“He has been working for a German Member of the European Parliament since 2019. In January 2024, the accused repeatedly handed on details about negotiations and choices within the European Parliament to his intelligence service shopper,” the prosecutor added.
The German Greens have been fast to name for an accelerated probe in Brussels over the arrest.
“Autocracies like China and Russia are actively attempting to undermine our democracies in Europe. This should cease. The investigation throughout the European Parliament have to be accelerated,” mentioned Terry Reintke, lead candidate for the European Greens. “We demand preliminary outcomes earlier than the elections. Penalties should comply with swiftly. Individuals who assault the integrity of our democracies have to be held to account.”
German authorities on Monday additionally arrested three individuals suspected of supplying info on navy expertise to a Chinese language intelligence service.
The Chinese language Embassy in Berlin denied the allegations, urging Germany “to cease exploiting the espionage accusation to politically manipulate the picture of China and defame China,” German public broadcaster Deutschlandfunkt reported.
