European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use
29 MEPs urge delaying Serbia's EU accession after researchers found Pegasus and NoviSpy spyware on student activists' phones.
Twenty-nine Members of the European Parliament sent a letter Friday demanding Serbia's EU accession be slowed until an investigation into its spyware use is completed. The letter follows a SHARE Foundation report, with Amnesty International and the Citizen Lab, documenting Pegasus and NoviSpy infections on Serbian student activists' phones; NoviSpy evidence pointed to Serbian government authorities, though Pegasus attribution was not assigned. The MEPs also urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to cancel a planned visit to Serbia and called the surveillance 'a direct state attack on democracy' ahead of upcoming elections. The Serbian government did not respond to requests for comment.
- 29 MEPs want Serbia's EU accession slowed pending a spyware investigation
- Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, and SHARE Foundation found Pegasus and NoviSpy on activists' phones
- NoviSpy infections were attributed to Serbian authorities; Pegasus attribution remains unassigned
- Demands include rule-of-law accountability conditions and canceling von der Leyen's Serbia visit
- Vendors
- NSO Group (Pegasus)
- Threat actors
- Serbian authorities (NoviSpy)
- Victims
- Serbian student activists
- Organizations
- European ParliamentSHARE FoundationAmnesty InternationalCitizen LabUniversity of Toronto
- Countries
- SerbiaEuropean Union
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