EPPO warns Slovakia’s draft whistle‑blower legislative amendments would strip protections from many reporters, including past cases, jeopardizing fraud detection and EU financial‑crime safeguards

EPPO concludes that the proposed legislation restricts whistle-blower protection by narrowing coverage to persons directly employed by reporting entities, excludes external actors such as contractors or suppliers, and introduces retroactive changes that would affect ongoing EPPO investigations. The office warns that these changes pose serious risks to the rule of law, reduce the likelihood of detecting and reporting fraud and corruption, and therefore impair the protection of the EU’s financial interests…