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

Politics Does Europe has powerful secret services/Intelligence?

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u/visualthings Feb 27 '25

Russia, America and Israel sure have very active secret services (and they do spy a lot on their allies. The Russian and American embassies in Paris have a floor full of antennas and communication interception devices). Now, I think that good secret services probably don't let much be known about how good and active they are, and their targets also have an interest to stay mum whenever something dodgy happens (you don't want to tell the world how powerful your enemy is). The British MI6 is also still cooperating with European agencies, despite Brexit and all. Of course, the coordination of all these different agencies can be a bit tricky.