# Role of whistle-blowers in the protection of EU's financial interests

European Parliament procedure 2016/2055(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AFCO / CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 143 committee amendments tabled by 24 Members between 2016-10-06 and 2016-10-18.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns the role of whistle-blowers in protecting the EU's financial interests. The amendments address protection of whistle-blowers reporting irregularities, fraud and corruption affecting the EU budget, the lack of harmonised protection across Member States, the Staff Regulations rules for EU institution officials, the Commission's failure to submit legislative proposals, the European Ombudsman, and references to Council of Europe and OECD instruments.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Julia PITERA | Poland | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124898.md |
| Cătălin Sorin IVAN | Romania | NI | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96857.md |
| Ivan JAKOVČIĆ | Croatia | ALDE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124754.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Marco ZANNI | Italy | ID | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124780.md |
| Caterina CHINNICI | Italy | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124861.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Mercedes BRESSO | Italy | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28346.md |
| Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO | Spain | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97078.md |
| Jens GEIER | Germany | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96833.md |
| Isabella ADINOLFI | Italy | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124831.md |
| Fabio Massimo CASTALDO | Italy | RE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124812.md |
| Barbara SPINELLI | Italy | GUE/NGL | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124810.md |
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |

## Official source documents

- PE592.079: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-592079_EN.pdf
- PE592.170: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-592170_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2055-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2055-INI.json

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