Fallout from allegations that US security services bugged EU officials and buildings is expected to be uppermost in lawmakers' minds this week.
Documents leaked to The Guardian by US whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that EU offices were among 38 international targets of the US National Security Agency.
The latest round of the controversy comes in what is otherwise expected to be a quiet week as the EU institutions wind down for summer.
On Wednesday (3 July), MEPs in S...
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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.