Jean-Claude Juncker dragged into Luxembourg spy scandal

Judge investigates whether officials tampered with evidence to hide phone-tapping link

Jean-Claude Juncker
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Luxembourg is investigating whether officials working for Jean-Claude Juncker tampered with evidence to hide his role in a phone-tapping spy scandal, The Times reports.

“Last Monday Eric Schammo, an investigating judge, began an inquiry into whether officials working for Mr Juncker falsified key evidence for a parliamentary and then judicial investigation in 2012 and 2013,” the paper says.

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