France, Oct. 10 -- An investigationhas revealedhow Hungary'sintelligenceservices recruitedcitizens tospy on behalfof Prime MinisterViktor Orban's government, targeting sensitiveEuropean Uniondecision-making. The expose,published byHungarian outletDirekt36 andpartners, uncovers the extentof this clandestine operationand exposes vulnerabilitiesin the EU's security framework.
The investigation found that Hungarian intelligence services recruited Hungarians working in the EU's institutions to spy on them, in a bid to ascertain whether its policies or decisions could threaten Orban and his ruling party, Fidesz.
The report - written by Szabolcs Panyi of the Budapest-based independent publicationDirekt36, alongside Belgian journalist Lars Bove o...