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Are you using it, or is it watching you? The Israeli-made Pegasus spy software has been used against politicians, journalists and human rights defenders around the world (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Is EU 'Horizon' science funding going towards Pegasus spyware?

Health & Society

by Rosa D'Amato, Brussels,

In mid-December 2021, 60 MEPs sent a cross-party joint letter to the EU foreign affairs chief, Joseph Borrell, to express their concern about the Horizon Europe agreement with the state of Israel, that has an overall budget for 2021-27 of €95.5bn.

For decades, Israel has enjoyed unconditional European support in the field of research and innovation, similar to those that EU ...

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Rosa D'Amato is an Italian MEP with the Greens, and on the European Parliament delegation to Palestine.

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Are you using it, or is it watching you? The Israeli-made Pegasus spy software has been used against politicians, journalists and human rights defenders around the world (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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EU & the World Health & Society Opinion

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Rosa D'Amato is an Italian MEP with the Greens, and on the European Parliament delegation to Palestine.

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