The use of Paragon Solutions spyware against journalists

Question for written answer E-000617/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Sandro Ruotolo (S&D), Camilla Laureti (S&D), Marco Tarquinio (S&D), Brando Benifei (S&D), Annalisa Corrado (S&D), Elisabetta Gualmini (S&D), Alessandra Moretti (S&D), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Alessandro Zan (S&D), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Estelle Ceulemans (S&D), Hannes Heide (S&D), Alex Agius Saliba (S&D), Krzysztof Śmiszek (S&D), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Gaetano Pedulla' (The Left), Emma Rafowicz (S&D), Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Chloé Ridel (S&D), Benedetta Scuderi (Verts/ALE), Cristina Guarda (Verts/ALE), Ignazio Roberto Marino (Verts/ALE), Valentina Palmisano (The Left) Subject: The use of Paragon Solutions spyware against journalists The online newspaper ‘Fanpage.it’, known for conducting investigations on leaders and militants of Italy’s ruling majority party, reported that the electronic device of its director, Francesco Cancellato, had been bugged by spyware developed by the company Paragon Solutions. WhatsApp announced that 90 journalists and members of civil society worldwide had been spied on by this software to collect sensitive data and intercept private communications. While the Italian Government has publicly denied any secret service involvement in this matter, Paragon Solutions may have just ‘terminated its client relationship with Italy’ following the revelations about spying on those journalists, according to The Guardian1. 1. If it is confirmed that the Italian...