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euparlpicReports alleging tapping by some member states' secret services of phone calls between lawyers and their clients were raised by MEPs in a debate with Latvian Secretary of State for European Affairs Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica and Commissioner Vĕra Jourová on Tuesday (13 January) evening.
At the core of the debate was the question of how to strike a balance between national security needs and the right to confidentiality of exchanges between lawyer and suspects or accused persons. It was prompted by an oral question on the alleged long-term tapping of a Dutch law firm’s telephones by the national intelligence agency.
MEPs asked whether such "structural" surveillance is in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and called for a clear definition of when “national security” can be cited to justify exceptions to it.

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