The European Union issues employees residing in the United States with fireplace phones due to espionage concerns

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The European Commission releases the basic burner phones and laptops for some employees associated with the United States to avoid the risk of espionage, a traditional procedure for trips to China.

Negmists and senior officials who travel to the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank next week were granted the new guidance, according to four people familiar with the situation.

They said that the measures repeated those used on trips to Ukraine and China, where the standard information technology set can be brought to the two countries for fear of Russian or Chinese monitoring.

“They are concerned about the United States entering the committee’s regulations,” said one of the officials.

treatment we The potential security risks also highlight how relations have deteriorated since the return of Donald Trump as an American president in January.

Trump accused the European Union of being prepared for the “United States Body” and announced 20 percent of the so -called mutual definitions of the bloc’s exports, which later took revenge for 90 days.

At the same time, he conducted initiatives for Russia, and pressed Ukraine to hand over control of its assets by temporarily suspending military aid and threatened to withdraw security guarantees from Europe, which sparked an armament effort at the continent level.

“The alliance has ended in the Atlantic,” said a fifth official from the European Union.

The White House and the US National Security Council did not immediately respond to the requests for suspension.

Brussels and Washington are held in sensitive talks in a number of areas where either side is suitable for gathering information about the other.

MAROš šefčovič, the European Union Trade Commissioner, is conversations with the Minister of Commerce Howard Lottenic in Washington on Monday, in an attempt to resolve an escalating trade war.

The European Union has delayed its reprisal measures for 21 billion euros of US exports that it has approved due to the customs tariff for steel and aluminum.

The United States also attacked the European Union for its technology companies and claimed that Brussels is compatible with freedom of expression and the election park, such as the controversial exclusion of the candidate to be president in Romania to benefit from an increase in TIKTOK accounts.

Three commissioners travel to Washington to attend the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank from April 21 to 26: Valdes Dumbrovskis, Commissioner of Economics; Maria Louis Albukirk, Head of Financial Services; And Joseph Sikila, who takes over development assistance.

the commission He confirmed that the security advice was recently updated, but it refused to comment on the details. She said that the diplomatic service of the bloc had routinely participated in such security updates.

The officials said that all employees traveling to the United States included a recommendation that they should stop phones on the border and put them in special sleeves to protect them from espionage if they are left without observation.

There is an additional risk with the United States, as border employees have the right to seize visitor phones and computers and check their content.

Tourists and academics who visit Europe have been rejected to enter the country after obtaining comments or documents on social media of Trump administration policies on their phones or laptops.

In March, the French government said that a French researcher was rejected and returned to France because he expressed a “personal opinion” regarding the American research policy.

Committee officials have been informed of ensuring that their visas in the “Laissez-Passer” documents are diplomatic instead of their national passports.

Additional reports by Steve Chavez in Washington