The European Parliament requires Spain to investigate Moroccan espionage of the Government, including Sánchez

BRUSSELS, June 15 (EUROPA PRESS) -

The European Parliament has demanded this Thursday that Spain carry out a complete investigation of the espionage with the Pegasus program in Morocco against members of the Government, including President Pedro Sánchez, as well as 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, which was already adopted in commission in May. 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.