MEPs have demanded a tough EU response to the two member states revealed to have been using the Israeli spyware Pegasus to target political opponents and journalists.
"The EU's response must be vigorous," centre-right Dutch MEP Jeroen Lenaers said during a hearing with victims of the surveillance in the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament on Tuesday (1 February).
The secret surveillance that went on in a dozen countries was revealed by an international media inve...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.