On Monday 16 June, MEPs deplored the Commission’s failure to act on the problem of spyware and the lack of follow-up to the recommendations adopted in 2023 by the European Parliament’s special PEGA committee (see EUROPE B13202A14).
“After exploratory visits and having heard 200 people, we saw that there were abuses on the part of certain States, that there was spying on activists, journalists and political opponents”, stressed Jeroen Lenaers (EPP, Dutch), the Committee’s Chair.