Is It Freedom? The Coming About of the EU Directive on Whistleblower Protection

Abstract In November 2019 the EU Whistleblower Directive came into force. Whistleblowing has been described as a human right and freedom fundamental to democracy. But it is not always straightforward understand concrete cases of reporting wrongdoing in terms abstract political philosophy. This paper uses discussion between Berlin Skinner about what negative is, theoretical framework struggles campaigning platform trade unions civil society organizations, coming Directive. The empirically based on document analysis two Resolutions European Parliament, Commission’s proposal text, approved text messages listserv February 2017 April 2019. provides insights how whistleblowing relates public interest autonomy.