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No secret Council video meetings – five years after Covid When EU diplomats want to discuss secret matters in the Council of the European Union, they have to do it in person. Five years after the Covid pandemic began, efforts to install a secure system for secret conversations are still “underway”, an EU official told Follow the Money.

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No secret Council video meetings – five years after Covid When EU diplomats want to discuss secret matters in the Council of the European Union, they have to do it in person. Five years after the Covid pandemic began, efforts to install a secure system for secret conversations are still “underway”, an EU official told Follow the Money.
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Alexander Fanta (fantafanta@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 00:54:38 JST Alexander Fanta

I find this really telling about the state of tech sovereignty in the European Union - five years after launching the project, the Council of the EU still does not have a secure video link for secret meetings. The ambassadors have to meet in person! Every time! They want to discuss anything marked "secret"!
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