European Parliament
Andrews (UEN ).
– Mr President, on a point of order, I wish to draw your attention to an article in the Spanish newspaper
El País
, dated 30 March and headed 'Eavesdropping on half a dozen countries at Council headquarters. EU alleges Israel was spy.'
Mr President, I am not naive enough to think that this incident is unique, and recognise that it is common practice for intelligence agencies worldwide to gather information for their governments. Nonetheless, I should like to ask you what measures Parliament's security services have taken to detect similar bugging and spying devices within the newly-built Parliament offices. In view of the committee report on Echelon, we should address the issue with some urgency.

