Brussels, 24/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - At the end of the parliamentary hearing on the protection of private life and in particular the Echelon affair (see pp.12/13 of this bulletin), the President of the European Parliament, Nicole Fontaine made the following Statement: "The hearing allowed for an updating of information and confirmed the gravity of the problem. One may legitimately feel scandalised that this espionage, which has gone on over several years, has not given rise to official...