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Nothing has changed, just ask Roelie Post, a Dutch whistleblower: “ne of the first to uncover corruption scandals was Roelie Post, an official at the European C
by digitalengineer 7y ago
Nothing has changed, just ask Roelie Post, a Dutch whistleblower: “ne of the first to uncover corruption scandals was Roelie Post, an official at the European Commission in Brussels. In the late nineties she worked for the EC on the issue of children’s rights in Romania. They had to be resolved before Romania’s accession to the EU was possible.
Post was faced with opposition and threats that are so serious that she is now living in hiding in a village in the north of the Netherlands and that she has a long-standing conflict with her employer, the EC. It does not recognize her as a whistleblower and threatens with punitive measures.“
- ovi256 7y agoUnfortunately, as she highlights in a recent tweet, the new EU law specifically excludes EU staff from whistleblower protection. https://twitter.com/roelie_post/status/1118129218087469058 https://twitter.com/roelie_post/status/1118129218087469058 I still like the EU, but this type of "one rule of me, one rule for thee" is awful and will destroy confidence in the institutions. Also, check out the government activity exclusion in the GDPR.
- mcv 7y agoThat is a very serious shortcoming. Government whistleblowers need protection too. Governments have shown time and time again that they are very capable of breaking the law too. They should not be above accountability.
- growlist 7y agoI was actually kind of joking in my earlier post but never suspected the EU would specifically exempt themselves from it. Words fail me.