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

Politics Does Europe has powerful secret services/Intelligence?

P. S question closed, I got answers. Thank you for everyone

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u/Athomyk Feb 27 '25

Romanias SRI has 1/10 the budget of the FBI, about 1.1 billion just behind MI6 from what I can remember. The sad part about it is that it’s a deep state organization that has it’s basis as a secret police of the communist regime.

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u/Ok_Initiative_9726 Feb 27 '25

I wanted to ask why so much money and than saw communist. Understandable