Bugging at French, German EU offices

Bugging at French, German EU offices

BELGIUM: Telephone tapping systems have been found at offices used by France and Germany in the building where European Union leaders are due to hold a summit from Thursday, an EU spokesman said on Wednesday.

He said other delegations were also affected at the EU Council Justus Lipsius building and it was not known who was behind the espionage.

The French newspaper Le Figaro accused the United States of being behind the wiretapping, but Dominique-Georges Marro, head of the EU Council press service said: "We do not know who is behind it. I don't know who was on the other end of the line."

Asked whether the bugging only affected France and Germany, he said: "It is a bit more vast, but it's not a deluge."

The Belgian security authorities have not been involved, officials said. --Reuters