European Commission to investigate allegations that Hungary spied on EU institutions

2025-10-09 21:35:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The European Commission will set up an internal group to examine allegations that Hungary has spied on European institutions, a Commission spokesman said on Thursday.

The charges were made following a joint investigation by the Hungarian non-profit investigative journalism group Direkt36 and newspapers including Belgium's De Tijd and the German magazine Der Spiegel.

"The Commission is taking into account all the reports today that there have been espionage operations conducted by a Hungarian intelligence service against the EU and its staff. The Commission takes such allegations very seriously," a Commission spokesman said, Reuters reports. "We will set up an internal group to examine these allegations."

A spokesman for Hungary's permanent representation to the EU in Brussels said a European Parliament lawmaker asked Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto about the allegations during a committee meeting on Thursday.

"I am not aware of any procedure that corresponds to the claims made by these so-called investigative portals," Szijjarto was quoted as telling the lawmaker.


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