Much ado about nothing? The reform of the whistleblowing within the European Parliament. Avoiding further scandals, giving trust to the institutions and/or punishing forms of corruption in the European context or not?

Abstract: This paper seeks to investigate the reform that has been created and instituted in recent months in the European Parliament (EP) concerning the protection that is recognized to whistleblowers, within an institution that is well articulated through parties and develop their own lobbies standards and rules for a new directive, namely the n. 2019/1937. A directive that seeks to put the whistleblowing, the related provisions to informants within the instruments of the staff regulations and within the scope of the EP. Practice has shown that scandals will always be present in this matter and the related legislation needs amendments highlighting that European integration follows its own path in an impartial and transparent way.