The European Parliament has demanded this Thursday that Spain carry out a complete investigation of the espionage with the Pegasus program against members of the Government, including President Pedro Sánchez, and of which it assures that there are “clear indications” that it has been Morocco. In addition, he demands that an investigation be carried out on the espionage of pro-independence leaders during the process in Catalonia.
This has been approved by the European Parliament in the recommendations attached to the report on the use of this spyware in Europe that was already adopted in commission in May, which goes ahead with the favorable vote of PP and PSOE, while Ciudadanos has abstained and Vox has voted against.
Specifically, it calls for a “complete, fair and effective investigation”, in which all cases of alleged espionage with Pegasus are clarified, including the 47 cases related to the Catalan independence movement and whether the CNI played a role under court order.
Regarding the 18 people that the CNI followed with judicial authorization, the European Parliament asks Spain to guarantee “adequate access” to the details of the case and to cooperate with the courts to guarantee that the victims of spyware have access to real judicial remedies. and meaningful. It also calls for the conclusion of ongoing judicial investigations “without delay”, suggesting that Europol be invited to participate in the investigations.
Regarding the espionage suffered by Pedro Sánchez on his mobile device, the European Parliament considers it necessary to shed light on the espionage against the president and other members of the Government and demands that the authorities present conclusions on these cases, on which it indicates that there are “clear indications” of the authorship of Morocco.
Despite the fact that the European Parliament points out that the regulatory framework in Spain is in line with the requirements established by the EU treaties, it asks to initiate the reform of the legal framework of the CNI following the announcement of the Government in this regard last year, in full controversy over spying on Catalan political leaders.
In this way, the European Parliament ends its special commission on cyber espionage with the program of the Israeli company NSO, after studying the situation in Member States such as Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Poland and Hungary for 14 months.
The MEP of the PP Juan Ignacio Zoido has assured that the Sánchez Executive must give explanations about the espionage of Morocco and that the European Parliament charges against its “lack of transparency”.
“European citizens still do not know what was stolen from the Prime Minister’s cell phone, who did it and for what reasons. And today, the European Parliament officially demands that he clarify what happened and answer our questions,” he added.
On the side of Ciudadanos, Jordi Cañas, has indicated that “the propaganda of separatism” has finally been removed from the text, assuring that the text of recommendations is an “absolute failure” of the independence movement and a “victory” for those who defend that the programs spies can be used against “suspected criminals as was the case in Spain”.
While ERC has celebrated that the European Parliament supports its request to thoroughly investigate the case of cyber espionage against Catalan independence leaders and asks to investigate the case from rooms such as Europol. “It shows the lack of confidence of the European institutions in the Spanish ones”, indicated the MEP, Diana Riba.
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