A bill passed in December by the German Bundestag, for law to protect whistleblowers (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz), was blocked on Friday 10 February by the Bundesrat, the chamber where the representatives of the Länder sit. The latest development comes with the deadline for transposing the European directive 2019/1937, on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law, having passed on 17 December. After several reminders, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure agains
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.