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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

MEPs likely to push back on plans to allow spying on journalists

European Union flags flap in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels
The EU headquarters in Brussels. The European Commission has made clear it does not support the spyware clause as it currently stands. Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP

The European parliament is expected to fight off attempts by France and other EU member states to introduce controversial laws that would allow spyware to be inserted on journalists’ phones on the grounds of national security.

If passed, the laws would threaten the confidential sources of thousands of journalists working in the EU and foreign correspondents from the UK, the US and beyond who are based in Europe.

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