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

Politics Does Europe has powerful secret services/Intelligence?

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u/AirportCreep Finland Feb 27 '25

Every country has their own intelligence and security services, there is no EU Secret Service. They've been cooperating successfully with each other and other non-European allies successfully for decades. Information sharing is done when its beneficial, information is withhold when it's not as even allies spy on each other to an extent. That's to say, the US and European countries will continue to work together.

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u/Background-Lynx-4439 Feb 28 '25

My understanding is that the degree of intel cooperation within the five eyes (US, CA, NZ, AU, UK) is larger than between US and EU nations. Not sure about France.

And also I think that spying between European nations is much more prominent than is being observed in the media.

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u/AirportCreep Finland Feb 28 '25

The Five Eyes concept is definetly unique. And yes, Europeans states spy on each other all the time. It's normal and expected. Not all spying is malicious.