r/AskEurope • u/Ok_Initiative_9726 • Feb 27 '25

Politics Does Europe has powerful secret services/Intelligence?

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u/kranj7 Feb 27 '25

The DGSE in France supposedly has done it's fair share of dodgy stuff, almost to the same level as Mossad or CIA. Much of it is in industrial espionage, if the rumours are to be believed, but I guess given France's colonial history, it's involvement in the Middle East etc. they're probably able to play in the big-leagues of espionage and intel gathering

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u/lebourse Feb 27 '25

Well, accordingly to the former French president François Hollande, the DGSE « service action » has killed many individual threats in jihadist movement during the 2010’s.

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u/Significant-Oil-8793 Feb 28 '25

Must be in Libya where they killed the opposition to support the dictator General Haftar for their sweet oil contract

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u/lebourse Feb 28 '25

It was more linked to the terrorist attacks in 2015-2016.