20. Adequate protection of whistle-blowers and journalists to fight tax evasion and tax avoidance (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Adequate protection of whistle-blowers and journalists to fight tax evasion and tax avoidance (2015/2677(RSP))

Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Romana Tomc, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Simon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Victor Negrescu, Fabio De Masi, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eva Joly, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Bernard Monot, non-attached Member, Emil Radev, Ana Gomes, Marisa Matias and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Notis Marias and Miguel Viegas.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová.

The debate closed.