The European Central Bank (ECB) is responsible for both price stability and financial stability. The former is aimed at controlling inflation to maintain a stable Euro, whereas the latter is concerned with the financial health of the largest banks of the Eurozone. To a large extent, these competences go hand in hand. However, there are…

The recently adopted EU Directive places the whistle-blower as an enforcement tool for the better implementation of EU law. Sectoral provisions on whistle-blowing existed already at the EU level in the banking and financial sector. The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the different protections offered at the EU banking and financial sector in…