Electronic bugging devices have been discovered at offices used by France and Germany in the building where European Union leaders are due to hold a summit from tomorrow, an EU spokesman said today.
Mr Dominique-Georges Marro, head of the EU council press service, said these were not the only delegations affected and it was not known who had planted the devices.
"I can confirm that in the course of regular inspections, interception devices have been found...which do not only affect France and Germany," Mr Marro told reporters, partially confirming a report in the French newspaper Le Figaro, which said the United States was behind the espionage.