Euronews spoke to Oxfam representative Aurore Chardonnet. She calls on the EU to act globally in the protection of whistleblowers. She is worried that the less people are protected, the less people will denounce these kind of scandals.
Corporations like Starbucks and Apple are more and more in the eye of the European Commission, as the recent work of Competition commissioner Margrete Vestager has shown. But for activists like Chardonnet and her colleagues from the European Network on Debt and Development, the European Commission and member states have a lot more work to do.
After recent decisions on Starbucks and Fiat, the European Commission could soon go after Microsoft and Kraft, according to Dutch newspaper Trouw. But the European Commission has yet to confirm.
While the Commission contemplates next steps, interest in protection for whistleblowers is growing around Europe.
This November, whistleblowers, journalists, lawyers and activists will meet in Montreuil near Paris to debate the lack of legal protection for whistleblowers. This first ever Whistleblowers book fair aims to increase awareness on the importance of whistleblowing.
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