Foreign Affairs European Union ministers also exchange signals in a group chat and send selfies there, along with other things. This was confirmed by the Money (FTM) by the European Union’s Dutch Investigative Platform, and the group was first made public for the first time by Austria’s new Foreign Minister Beat Meenal-Risiner. According to FTM, European Foreign Service (EAD) has accepted the existence of the group, but has rejected the transfer of materials. Otherwise, there will be disturbances in trust and effectiveness. After a group chat of high -ranked representatives of the US government, it has now been entered, as a journalist has been accidentally added.
The material should remain under the lock
In an interview with standard, Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) Tells 21 March: “There is a signal group of the Foreign Minister, where my predecessor Alexander Shalenberg introduced me to a joint selfie.” The European Union Foreign Commissioner Kaza Kalas is therefore responsible. If it was published a few days later, it would have been given a lot of attention, as on March 24, the Atlantic published an article on the Group Chat of the US government, exchanging secret information about American military stroke. The FTM then created the freedom of information to get the mentioned selfie.
As the portal now writesThe EAD has now found that photo and confessed with the fact that the group has access to European Union officials and the selfie was shared there. But you will not pass it. On the other hand, the magazine has appealed and reminded that important decisions about commercially available communication services have long been made in the European Union, for example through SMS by government heads such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But the European Union “almost never accepted” its existence, none of these has ever been made public. A process for an SMS from the European Union Commission Chairman Ursula von Der Leyen is going on before the ECJ.
Separate risk from commercial messenger
The Crypto Messenger signal is considered comparatively safe, but comes from the USA. The use of such commercially available applications by the minister also leads to potential security risk. After the revelations of the last few weeks, the interest of secret services in the messenger may increase again. In addition, you can set the signal that the messages are automatically removed after a certain time, which prevents the collection. Heise Online asked in the Federal Foreign Office whether there are special safety measures for the use of the app and what information about it has been shared. No reply has been given so far.
Meanwhile, the focus is also on the fact that according to another Austrian minister, there is also at least one group on WhatsApp in which ministers and ministers exchange ideas from the European Union. Family Minister Claudia Placolm (övp) already on 14 March Standard also explained: “We have a WhatsApp group of European Union ministers, and in which I pass about how the Austria wants to stop reunioning of the family. It is very interested.” For this message Freedom of information is going on About the portal Fragdenstat.
(MHO)
