«The transatlantic alliance is over.» With these overwhelming words define The relationship of the European Union y USA an EU official in Financial Times. At the political level, Donald Trump’s country reaches the same status as China or Russia for the European Union.
As reported The Registerthe European Commission has banned all EU officials traveling to the United States, carrying their own mobiles and computers. Basic and laptop mobile is given to them to use in their stay in the United States.
In the case of having to carry personal mobiles for some reason, the commission recommends to put them in special covers that block the signals, when they are not used.
The rupture of the EU and the United States, a reality
The EU fears that its officials are spied on in the United States. Or, as happened a few days ago, to confiscate Europeans in customs, to criticize Donald Trump on social networks.
These security measures will be put into practice for the first time in the meetings of the International Monetary Fund that will take place next week in Washington.
Luuk van Middelaar, director of the Institute of Geopolitics of Brussels, explains the reasons: «Washington is not Beijing or Moscow, but it is an adversary prone to use extra -legal methods to promote their interests and power,» he says in The Register.
It also clarifies that Espionage is not a single partysince in the mandate of Obama, in 2013, the espionage scandal of Angela Merkel’s mobile, Chancellor of Germany, by the United States, came to light.
However, it is the first time that EU officials apply the same security measures with the United States as when they travel to China or Russia. At least, that you know publicly.
The relationship between the United States and the European Union goes through its worst momentin full negotiation of Donald Trump’s tariffs. I hope you can redirect one day, but things will never be the same again.
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Tags: Smartphones, European Union, privacy