The German parliament is calling for the creation of an independent European intelligence-sharing system amid growing uncertainty in relations with the United States.
The chairman of the Bundestag’s Intelligence Oversight Committee, Konstantin von Notz, stated in an interview with Politico that Europe cannot rely solely on American intelligence data.
We need a European framework for intelligence cooperation—let’s call it ‘Euro-Eye’—so that strong states can quickly and securely exchange information on clear legal grounds, he emphasized.
Von Notz noted that Europe will inevitably have to enhance its own intelligence capabilities. He suggested deepening cooperation with the “Five Eyes” alliance (the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) but warned that over-reliance on this network poses risks to European security.
The German lawmaker’s initiative comes amid growing concerns in Berlin about the unstable exchange of intelligence data between the U.S. and its allies.
The recent decision by the CIA to suspend the transfer of certain intelligence to Ukraine has raised fears that similar restrictions could extend to Germany. Roderich Kiesewetter, deputy chairman of the Bundestag’s Intelligence Oversight Committee, called these measures “a paradigm shift that will hit us hard.”
