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Jun. 29, 2016

LuxLeaks trial reminds that whistleblowers need EU legal protection, says trade union coalition

Press Statement (Brussels 29 June 2016) The Luxembourg court condemned on 29 June LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, former employees at PWC, to 12 and 9 months suspended

Nov. 21, 2018

Whistleblowers protection

Another step forward for EU-wide protection of whistleblowers

EPSU welcomes vote on whistleblowers’ protection directive in EP’s legal affairs committee

Sep. 19, 2018

McDonald tax bill

As Commission closes McDonalds investigation, the company walks away laughing with 1 billion unpaid in taxes

Today the European Commission (EC) has announced its decision on the McDonalds state aid investigation that was launched in December 2015.

Aug. 29, 2014

New Commission must end corporate dominance of EU expert groups

(Brussels 29 August 2014) New European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker needs to tackle the persistent over-representation of corporate interests in European Commission ‘expert groups’ warn trade unions and transparency organisations

May. 11, 2015

EPSU joins effort to achieve a proper transparency mechanism

(11 May 2015) The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has sent today an open letter to the European Commission Vice President (Frans Timmermans) asking to create an

Mar. 17, 2017

EPSU agrees firmer EP action needed on lobby transparency

EPSU fully supports the lobby transparency coalition position that ‘the European Parliament (EP) must do much more to improve lobby transparency’. A 100 civil society organisations have written an open letter to MEPs asking the EP to do more to improve lobby transparency.

Oct. 04, 2022

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Outsourcing is ‘hollowing out’ public administrations: new EPSU report

Press release (embargoed until 5pm) Accenture, McKinsey, PwC, EY... we're becoming increasingly reliant on consultancies.