BRUSSELS — The European Parliament's inquiry committee investigating the use of surveillance spyware by the bloc's governments says the EU's executive arm and member countries are failing to properly tackle a surveillance scandal that has targeted opposition politicians and journalists. In a draft report published today, the committee investigating Pegasus says the European Council and national governments 'are practicing omertà' — or a code of silence — and regrets that the European Commission only shared 'reluctantly and piecemeal' information concerning spyware attacks on its own employees.

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