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Hungarian intelligence operatives used diplomatic cover to recruit EU staff and manipulate documents between 2012 and 2018 to support Prime Minister Viktor Orban's agenda, EU officials said.
- The European Commission is forming an internal group to investigate allegations of Hungarian spying on EU institutions, according to a spokesperson for the European Commission.
- The European Union announced it would examine claims that Hungary attempted to spy on EU decision-making for years.
- Hungarian citizens employed by EU institutions were allegedly told to leak sensitive internal documents to Hungarian agents.
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The Hungarian secret services reportedly infiltrated the European Union in Brussels. Allegations taken "very seriously" by Brussels.
European Commission examines allegations that Hungary had conducted espionage operations within the European institutions between 2012 and 2018
The two met in a park in Brussels. On the one hand, a senior official of the European Commission. On the other hand, a Hungarian diplomat. The first speaks of "friendly conversations" on a monthly basis; yes, it is true, his interlocutor seemed to be looking for "pettygoals" on the activities of the 27, and yes, of course, after some chat he had understood that the "diplomatic" was a spy of the Hungarian government of Viktor Orban. Indeed, a 007…
Commission launches probe into alleged Hungarian spy recruitment at EU embassy
The European Commission is opening an internal investigation after revelations of alleged espionage recruitment managed from the Hungarian EU embassy in Brussels, when now EU health chief Olivér Várhelyi was in charge.
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