experts. While transposing the Directive, the Italian government did not seek any public participation. As a result, it appears to have had problems aligning the Directive from Brussels with the existing national law.<\/p>\n<p>Fraschini hopes that the European Commission will put pressure on the Italian government to quickly correct these shortcomings. He says: \u201cThe transposition should have been an opportunity to fix the flaws in the previous system. We\u2019re confident that, with time, the problems will be solved. But the problem with fixing things with experience is that you\u2019re sacrificing people in the meantime. People will suffer because of this missed opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/en\/blog\/blowing-the-whistle-to-protect-whistleblowers-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transparency International<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2019, after years of campaigning by civil society, the European Union (EU) passed a directive requiring member states to put in place strong legal protections for whistleblowers. 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