In a plenary debate on Wednesday 4 May, the European Parliament criticised the Council of the EU and the European Commission for refusing to carry out a proper investigation into accusations of spying on politicians or journalists by the Pegasus software and for hiding “behind national security” and the competences of the Member States, said Dutch MEP Jeroen Lenaers (EPP), chairman of the Parliament’s new committee of inquiry.
He said he was “disappointed” by the Commission’s...