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# EDRi and SHARE Foundation say EU's spyware double standard undermines its credibility
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-23-edri-serbia-spyware-eu-accountability/
- Published: 2026-09-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T10:54:46.000Z
- Description: EDRi's Ajanovic Andelic and SHARE Foundation's Ristic say the EU's spyware double standard undermines its credibility, urging the Commission to ban spyware vendors from EU funding, open infringement cases against member states, and tie Serbia's accession to ending state spyware use.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [EDRi opinion piece, 23 September 2026](https://edri.org/our-work/serbias-spyware-scandal-is-also-the-eus-problem/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the Commission will adopt any of the proposed measures.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Argues for an EU wide spyware ban and rule of law conditionality; moves nothing until enacted. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)